Eligibility for return-to-service scholarships administered by The New Brunswick Medical Education Foundation is limited to residents of the Province of New Brunswick. Applicants are assessed for eligibility as determined by the place of residence history entered on their application.

 

Our definition of New Brunswick residency and place of residence have been drawn from Dalhousie Medicine's Place of Residency requirements, which can be viewed here. 

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Residency Policy

 

For the purpose of applying to The New Brunswick Medical Education Foundation, you are considered a resident of New Brunswick if you meet at least one of the three following criteria: 

 

• Within twelve (12) years of the date of application, the applicant has completed four (4) years of junior high/high school between grade 7 and grade 12 in New Brunswick. This includes those students who are deemed to have met New Brunswick junior high/high school requirements through other equivalent means (e.g. homeschooling) in the same province. Proof of completion of high school in New Brunswick via an official government-issued or local school transcript may be required. 

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• At the time of application, and for at least the immediate six (6) prior years, the permanent address* for the applicant is located in New Brunswick for the purpose of attending high school and/or post-secondary study and/or employment. 

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• At the time of application, for at least the immediate three (3) prior years, the permanent address* for the applicant is located in New Brunswick while NOT attending a post-secondary institution on either a part-time or full-time basis, in-person or virtually. 

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Applicants may be required to provide evidence of permanent home address in the Province in the form of government-issued documents. 

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* An applicant's 'permanent address' is defined as either:

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• the address where one physically resides for at least 10 months each year for the last 3 consecutive years immediately prior to application while not attending a post-secondary institution on a full-time or part-time basis, in person or virtually; 

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• the address where one physically resides for at least 10 months each year for the last 6 consecutive years immediately prior to application while attending high school and/or post-secondary institution and/or actively employed; 

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• the address within 100km of one's employment for the last 3 years immediately prior to application while not attending a post-secondary institution on a full-time or part-time basis, in person or virtually. 

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If you do not meet any of the criteria above but believe your application should be considered for other reasons (including but not limited to having recently acquired Canadian Permanent residency or Canadian Citizenship and have lived only in the same Maritime province prior to application deadline), applicants can submit a brief explanation within the scholarship application form. 

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Applications may be reviewed on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the Grants Committee for evidence of substantial connection to Maritime communities such as, but not limited to, birthplace, location of educational study, extended periods of lived experience in Maritime Communities, total number of years lived in the same Maritime province.

 

Additional documentation (such as but not limited to birth certificate, high school diploma, academic transcripts, utility bills with address over the designated time period, residential lease or mortgage, payroll documents and redacted tax returns) may be requested. 

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Applicants are required to give complete information on their residency status and residency history in their application.​If you do not meet any of the criteria above, your application is considered ineligible and will not move forward.