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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Graeme Hirst — Grad Chair gradchair@cs.toronto.edu Date: Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 12:05 PM Subject: [Award Announcement] 2021-2022 Bell Graduate Scholarships To: grad-announcements@cs.toronto.edu Cc: supervisors@cs.toronto.edu

*The Department of Computer Science has three $20,000 **Bell Graduate Scholarships available for students who are working in software, i**nformation systems, h**uman–computer interaction, or **computer engineering and who meet certain other eligibility conditions, including Canadian citizenship or permanent residency, and financial need. *

*The application procedure is rather unusual, as it recycles your recent OGS application (or, if you didn**’**t apply for OGS, a new pseudo-application). **See details in the announcement below. Seeing whether you can follow these instructions correctly is the first test of whether you are worthy of this scholarship.*

*The deadline for applications is 9:30 a.m., Friday 15 May 2021. If you are recycling a recent OGS application (see instructions below), you should send the Grad Office your request to “unsubmit” the application by 9:30 a.m., Friday 8 May, so that you can the complete the other steps by the deadline. We do not promise that late requests will be fulfilled in time.*

-- :::: Graeme Hirst • Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Studies :::: University of Toronto • Department of Computer Science

Award Overview

*Value/Duration:* $20,000 for one year *Level of Study**:* Master’s or Doctoral *Required Legal Status:* Domestic *Results* July 2021

Eligibility to Apply

At the time of nomination, candidates *must*:

· Be engaged in one of the following research areas:

- Software; - Information systems; - Human computer interaction; or - Computer engineering.

· Be either a currently registered student in a full-time U of T graduate degree program or have accepted an offer of admission to a full-time U of T graduate degree program (commencing September 2021) within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) or the Department of Computer Science (CSC);

· Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident of Canada, or protected person under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-2.5/;

· Be a resident of Ontario*, as defined by OSOTF requirements; and · Demonstrate financial need** - by completing and providing the online U of T Financial Aid Estimator https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/financial-need-assessment/ report.

*Note:* Recipients must maintain full-time registration throughout the academic year immediately following the current competition.

Ontario Residency

* In order to be considered a resident of Ontario (as per OSOTF guidelines), the candidate *must* meet one of the following criteria: · Student has always lived in Ontario; or · Ontario is the last province in which student has lived for 12 months in a row without being a full-time postsecondary student; or · Student now resides in Ontario and has lived in Canada for less than 12 months in a row.

*If student is married/common-law, student can be considered an Ontario resident if:* · Spouse has always lived in Ontario; or · Ontario is the last province in which spouse has lived for 12 months in a row without being a full-time postsecondary student; or · *Both *of these statements are true: o Student now resides in Ontario; and o Student and spouse have lived in Canada for less than 12 months in a row.

*If student qualifies as a dependent, student is considered an Ontario resident if:* · Ontario is the last province in which parent(s) have lived for at least 12 months in a row; or · *Both* of these statements are true: o Student now resides in Ontario; and o Student and parent(s) have lived in Canada for less than 12 months in a row.

*The above requirements are the guidelines established by OSAP to determine Ontario residency for OSAP.*

Financial Need ** In order to demonstrate financial need, applicants must complete the online U of T Financial Aid Estimator https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/financial-need-assessment/ and submit the report (the “OSOTF report”) within their Bell Graduate Scholarship application package.

This online tool, when completed, will generate your OSOTF report with an estimated financial need amount and verification of Ontario residency for OSOTF purposes.

Further information on the online form can be viewed on SGS’ Financial Need Assessment (Online) webpage https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/financial-need-assessment/.

Terms and Conditions

To maintain the award, recipients *must*:

· Remain registered as a full-time graduate student at the graduate unit from which the Bell Graduate Scholarship was awarded throughout 2021-22;

· Maintain at least an A- average;

· Be making satisfactory progress toward the completion of their degree (as determined by the graduate unit); and · Abide by all other terms, as determined by the graduate unit.

Recipients who withdraw, transfer to part-time status, complete degree requirements prior to the end of their award or fail to complete the full term will be required to repay any funds received for the incomplete term.

Application Process (study this carefully!) You must complete the 2021-22 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) application form on the SGS Website http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/currentstudents/Pages/Ontario-Graduate-Scholarship.aspx and include the additional material described below. (You won’t be applying for an OGS, the deadline for which has past, but merely using the same form.)

If you have already submitted a 2021-22 OGS online application you *do not need to complete a second application*. Instead, please send a request to the Graduate Offce <gradoffice@cs.toronto.edu lbarnes@cs.toronto.edu> to unsubmit” your OGS application, which will allow you to access to it and make the necessary updates/additions (as per below) as well as updating your existing U of T transcript, if Winter 2021 grades are available (ACORN print-outs are acceptable).

You must make the following additions or edits, regardless of whether you are completing a new 2021-22 OGS application or updating an existing one. For detailed instructions on how to complete the OGS online application, please refer to SGS’s OGS Application Instructions https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/scholarships-awards/ontario-graduate-scholarship-application-instructions/ .

· Select “*Yes*” to the question “Would you like this application to be considered in other graduate award competitions?” (see “Awards and Financial Aid” section)

· Within the “Plan of Study” section, click “Remove File” and upload the following materials as a *single *PDF document (max. file size 500 kb):

1. Plan of Study (1 page typed in non-technical language);

§ Must indicate the appropriate research area: software; information systems; human computer interaction; computer engineering

2. Appendices containing non-textual material (i.e.: charts, tables) may be included, in addition to the plan of study (1 page) and references/citations (1 page); and 3. A copy of your U of T Financial Aid Estimator https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/financial-need-assessment/ (OSOTF) report.