Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST) programs encourage excellence in graduate studies at publicly-assisted universities in Ontario.
Since 1975, the OGS program has been providing merit-based scholarships to Ontario’s best graduate students in all disciplines of academic study.
In 1998, the Ontario government introduced the QEII-GSST, a merit-based scholarship program targeted specifically toward graduate students in science and technology.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The scholarship is worth $15,000 annually or $5,000 per term for a minimum of two terms and a maximum of three terms.
Eligibility
To be considered for an OGS/QEII, a student must be:
- A Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Person [under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protections Act (Canada)] at the time of the OGS application deadline date.
- International students who are studying in Ontario with a student study permit under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) are eligible for the allotted international student award.
- Within their standard program length (normally four years of full-time study, or equivalent) for a doctoral student.
- Enrolled or plan to enrol in a full-time program of study at Ontario Tech for the academic year following the year of application that leads to a graduate degree and is approved for operating grant purposes by the ministry.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
A complete application includes the following:
Online application;
Study permit;
Two academic assessment reports are required. Academic assessments are submitted online.
If the December 1 deadline falls on a weekend, the application deadline is the following business day by 8 p.m. EST.