Scholarship Value $3,000

Number of Scholarships 39

Diabetes Hope Scholarship Program is a combined merit and needs-based scholarship that celebrates the resiliency of youth with type 1 diabetes. The Scholarship is awarded to students who exhibit excellence in balancing the many responsibilities associated with diabetes management while also overcoming personal challenges, maintaining strong academic standing, enriching their lives through community involvement and extra-curricular activities, and maintaining their health.

Over the last 27 years, Diabetes Hope Foundation has been successful in engaging more youth from across the country through the expansion and growth of the Scholarship Program across Canada. In 2025, with the generous support of our donors and community partners, 46 scholarships were awarded to exemplary students nation-wide. To date, 989 scholarships have been awarded to support students with diabetes from across Canada.

In order to provide additional supports through the transition years, all scholarship winners are guaranteed a peer mentor through our HOPE Connects Peer Support Program and each year, many pay it forward by volunteering as peer mentors, committee members and speakers at DHF events.

Diabetes Hope Scholarship Program is a combined merit and needs-based scholarship that celebrates the resiliency of youth with type 1 diabetes. The Scholarship is awarded to students who exhibit excellence in balancing the many responsibilities associated with diabetes management while also overcoming personal challenges, maintaining strong academic standing, enriching their lives through community involvement and extra-curricular activities, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Opens: Jan 5 2026 08:00 AM (EST)

Deadline: Mar 2 2026 03:00 AM (EST)

OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO ARE:

• In their final year at a Canadian secondary school/CEGEP and entering an accredited post-secondary institution in September 2026.
• Registered with a Canadian pediatric diabetes program/healthcare provider and in their transition year to adult diabetes care.
• Receiving care for type 1 diabetes by a pediatric health care team for a minimum of 1 year at the application deadline.