Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2023-24, Brock University, Canada

Deadline for applications: 15 January 2023

Award Value: $15,000 a year
Deadline: January 15, 2023 by 4:00 pm
Students submit application to: Faculty of Graduate Studies
Brock’s quota: TBD, 57 awards for domestic and international (2022-2023), 54 awards (2021-2022)

Please note, this information will pertain to the Brock University’s OGS application process. Each university will have its own application and deadline date.

The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) program encourages excellence in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels. The value of an OGS award for one year is $15,000, $5,000 per term. Students may receive the award for two terms ($10,000) or three terms ($15,000), the majority of the scholarships will be awarded for three terms. One-term awards are not granted.
Students must apply for the award at the university where they plan to attend graduate studies. The award is not transferable from University to University. This means that all undergraduate and graduate students wishing to apply for OGS, who plan to study at the graduate level at Brock, must apply and submit their OGS application to Brock.

Allocation for International Students: 2

Eligibility criteria:
In order to be considered for an OGS, students must be:

• Students studying in Ontario under a study permit or visa.
• enrolled in or applying for admission to a graduate program on a full-time basis at Brock at the time of holding the award.
• Taking an eligible program on a full time basis.

An eligible program is defined as a full-time program of study of two or three terms at an eligible institution leading to a graduate degree.

Find official Provincial guidelines here.

Visa Students:
International students who are studying in Ontario under a temporary resident visa – student study permit, under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) are eligible for the allotted visa student awards (Brock’s allocation is 2).

Minimum Academic Requirements:
The applicant must, at minimum, meet the following OGS academic requirements:

• students must have an overall average of at least A- (80%) in each of the last two completed years of study (full-time equivalent).

Eligibility Conditions:
Master’s students can receive the scholarship for a maximum of two years and doctoral students for a maximum of four years, subject to a lifetime maximum of six years per student.

In addition, a lifetime maximum of six (6) years of government-funded student awards must have not have been exceeded by the applicant. Awards under the following programs will be counted toward this lifetime maximum:

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program (OGS)
• Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEIIGSST)
• Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)

Applicants cannot hold an OGS scholarship and an award from any of the following programs, concurrently:

• Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEIIGSST)
• Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)

Recipients must remain enrolled as a full-time student in an eligible program. Recipients who withdraw, transfer to part-time status, or fail to complete the term, will be required to repay the award.

OSAP Restrictions

Students who have an OSAP restriction on their file are ineligible from receiving their scholarship until the restriction has been cleared. At the time of disbursement, if the Faculty of Graduate Studies finds a restriction on the student’s file, the student will be contacted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and advised of a deadline by which they must clear the restriction or forfeit their award.

Evaluation Criteria:
Academic Excellence 50%
Research Potential 30%
Communications, Interpersonal and Leadership Abilities 20%

You can read more about the weighting here 

Application Package:

• OGS Application 
• Transcripts — all official undergraduate and graduate transcripts showing you are currently registered are required along with one copy of the transcript legend

Deadline Date:  On or before January 15, 2023 by 4:00 pm.  

Academic Assessments & Letter of Support:   

• Academic Assessment Report – 2 required (to be submitted by referee – see below)
• Submission of the academic report and letter of support, must be submitted by the deadline date set above.

Source / More information: Official Website HERE.