Ontario Graduate Scholarship For International Students 2024 [Study-In-Canada]

The Ontario Graduate Scholarship 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.

Both programs are jointly funded by the Ontario government and participating institutions. The government contributes two-thirds of the value of the awards and the university provides the remaining one-third.

SCHOLARSHIP AT A GLANCE:

Details For 2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship For International Students

Students are considered for the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST) at Waterloo by using one application. Both scholarships are of equal prestige. The differences between the OGS and QEII-GSST scholarships are as follows:

• OGS – available for all disciplines of academic study; available to Canadian Citizens/Permanent Residents and International students.
• QEII-GSST – available specifically for students in a research-based graduate program in one of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines; only available to Canadian Citizens/Permanent residents.

Requirements For 2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship For International Students

• International applicants must hold a valid study permit under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada).
• Domestic applicants must be a Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident, or Protected Person under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada)

Duration and Reward For 2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship For International Students

• Each OGS and QEII-GSST is valued at a maximum of $15,000 per year. The award is paid as $5,000 per term for either two or three terms.
  Waterloo celebrates outstanding academic achievement of its graduate students by offering the President’s Graduate Scholarship (PGS) to students receiving an OGS or QEII-GSST. Successful OGS and QEII-GSST recipients will begin their scholarship during 2024-2025. The allowable start terms are spring 2024, fall 2024 or winter 2025
• Awards are granted for up to one year in duration and are non-renewable. Applicants must apply annually in order to be considered.
  Recipients can hold the scholarship for a minimum of two terms (receiving $10,000 total) or a maximum of three terms (receiving $15,000 total). Accepting an OGS/QEII-GSST for only one term is not permitted.

Required Documents For 2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship For International Students

• Applicants must have achieved a first-class average (minimum of A-/80%), in EACH of the last two completed years of study (full-time equivalent).
• Eligibility averages are calculated using grades from your most-recent academic history up to August 31, 2023, regardless of program or relevance to your current or proposed program. Waterloo is required to adhere to these parameters as dictated by Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU).

Components of a complete application

A complete OGS/QEII-GSST application is comprised of the following:

1. Transcript request webform
2. OGS/QEII-GSST Application + Appendix A (if applicable)
   1. Email material to the department graduate co-ordinator of the current/proposed department
3. Two academic reference letters (see Step 5 – Select referees)
   1. Referees must email their letter directly to the department graduate co-ordinatorof the current/proposed department

Applicants who identify as Indigenous on the application form must complete the Indigenous verification process, if they have not already done so, prior to submitting their application to their department graduate co-ordinator.

Maximum Support

Master’s students can receive an OGS or QEII-GSST for a maximum of two academic years and doctoral students for a maximum of four academic years.*

In addition, students cannot exceed a lifetime maximum of six (6) years of government-funded graduate awards. Awards under the following programs are counted toward this lifetime maximum:

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program (OGS)*
• Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)*
• Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS)
• Tri-Agency Scholarships (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier)

*For the purpose of OGS/QEII-GSST, one or two term awards will count as one full year towards the OGS/QEII-GSST program and lifetime maximums. 

Concurrent Support

Eligible students are encouraged to apply for both a tri-agency graduate scholarship and OGS/QEII-GSST within the same competition year. If a student is successful in both competitions, they must be aware that these scholarships cannot be held concurrently. In these situations, successful students will normally accept the tri-agency scholarship due to the higher value and national-level prestige associated with it. Students who were successful in both competitions may be initially offered an OGS/QEII-GSST in “name” only* by Waterloo which they are welcome to list on their CV or resumé as a declined award.

*Students who would prefer to accept an OGS/QEII-GSST instead of an NSERC PGS or SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship with the goal of reapplying and being considered for a CGS D level tri-agency scholarship in the future should consult with the Co-ordinator, Graduate Financial Aid and Awards in Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs before declining the tri-agency scholarship. Students retain the ability to accept their OGS/QEII-GSST should they wish.

• It is the student’s responsibility, in consultation with their department and graduate supervisor, to determine which scholarship is most advantageous for them to accept, given their circumstances and eligibility.
• Students are not permitted to partially hold one scholarship and then another in the same competition year.
• Students are not permitted to hold/overlap an OGS and QEII-GSST from two separate competition years.

Students are also required to check the eligibility of other awards they may be offered to see if an OGS/QEII-GSST can be held concurrently.

How To Apply For 2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship For International Students

Interested Students Can Use The Link Below To Apply

Scholarship status

You will be considered for this scholarship shortly after you receive an offer of admission to UBC. Scholarship decisions are made between mid-March to the end of April each year.

Source: https://uwaterloo.ca/