RBC Green Skills Scholarship 2025

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada; or have proof of status as a Protected Person or Convention Refugee from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (claimants are not eligible).
• Be an adult learner aged 25 or older who is starting or returning to post-secondary studies to develop innovative solutions to pressing environmental challenges.
• Be active in the workforce or seeking employment (not retired).
• Be entering or enrolled in part-time or full-time studies at the Bachelor’s, Master’s (course-based or research-based), Advanced Diploma, Post-Graduate Diploma, Technical Diploma, or Post-Graduate Certificate level in an eligible field of study.
  • Applicants pursuing a Bachelor’s degree must not have graduated from high school within the past seven years.
  • Applicants pursuing a Master’s degree must not have completed or graduated from a post-secondary program (i.e., Bachelor’s degree, Post-Graduate Diploma) within the past two years.
• All applicants must have at least one year (or two terms) of studies remaining at the time of applying for the scholarship.
• Please note: In 2025, the program will be open to the first 200 submitted applications only.

Areas of study must be related to one of the following greening sectors:

• Buildings and construction
• Agriculture and food production
• Transportation
• Waste management and recycling
• Renewable energy

Offered Benefits

Up to 40 scholarships annually up to $5,000 to students.

Application Process

For more details, visit RBC scholarship webpage.