Award type:
Scholarships
Affiliation:
Indigenous
Award 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. 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.
Waterloo reserves two OGS awards for Indigenous* applicants each year.
*For the purpose of this award, an Indigenous person is one who is a citizen or member of a First Nations community (Status/Non-Status), Métis, or Inuit as defined in the Canadian Constitution Act 1982. To protect the integrity of Indigenous graduate students eligible for specific funding, those identifying as Indigenous must be verified by the Office of Indigenous Relations at the University of Waterloo through the Indigenous verification process.
Value description:
Each OGS and QEII-GSST is valued at a maximum of $15,000 per year or $5,000 per term. 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.
Eligibility & selection criteria:
- For full eligibility and selection criteria, please refer to Waterloo's OGS/QEII-GSST web page.
Level:
Masters, Doctoral
Program:
Open to any program
Citizenship:
Canadian/Permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process:
Application required
Term:
Winter
Additional instructions:
Please refer to Waterloo's OGS/QEII-GSST web page for application and deadlines.
Contact person:
- For further information about this award please contact the applicable: