The call for applications is open until March 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
Students, a helping hand for you!
Your financial cooperative wants to support and encourage its student members to pursue a college or university education.
The support takes the form of a solidarity scholarship program for student members, whose academic career focuses on further development in the social and solidarity economy and/or social commitment.
The Caisse d’ économique solidaire awards 5 scholarships of $1,000 each per year.
Eligibility Criteria
Submit your application before July 18, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
- Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status;
- Resident of the province of Quebec;
- Member of the Caisse d’ économique solidaire Desjardins when applying and receiving the scholarship;
- Aged 18 and over as of May 31, 2026;
- Not having benefited from a scholarship from the Desjardins Foundation or the Caisse d’entreprises solidaire Desjardins in 2025;
- Full-time or part-time student in a college or university training program of a minimum duration of 6 months in the fall 2026 session within an educational establishment recognized by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec.
N.B.: The masculine gender is not used without any discrimination and for the sole purpose of lightening the text.
- Go to the Desjardins Group scholarship internet platform: boursesdesjardins.com
- Create an account by properly completing the form
- Press the “submit” button to register your participation before March 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
- Once the form is completed, a pre-selection of candidates will be made according to the following criteria:
- Interest, involvement, contribution, social commitment and/or commitment to the environment (cooperative activities, social economy, sustainable development, community, cultural, student movements, etc.).
- Volunteer involvement within a collective enterprise
- Overall assessment of the application (favorite, career objectives and projects, clear answers, mastery of the language, etc.)
- Once the pre-selection is complete, we will contact the winners to inform them of the next steps
The selection will be made no later than October 31, 2026, by an internal committee of the Caisse d’entreprises solidaire Desjardins.
We will contact those selected in the following days.
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