Continuing Education Funding Assistance

Alumni Professional Development Grant

Alumni Professional Development Grants help University of Alberta alumni achieve their career growth goals by removing financial barriers to high-quality, meaningful career education and personal growth opportunities offered by the UAlberta and its partners.

This grant provides funding for alumni to participate in courses and activities that will help them:

  • Develop leadership skills
  • Explore career opportunities
  • Learn about professional practices in different cultures and contexts
  • Establish and expand professional networks
  • Reflect critically on their career interests and aspirations
  • Develop new skills including, but not limited to:

    • Career Management skills: skills needed to navigate the workplace
    • Discipline-specific skills: skills specific to certain occupational fields
    • Generic skills: using technology, written and verbal communication, leadership
    • Self-management skills: goal-setting, time-management, self-assessment, reflexivity

Who can apply:

Any graduate of the University of Alberta.

What's covered?

Up to $500 maximum of the registration fee for any individual course offered by Continuing & Professional Education at the Faculty of Extension. No grants will be given above $500. No individual may receive more than $1000 in a single fiscal year (April 1 - March 31).

Once approved, please submit your course registration form through the Student Service Portal. If there is a remaining balance, you will be contacted directly for the collection of the balance.


Other Sources

Funding source
Eligibility
Amount
Apply by
Canada-Alberta Job Grant 

Available for businesses in all sectors across Alberta

Two-thirds of the training costs (up to 100% if hiring an unemployed Albertan)
any time
Canada Training Benefit 

Residents of Canada, 25-65 years old, who have $10,000-150,000 in earnings for work.

$250+
income tax return
Coal and Electricity Transition Tuition Voucher 

If you work at one of the identified coal/electricity worksites and have been employed for a year or more

$12,000 max.
N/A
Skilled Immigrant Micro-Loan 

Whether you intend to work in the same field you trained in outside of Canada, or you wish to apply your transferable skills to a new career, this low-interest loan helps you cover the cost of education and related living expenses.

Up to $15,000 loan
N/A
Alumni Professional Development Grant 

Any graduate of the University of Alberta

Up to $500 anually
monthly deadline
HRDF 

Employed by the University of Alberta as Non-Academic Staff (NASA)

$750 annually
Dec / Mar / Jun / Sep
William F. Lede and Ernest Newman Memorial Bursaries 

Students who are enrolled or preparing to enrol in the Applied Land Use Planning Certificate, Advanced Certificate in Local Authority Administration (NACLAA) Level I or Level II programs

$1,000 and $800 annually
August
ADOA Achievement Award 

Students who completed the Applied Land Use Planning Certificate program

One-year ADOA membership
N/A
Calytera Systems Award 

Students who have completed the Information Access and Protection of Privacy Certificate program.

$500 annually
instructor nominated
SLGM Achievement Award 

Graduating students of the Advanced Certificate in Local Authority Administration (NACLAA) Level II program

Up to $500 annually
N/A
Ella May Walker Memorial Award 

Students in the Visual Arts (Certificate or Citation), Residential Interiors Certificate programs

$500 annually
June
Lieutenant-Governor Lois E. Hole and Harriet Winspear Endowment Scholarship 

Students in the Visual Arts (Certificate or Citation) program

$300-500 annually
June
Lillian Nunn Scholarship 

ACACA members in the Visual Arts (Certificate or Citation) program

$300-600 annually
July
Constance McFarland Memorial Art Award 

Students in the U of A Online and Continuing Education Visual Arts (Certificate or Citation) program

$300-600 annually
instructor nominated
Harry Wohlfarth Memorial Award 

Students in the Visual Arts (Certificate or Citation) program

$300-600 annually
instructor nominated
Edmonton Construction Association (ECA) Award 

Students in the Construction Management & Administration Certificate program

$1,000 annually
N/A
CCOHS Dick Martin Scholarship Award 

Students enrolled either full time or part time in an Occupational Health and Safety-­related course or program

$3,000 annually
January
Methanex Corporation Award in Occupational Health and Safety 

Students enrolled in the Occupational Health and Safety Professional Diploma program who have completed a minimum of six (6) core courses by March 31st can apply.

$750 annually
April 15
OHS Healthy Workplaces Award 

Current students and graduates of the Occupational Health and Safety Certificate and/or Professional Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

$1,000 annually
May
Carol Ross Scholarship 

Current students of the Occupational Health and Safety Certificate and/or Professional Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

$3,000 annually
July
Health And Safety Conference Society Of Alberta (HSCSA) 

Graduates of the Occupational Health and Safety Certificate program

Up to $500 annually
N/A
Gary Wagar Scholarship 

Students who have completed the NCSO designation to use toward their Occupational Health and Safety Certificate program

$500 annually
February
CSSE OHSE Student Writing Awards Program 

Current students and graduates of the Occupational Health and Safety Certificate and/or Professional Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

$200-500 annually
April
Chad Bradley Scholarship for Women in OHS 

Current students (women) of the Occupational Health and Safety Certificate and/or Professional Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

$3,000
August
CSSE OHSE Bursary Program 

Students enrolled either full time or part time in an Occupational Health and Safety-related course or program

$500
December
50th Anniversary Scholarship 

Students who are enrolled in the Advanced Certificate in Local Authority Administration (NACLAA) Level I program

$800 annually
August
Chairman’s Scholarship 

Students who are enrolled in the Advanced Certificate in Local Authority Administration (NACLAA) Level I program

$800 annually
August
Servus-Bredin Microloans for Professional Newcomers­ 

Students who are internationally educated professionals pursuing Canadian licensing or training.

Up to $15,000 loan
N/A