Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for Master and Doctorate, Canada 2012

studies at the master’s and doctoral levels. It is a merit-based scholarship and awards are available to students in all disciplines of academic study. Students must refer to the OGS website for complete details regarding eligibility and application submission.
An Ontario Graduate Scholarship is awarded for one academic year, which may consist of two or three consecutive terms. One-term awards are not granted. The value of the OGS is $5,000 per term. Thus, students may receive $10,000 for two consecutive terms or $15,000 for three consecutive terms.
Fall 2011 -- Faculty scholarship information sessions
Students who are successful in the OGS competition and stay at Waterloo will receive the President's Graduate Scholarship valued at up to $10,000/year.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Plan to be enrolled full-time in a graduate program at an Ontario university
• Canadian citizen, permanent resident, protected person’s or an international student studying on a study permit
• A- (80%) average over the last two years of study if less than two years of graduate work OR the cumulative graduate average, if more than two years
• Students can receive up to 2 OGS awards at the master’s level (the scholarship can be awarded for one or both of the first two academic years, but not after the second year) and up to 4 awards at the doctoral level (the scholarship can be awarded in any of the first five academic years but not after the fifth year)
• one cannot hold a scholarship from NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR or an OGSST at the same time as OGS
• Have not exceeded the lifetime maximum of four years of government-funded awards including OGS, and awards from CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC.

For complete eligibility, interested applicants must review the official OGS web site.

Application Submission from Departments

Departments are responsible for reviewing and editing the applications for completeness and making a file folder for each applicant.
Key items to note:

• under no circumstances are old applications/forms to be used
• black ink is not required although recommended
• there are no margin requirement this year since the fillable forms are set for specific font type, size and maximum number of characters
• ensure that the correct information is entered for the proposed studies and current studies section as there are often errors in these sections. Use the student’s transcript to help determine where the student will be in their program at the time of accepting the OGS (should they be successful).
• if any of the optional items are left blank, they should not be included ( ie. List of Significant Accomplishments, Other Scholarships & Awards and/or Publications & Presentations)
• the absence of a summary sheet, means that departments must clearly mark each student’s average on the first page of the transcript.
• The applications must be brought to the GSO by October 19, 2011.
  • Please ensure that they are separated by proposed level of study, ie. Masters or Phd.

Source: : http://www.grad.uwaterloo.ca/scholarships/ogs.html