The 3M National Student Fellowship is the first in Canada to build a community among visionary student leaders who demonstrate outstanding leadership and innovation by seeing current needs in higher education or society and implementing change. We believe their voices will shape tomorrow’s future in postsecondary education.
The 3M National Student Fellowship honours up to ten full-time diploma and undergraduate students at Canadian post-secondary schools who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in their lives and at their institution. These students embrace a vision of education that enhances their academic experience and beyond.
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STLHE Sapes 3M National Student Fellowship
- Category
Fellowship
- SponsorSTLHE Sapes
- City to study
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- School to study
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- Course to study
Not specified
- Application Deadline
January 31, 2024
Aim and Benefits of STLHE Sapes 3M National Student Fellowship
Up to 10 Fellowships awarded each year. The award includes:
- Recognition in STLHE and 3M Canada social media, and partnering media, e.g., Maclean’s and University Affairs
- Certificate and recognition at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference in June
- Letter from STLHE President and 3M Canada to their identified institutional leader and to the individual awarded
- STLHE membership for two years
- Conference registration, travel to conference, and accommodations
- $2,000 to be spent at the discretion of the recipient
Requirements for STLHE Sapes 3M National Student Fellowship Qualification
Nominees will:
- be a current full time student at a Canadian postsecondary institution, including cégeps, colleges, polytechnics, and universities, excluding post-graduate students (e.g., masters, continuing professional educator, or doctoral)
- have completed at least one full semester of study at the time of nomination
- have not previously received a 3M student fellowship
Nominees need not be members of STLHE.
A nominator must be at a Canadian post-secondary institution.
In recognition of the systemic conditions of disadvantage in higher education and society, we encourage nominations of members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQI.
Application Deadline
January 31, 2024
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
STLHE Sapes on www.stlhe.ca to apply
Packages should be submitted electronically on January 31, 2024.
Please label the dossier files using the following protocol: 3MNSF2024_LASTNAME, Firstname.pdf, while citations should be labelled: 3MNSF2024_LASTNAME, Firstname_BIO.pdf
- Hard copies will not be accepted.
- Please do not include any images or photos as part of the nomination package.
- Please do not have blank pages or section dividers or section title pages.
- The complete nomination package, with all seven items noted in the Application Procedure section, and should be submitted electronically in a single PDF here.
- On a separate page and not included in the 15 page limit, submit a 20-word and a 200-word “citation,” describing yourself. These bios will be used for publicity purposes when an applicant is chosen as an award recipient.
- We anticipate being able to publicly announce the new 3M NSF cohort in April.
For publicity and promotion, please note that if you are named a 3M National Student Fellow:
- Your email address will be shared publicly