(for full-time undergraduate students admitted directly from high school into their first year of studies in any program with a Direct Entry option who graduated from a high school in northern Manitoba or Thunder Bay and who have achieved a minimum 70% average on the best five courses for the UM General Entrance Scholarship Program)

For residents of northern Manitoba and Thunder Bay, Ontario who are entering their first year of studies at the University of Manitoba, one scholarship is offer to an undergraduate student who: (1) has graduated from a high school in northern Manitoba or Thunder Bay, Ontario; (2) has achieved a minimum 70% average on the best five courses appearing on the list of acceptable courses for the University of Manitoba General Entrance Scholarship Program; (3) is admitted to the University of Manitoba, directly from high school; (4) will be enrolled full-time (minimum 80% course load) in the first year of study in University 1 or any faculty, college, or school with a Direct Entry option at the University of Manitoba. Based on the following order of preference: (1) graduates from Churchill, Manitoba (2) graduates from the rest of northern Manitoba (3) graduates from Thunder Bay, Ontario For the purpose of this award, northern Manitoba includes the following cities: Churchill, Flin Flon, Gillam, Gods River, Grand Rapids, Granville Lake, Ilford, Leaf Rapids, Lynn Lake, Mystery Lake, Snow Lake, South Indian Lake, The Pas, and Thompson.