Student Scholarships

MROO Scholarship Program 

Applications are now being accepted.

Deadline to apply is Friday, September 5, 2025, at 5pm (ET)

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MROO's annual Scholarship Program awards a number of $3,000 scholarships to students at a Canadian university, community college or similar post-secondary institution entering their second year of study of their first degree with a full course load (full-time student). Additionally, the Scholarship Committee awards the prestigious $5,000 Don MacLeod Memorial Award for Leadership and, new in 2025, the Jack and Francine Delcourt Scholarship ($4,000). These MROO scholarships represent the importance MROO places on education and investing in the next generation. Learn more about our MROO Scholarship Program here. 

Jack and Francine Delcourt Scholarship

In 2025, MROO announced a new scholarship - the Jack and Francine Delcourt Scholarship. The Scholarship recognizes Jack Delcourt (Retired Chief of Police, Barrie) who was instrumental in launching the MROO Scholarship Program in 2006, and his wife Francine Delcourt, for her long-time service as a member and Chair of the Scholarship Committee, as well as Alternate Director and Zone 9 Director for many years. MROO would like to thank the Delcourt's for their great contributions over the years and recognize the tremendous impact they had on the growth and success of the MROO Scholarship program. The new MROO scholarship valued at $4,000 will be selected and awarded annually by the Scholarship Committee. The first Jack and Francine Delcourt Scholarship will be awarded in 2025.

Please read the full MROO Scholarship requirements and criteria here.

Past Scholarship Highlights

  • In 2006, MROO scholarship program was initiated: one scholarship per zone at $1,000 per scholarship. Eligible students were entering first year of a university, college or college equivalent program.
  • In 2009, the number of scholarships increased to two per zone, remaining at $1,000 each.
  • In 2010, slight changes were made to the Scholarship Program. Scholarships increased to $2,000 each and students were now required to be entering second year of a university, college or university equivalent program.
  • In 2012, the Scholarship program added the $5,000 Don MacLeod Leadership Award.
  • In 2023, the value of each individual scholarship, other than the Don MacLeod Leadership Award, was increased to $3,000.
  • In 2024, the Don MacLeod Leadership Award became the Don MacLeod Memorial Leadership Award.
  • In 2025, the Jack and Francine Delcourt Scholarship was announced and awarded to the first recipient. 

 

Meet some of our past MROO Scholarship Recipients here.

MROO Targeted Scholarship Program 

After many years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in awards, the MROO Scholarship Program added a new wrinkle in 2023, the “targeted scholarship.” In the past, all MROO scholarships were awarded to the relatives of MROO members entering the second year of their first degree/diploma at a recognized university or college. This program has not been altered and the MROO Scholarship Committee continues to make these awards every fall. 

The new Targeted Scholarships are for graduate students and, though funded by MROO, are awarded by our university partners using agreed upon terms. These new scholarships focus on supporting graduate students in Ontario who are doing research or pursuing a career that will positively impact the lives of older adults. The first partner school was Carleton University in Ottawa in 2023. In 2024 MROO signed an agreement with Thunder Bay's Lakehead University to become their 2nd partner school in the program. Learn more about the MROO Targeted Scholarship program here.