The B.C. government has indicated new funding may be available for fall 2024 programs. Please sign up for our email list to receive updates on any future grant funding.
By default, the grant will be used to cover tuition costs. You may use the grant for textbooks if you have sufficient grant funds available and you submit a claim no later than five days after your program or course begins. Please email learn@sfu.ca to request the claim form. (You can purchase textbooks directly from publishers or bookstores.)
We can provide refunds if requested at least five business days before a course starts. Once a course has started, we cannot provide refunds and any grant funds used to pay for the course will be forfeited. Please note that if you paid in advance for a full program, the entire tuition will be non-refundable after the first course’s start date.
The grant is intended to cover only courses starting between September 1 and December 31, 2023. But if you’re enrolling in a program that can be completed within a year, you may have the option to use the grant to help pay for the entire program in advance, including courses that start after December 31, 2023. However, your first course must start between September 1 and December 31, 2023.
You would also need to prepay the full balance of your tuition (less any grant funds). In this case, refunds cannot be provided unless requested at least five days before the first course start date.
Only the following programs offer this prepayment option:
Yes, but you’ll need to ensure you don’t exceed your maximum lifetime grant funding of $3,500. You can find more details on the B.C. government’s StrongerBC website.
You can apply your remaining grant funds toward courses in your program that start between January 1 and March 31, 2024. Please note the following requirements:
- You must have started a future skills grant-funded program in fall 2023 and need to take more courses to complete the original program.
- You must continue with the same program and study at the same institution where you began your program. You cannot switch to a different program or a different institution and retain access to your future skills grant funding. Funding may be available in fall 2024 if you wish to consider other programs or institutions in future.
- You must not have already exceeded your future skills grant lifetime maximum allotment of $3,500.
Contact us at learn@sfu.ca.