Student Scholarships

The MROO Scholarship Program is open to students who are relatives of a MROO member. The Member can be a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, great aunt, or great uncle, including step relatives.

MROO's annual Scholarship Program awards a number of $3,000 scholarships to students at Canadian universities, community colleges or similar post-secondary institutions entering the second year of study of their first degree, with a full course load (full-time student).

Scholarship candidates are graded on key factors such as their demonstrated experience in leadership positions, evidence of their volunteer work in their community, their ability to explain their vision of their future after their post-secondary studies, and how their studies will prepare them to lead and assist others in the future.

The MROO Scholarship application deadline is Friday, September 18, 2026, at 5PM (ET).

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Please note, only family members of MROO members are eligible to apply.

Learn more about our MROO Student Scholarship Program here.

Have questions? Check out our Scholarship Program FAQ page.

Don MacLeod Memorial Award for Leadership

Annually, the Scholarship Committee awards the prestigious $5,000 Don MacLeod Memorial Award for Leadership. The recipient will be judged the worthiest leader in the past, and in the future. Learn more about Don MacLeod here.

The 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 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 Delcourts for their great contributions over the years and recognize the tremendous impact they had on the growth and success of the Scholarship program. The new scholarship valued at $4,000 will be selected and awarded annually by the Scholarship Committee.

The first Jack and Francine Delcourt Scholarship was awarded in 2025 to Alexei Reid from Formosa. Alexei is studying Nursing at Western University.

Scholarship History

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.