Ontario Graduate Award (OGS) changes for 2013-14: UPDATE

SGS Award Announcement

Re: Ontario Graduate Award (OGS) changes for 2013-14: UPDATE
Date: Sept. 20, 2012
To: Graduate Coordinators; Graduate Administrators;
From: Kerri Huffman; Associate Director, Student Services – Graduate Awards and Financial Aid
CC: SGS

The Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities has recently announced that the administration of the OGS Awards will be transferred to participating universities for the 2013-14 academic year.

At this time The University of Toronto will become responsible for the intake, processing, adjudication and awarding of the scholarships. The Ministry will continue to set OGS eligibility criteria and program policies.

The Ministry will continue to support 3000 scholarships province-wide which will be allocated to participating universities based on their share of the graduate population.

The School of Graduate Studies will announce information regarding the new application and awarding process, as well as administrative guidelines by the end of Sept.

Please direct all questions regarding the OGS changes to Kerri Huffman at kerri.huffman@utoronto.ca or 416 978-8576.