The Rhodes Scholarship in Canada is currently accepting applications for supporting exceptional students pursuing or planning on pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Oxford in England.

Intellectual excellence is required of Rhodes Scholars, but it is not enough to earn this outstanding educational opportunity — Rhodes emphasized in his will that he was not interested in "mere bookworms." His vision in founding the scholarship was to invest in and develop outstanding leaders who would be motivated to "fight the world's fight" — his rallying call for esteeming public service as one's highest aim.

Candidates must be Canadian Citizens or permanent residents (students who are attending a Canadian university on a visa are not eligible to apply in Canada but may be eligible to apply from their home countries); be domiciled in Canada; have been born between October 2, 1989, and October 1, 1995 and have received an undergraduate degree before taking up the scholarship (See Canada Memorandum).

SFU Timeline for 2013 Rhodes Award Application

• Information session: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 9:30–10:30 am. Location: Student Central (top floor Maggie Benston) in the presentation space.
  
• SFU Application Deadline for Rhodes 2014 (completed application including all requested documents to SFU Financial Aid and Awards office): Thursday, September 12 at 4:30 pm.
  
• Interview (in-person) of shortlisted SFU applicants: September 19/20, September 26/27, and October 2/3 (subject to change)
  
• Interview with the President with final nominee(s): TBD (based on his schedule): Week of October 7–14
  
• Online application finalized with nominee(s) from SFU to BC Rhodes Committee: Week of October 7–14
  
• BC Rhodes online application deadline: Friday, October 18

(Tip: If you're not Canadian, there are Rhodes Scholarships for many countries around the world. Wikipedia lists the Rhodes quotas for each year by country.)

• General information
• Selection criteria that apply in all Rhodes constituencies
• Application criteria specific to Canada
• FAQs
• SFU application to apply for a 2014 Rhodes Scholarship
• One award is granted to a BC student each year. Sarah St. John, an SFU undergrad student, received this prestigious award in 2011.