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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Graeme Hirst — Grad Chair gradchair@cs.toronto.edu Date: Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 10:48 AM Subject: [Award announcement] OGS awards for international students; deadline Wed 17 March 2021 To: grad-announcements@cs.toronto.edu Cc: supervisors@cs.toronto.edu

*Ontario Graduate Scholarship** award applications by international students (only) are not due until next March, but don’t forget. Applications are made centrally through the SGS OGS website, but are then sent to DCS for ranking by the Graduate Awards Committee before being returned to SGS for final adjudication.*

*Note: Domestic students are also eligible for OGS awards, but they follow a completely different schedule and application procedure, which is described in a separate announcement.*

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

Award Overview *Student Deadline to Graduate Unit:* *23:59., Wednesday 17 March 2021*

*Value/Duration:* $5,000 per session for 2 or 3 consecutive sessions *Level of study:* Master’s or Doctoral *Required Legal Status:* International (valid study permit) *Results:* May 2021

Purpose The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) program encourages 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. The scholarship program at U of T is jointly funded by the Province of Ontario and the University of Toronto. The Province allocates OGS awards to universities specifying the number of awards that each may offer to their students annually.

The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) has allocated 22 OGS awards to the University for International students. Accordingly, each graduate unit will receive a quota, ranging from 1-3 applications to be submitted to and adjudicated centrally by SGS.

Eligibility

*Applicants must:*

• Hold a valid study permit effective as of the graduate units’ OGS (international) application deadline;

• Be registered or intend to register in an eligible program on a full-time basis in 2021-2021;

Ø An eligible program is defined as a full-time program of study of two or three terms at the University of Toronto leading to a graduate degree. A full-time student is one who is in at least 60% of a full course load (40% for students with a permanent disability) or as defined by their institution

• Have not exceeded the lifetime maximum of government-funded support or maximum OGS support available for their current level of study (see SGS OGS website https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/awards/ontario-graduate-scholarship/#section_4 under maximum support); and

• Have achieved at least A- (or equivalent) in *each* of the last two completed years of study (full-time equivalent); *or* if the student has competed two years of graduate studies at the time of application, the student must only demonstrate an overall average of at least A- (or equivalent) on all graduate courses completed. *Note:* If marks used for calculating an applicant's grade point average (GPA) are not available (e.g. courses were graded on a pass-fail basis), then the next most recent available undergraduate or graduate marks should be used to determine eligibility.

*To be eligible to hold the OGS, recipients:* • Must register and remain enrolled as a full-time student at U of T in an eligible program at the graduate unit from which the OGS was awarded; • 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; • May accept research assistantships, part-time teaching positions, or other paid employment that does not affect their status as a full-time graduate student and is commensurate with the graduate unit policies. Typically, students holding full-time paid employment are not eligible to receive an OGS from the University of Toronto; and • Cannot hold an OGS award in the same session (overlapping) or from the same award year as an Ontario Trillium Scholarship, Vanier CGS, or another OGS.

Application Process Applicants must submit their OGS application using the U of T OGS Online Application. Applicants should review the U of T OGS Application Instructions https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/scholarships-awards/ontario-graduate-scholarship-application-instructions/?highlight=OGS prior to starting an OGS application. Once the entire application has been completed and submitted online, it will be made available to the Department of Computer Science for review and consideration.

*Important note for International students*: Applicants for graduate study who hold a valid study permit by the deadline above are eligible to apply following the same application process.

Results Graduate units will update their competition results on the OGS application system, viewable by applicants mid-April 2021. Official award offers will be sent out by SGS in May 2021.

Contacts & Resources For more information, visit the SGS OGS webpage https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/awards/ontario-graduate-scholarship/. Please direct questions regarding the OGS competition or nomination process to the DCS Graduate Office.