Applications are currently being accepted for the Esri Young Scholars Award program 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Esri Young Scholars Award program
The Esri Young Scholars Award program competition is held each year to select the Esri Young Scholar for Canada. Any student enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program at a Canadian college or university who has completed a project or research using Esri technology is eligible to apply.
Benefits of Esri Young Scholars Award program
- 1st Place: Complimentary registration for the Education Summit @ Esri UC and Esri User Conference; airfare to and from San Diego; hotel and per diem for their stay in San Diego; an acrylic award; and an ArcGIS for Personal Use license.
- 2nd Place: $500 bursary
- Esri Press eBooks may be awarded to meritorious students at the discretion of the judges.
Esri Young Scholars Award program Requirements
- Any student currently enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program at a college or university in Canada is eligible to apply. This includes students enrolled in college diploma or certificate programs.
Submission requirements
- A story map that highlights the objectives, methods and results of your use of Esri technology.
- A personal statement describing your experience with GIS, your future plans using GIS, and why you want to attend the Esri UC.
- Academic transcripts for all post-secondary education.
- A letter of support from an instructor or faculty member familiar with your work and your experience with GIS.
- Contact and enrollment information.
- Consent for Esri Canada to use your submitted work and your name. You retain intellectual property rights to the work.
Application Date and Process
- An ArcGIS StoryMap that highlights the objectives, methods and results of their use of Esri technology in a project or research. The story map must be public (shared with everyone) and all fields in the item overview page must be completed.
- A brief personal statement describing their experience with GIS, future plans using GIS, and why they want to attend the Esri User Conference (UC).
- Academic transcripts for all post-secondary education. Official, hard copy transcripts are not required. Transcripts obtained through a college or university’s online system will be accepted.
- A letter of support from an instructor or faculty member who is familiar with their research and experience with GIS.
- An application form that includes name, email address, educational institution and program of study.
Application Deadline
23 February, 2026
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