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Planning Student Trust Fund (CIP-PSTF)
The CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund (CIP-PSTF) is the Canadian planning profession’s national charity, providing a scholarship and bursary program to students in accredited planning programs in Canada.
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Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund’s (CIP-PSTF) scholarship program. All CIP Student members enrolled in a full-time accredited Canadian planning program are eligible to apply. The application deadline is February 16, 2024.
History
The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) created CIP-PSTF in 1989 to contribute to the advancement of professional planning. After incorporating as a separate entity under the Canada Corporations Act, the Fund received charitable status in 1990.
Impact
Over 150 scholarships and bursaries, totalling over $500,000 in financial support, have been awarded to students in accredited planning programs.
CIP makes annual financial contributions to CIP-PSTF to not only fund specific awards and bursaries but also to cover CIP-PSTF’s administrative expenses. This allows 100% of public donations to go directly to students. CIP also provides in-kind support to CIP-PSTF by serving as its secretariat, with CIP staff managing its operations.
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Support
The sustainability of the scholarship and bursary program is dependent on individual donations and corporate sponsorships. Donations to CIP-PSTF are tax-deductible.