Directory / Student Awards (powered by yconic)
Student Awards (powered by yconic)
yconic, formerly StudentAwards, is a Canadian scholarship directory that also runs sponsored contests and prize draws. You can browse open awards by province, background, school level and type without an account. Award pages give the amount and deadline with a link to the sponsor, and closed awards stay listed with a clear closed label.
Best for: Canadian students who want a directory that clearly labels closed awards and can be browsed without an account.
Limitation: Sponsored prize draws lead the list, and there is no way to filter awards by field of study.
Our rating
3.1out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.5 / 5)
- Filters cover province, level, award type and background tags.
- A financial need tag is among the filters.
- Lists sort by deadline, value, difficulty and popularity.
- No filter for field of study or grades.
Scholarship Quality (4.0 / 5)
- Past awards are clearly labeled closed.
- Most deadlines show a year on the award page.
- Sponsored prize draws fill the top of the list.
- Contest entries go to the site's own forms.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Award cards show deadline and value on the list.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (2.5 / 5)
- Sign-up data falls under a contest platform's policy.
- That policy allows selling data for marketing.
- Opting out of data sales takes an email.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.