The scholarships will be awarded through "Idea MashUP" competitions, where students in high schools across Northern and Central BC are challenged to create a new technology by combining (mashing) two or more existing technologies.

Grade twelve students from central and northern British Columbia now have access to a $225,000 Young Innovator Scholarship Fund to be awarded based on the innovation and entrepreneurship of selected submissions.  The scholarships support student enrolment in full-time science, technology and business programs at BC post secondary institutions.
 
The funding program is a partnership between Northern Development Initiative Trust (Northern Development $75,000) and the BC Innovation Council (BCIC $150,000).
 
The scholarships will be awarded through "Idea MashUP" competitions, where students in high schools across Northern and Central BC are challenged to create a new technology by combining (mashing) two or more existing technologies.
 
A former Fort St John student has already been awarded $4,000 and is currently enrolled in post secondary studies.  Caleb Miller, a graduate from North Peace Secondary School is studying physics at UNBC. For more information about the program, students and high school administrators should visit www.bcic.ca\students.