The Heer Law Entrepreneurship Scholarship

At Heer Law, we know students have great entrepreneurial ideas. We also know that many startup businesses start by bootstrapping whereby the initial funding comes from the founder's personal funds. For young entrepreneurs, a lack of personal funds combined with educational costs can seriously stall the progress they make in moving their business ideas forward.

So, we've set up a scholarship to help. To apply for the scholarship please send us, in confidence, a copy of the business plan for your current or prospective business, together with the details outlined in the scholarship criteria below. Since we are an intellectual property law firm, your business plan must include a section outlining your business's intellectual property strategy for our consideration.

Heer Law Entrepreneurship Scholarship Criteria

In order to be eligible for the $2000 CAD scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Must be currently attending university or college or set to attend during the 2022-2023 academic year;
2. Must be in good standing with their current or prospective institution;
3. Must apply via email and provide their name, address, university or college, major and expected graduation month and year;
4. Provide their application (a business plan for their current or prospective business which includes a section outlining intellectual property strategy) by December 31, 2022.

Applications will be judged on the strength of the business idea and the cogency of the business plan and intellectual property strategy. A winner will be chosen by January 31, 2023.

All submissions should be submitted via email to scholarship@heerlaw.com. All business plans submitted in application for this scholarship will be treated as strictly confidential.