Get one of two $500 CCPA/BMS Student Bursary Awards, or apply for CCPA's other student awards such as the Conference Student Travel Grant, if you are a CCPA student member.
Published by G Paul · last checked September 26, 2026
The CCPA/BMS Student Bursary Award (funded by BMS, the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association's professional liability insurance broker) provides two $500 awards in support of graduate student research, for student members showing academic excellence. Other student options include the Conference Student Travel Grant, the Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Masters Thesis Award, the Annual Conference Research Poster Awards, and the Student Representative Award. As these are grants, not loans, you do not have to pay this money back. This is for you if you are a graduate student member of the CCPA (Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association — the national body for counselling professionals) who is pursuing research or presenting at the annual conference. Applications open October 1, 2026, and the main deadline is January 16, 2027. No notification date is posted; awards are presented at CCPA's annual conference. Selection criteria aren't published — ask Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association how winners are chosen and roughly how many applicants they typically receive so you can judge your odds. Ask Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association during your application how the money will reach you — some awards pay students directly, others apply funds to tuition. Confirm this so you can plan your cash flow. Renewal conditions aren't listed — if you're counting on this for multiple years, confirm with Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association whether it's one-time or renewable and what you need to maintain.
To qualify for the CCPA/BMS Student Bursary Award, you must be a student member demonstrating academic excellence. For the Conference Student Travel Grant, you can be a student member from any CCPA region, but you must attend the conference to receive the money. For the Dr. Lynda Younghusband Counselling Award, you must be a full-time or part-time graduate student enrolled in the Master of Education (Counselling Psychology) programme at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and be attending the national CCPA conference to present a scholarly paper or poster.
This is what the award's official page said when we last checked. Rules change, so confirm on the award's official page before you apply.
Check you meet every requirement, and note each document they ask for.
Save a copy, and submit at least a day before the deadline shown above.
Use the Apply on the official site button on this page: it opens the official application page in a new tab.
Applications close on January 16, 2027. Submit a day or two early: application sites get busy at the end.
Check the award's official page for the citizenship rules.
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