Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
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.
As of the 2016-2017 competition, and going forward, OGS and QEII-GSST are awarded through one competition process (one application) with the only difference being that QEII-GSST’s are only available to Canadian Citizens/Permanent residents and are for students registered in a research graduate program in one of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields at Waterloo. Both scholarships are of equal prestige.
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.
For full eligibility and selection criteria, please refer to Waterloo's OGS/QEII-GSST web page.
Please refer to Waterloo's OGS/QEII-GSST web page for application and deadlines.
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.