The Currie Undergraduate Scholarship (formerly known as the Blake-Kirkpatrick scholarship) is Atlantic Canada's largest undergraduate scholarship, and is awarded to four students each year by the University of New Brunswick. It was established in 2004 by UNB Chancellor Emeritus Richard J. Currie, O.C., O.N.B., C.B.H.F., M.B.A., LL.D., P.Eng.

Criteria

Applicants should submit an essay (not less than 250 words) to the Selection Committee giving evidence of their leadership capabilities, including (but not limited to) school and extracurricular activities. Also required in the essay is evidence of overcoming barriers or difficult situations. Applications not meeting all three criteria will automatically be disregarded.

Value of the Scholarship

The value of the scholarship used to depend on the university program chosen by the winner. However, since the Engineering programs have been reduced to four years, the value of the scholarship remains constant from program to program. Each scholarship winner is awarded $65,000 over four (4) years as follows:

Selection Committee

The selection committee consists of: Previous members of the selection committee include:

Previous winners

The previous winners by year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 E - Entering an engineering program. O - Entering a program other than engineering.