Adult Upgrading Grant
The Adult Upgrading Grant (AUG) provides need-based grants for BC residents who wish to access preparatory and secondary level courses, including Adult Basic Education.
The grant provides funding assistance for direct educational costs - tuition and books specific to courses in basic literacy, academic upgrading, pre-vocational, English as a Second Language or Adult Basic Education. Generally, course numbers that begin with a zero. It does not fund any post-secondary programs or courses.
Students who qualify will be funded one-time for each course. To apply for continued funding, students must demonstrate the successful completion of previously funded courses.
Adult Upgrading Grant Application
Submit the application to Student Awards & Financial Aid. For students not studying in Kamloops, submit the application to the regional centre's general office.
Funding is awarded on a first come, first served basis. Early applications are encouraged.
Students must reapply each semester for funding.
Applications are accepted for the:
- Summer semester beginning April 1
- Fall semester beginning May 1
- Winter semester beginning November 1
Requirements
The application must be completed with all questions answered. You must include your Social Insurance Number and all copies of proof of income.
If you are under the age of 22, single, and living with parent(s), you will be required to provide parental income on the application.
AUG funded students who get into a waitlisted course or add a course(s) need to inform Student Awards & Financial Aid immediately.
Students who withdraw from a course (where a full refund is not credited to AUG), or who receive a DNC/Fail grade, cannot be funded for that course again. Inform Student Awards & Financial Aid if this occurs.
You will be notified by email from Student Awards & Financial Aid regarding the status of your application.
The fee amount will be credited to your student account and a cheque for required textbooks for the approved course(s) will be issued by mail once the funding has been approved. Based on the course(s), Student Awards & Financial Aid will determine the probable costs.
AUG Emergency Access Grant
In addition to the regular AUG funding for fees and books, a non-repayable AUG Emergency Access Grant of up to $500 is available to assist you with the purchase of needed hardware, and/or software, and/or a new or improved home internet access. Students taking courses from any campus including Open Learning are eligible to apply, as long as you have first been approved for AUG.
To apply for this special one-time funding, email aug@tru.ca with answers to the following questions:
- Are you currently funded by an Adult Upgrading Grant (AUG) OR have you applied for AUG for the fall or winter terms? Yes/No
- What technology barrier do you currently face? (for example, you cannot take an ABE course or have experienced difficulty succeeding in an ABE course due to the lack of…).
- What is your proposed solution and the cost? (for example, provide a link to where you would purchase the item or service, such as BestBuy or London Drugs or Amazon or Telus or Shaw).
- If you need to buy computer hardware in excess of $500, how will you fund the cost in excess of the grant?
Student Awards & Financial Aid will advise you within three weeks of submitting your request whether you have been approved. If you are approved for funding, you will be issued a cheque, which must be used to purchase the specific equipment or services for which you were approved. You must retain all your receipts, as we may ask for them. If you are unable to provide receipts when requested, or it is otherwise determined that you did not obtain the approved equipment or services or if you obtained the equipment or services but did not use them in the completion of upgrading courses at TRU, you will be required to fully repay the grant.
