Ontario Graduate Scholarships and Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology at Trent University, Canada (2024)

Closing date: February 15, 2024.

Student type: Domestic and International students are eligible for this scholarship program.

Level of study: graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels 

Study area: Any

Scholarship value: $15,000 for one year ($5,000 per term for a maximum of 3 consecutive terms)

Description: Since 1975, the Ontario government, in partnership with Ontario’s publicly assisted universities, has encouraged excellence in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels through the awarding of Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS). OGS awards are merit-based scholarships available to students in all disciplines of graduate study.

The Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST) program is in addition to and harmonized with the OGS program. QEII-GSST awards are merit-based scholarships available to domestic students in graduate studies undertaking research in science and technology fields.

Both OGS and QEII-GSST awards are annually allocated to eligible universities in Ontario.

Eligibility:

To be able to be considered for an OGS/QEII-GSST at Trent, an applicant must:

· Be a current graduate student, or have submitted an application for admission to a Trent University graduate program.

· Be a Canadian citizen, a Permanent Resident, or a Protected Person [under subsection 95 (2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protections Act (Canada)] as of the OGS/QEII application deadline.

· If an OGS/QEII-GSST applicant is an international student they must hold a valid study permit as of the OGS/QEII-GSST award start date so that they can be considered for OGS awards that the MTCU has allowed Trent University to provide to international students. Trent has two (2) OGS awards allocated for international students.

· If an OGS/QEII-GSST applicant is Indigenous to Canada they may be considered for OGS awards that institutions are encouraged to allocate to qualified Indigenous graduate students. For the purposes of the scholarship MTCU has outlined that an Indigenous person is a person who self-identifies as First Nations (Status/Non-Status), Métis, or Inuit.

Also, a OGS/QEII-GSST applicant:

· Must not have exceeded the lifetime maximum of two (2) OGS/QEII-GSST awards held at the master’s level, nor exceeded the lifetime maximum of four (4) OGS/QEII-GSST awards held at the doctoral level.

· Must not have exceeded the lifetime maximum of six (6) years of government-funded student award support from the following programs/agencies:

o Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS)

o Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)

o Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

o Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

o Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

o Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS)

· Recipients may not concurrently hold a second government funded scholarship 

How to apply:  apply online

More info: https://www.trentu.ca/graduatestudies/ontario-graduate-scholarships-and-queen-elizabeth-ii-graduate-scholarships-science-and-technology