SGS #013, 2010-2011
TO: Graduate Chairs, Graduate Directors and Graduate Coordinators
FROM: Brian Corman, Dean of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost, Graduate Education
CC: Graduate Administrators
Cheryl Misak, Vice President and Provost
Council of Graduate Deans, School of Graduate Studies
Date: March 9, 2011
RE: Ontario Trillium Scholarship Program for International PhD Students
I am pleased to announce the Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS) program at the University of Toronto. The Trillium Scholarships will serve as an initiative to attract the best qualified international students to Ontario for PhD studies. The new program supports the 2010 Open Ontario commitment to increase the number of international students in Ontario while maintaining spaces for qualified domestic students.
The University of Toronto will have 15 awards to distribute annually. Each OTS will be worth $40,000 per annum, and is renewable for four years. The program is a cost-shared initiative with Ontario universities using a 2/3-1/3 government to institution ratio, similar to the Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) program. Graduate units that win the Trillium will be responsible for 1/3 of the cost of the scholarship. The graduate unit portion of each OTS award may be provided to the scholarship recipient in the form of an award such as a UTF or on-campus employment which may include, but is not limited to, teaching-assistantships, research-assistantships, etc.
Academic merit is the defining criterion for the selection of OTS recipients. OTS recipients must have achieved an A- average in each of the last two years of full-time study. Each graduate unit is invited to submit nominations based on PhD enrolment: units with a total PhD enrolment of 50 or less, 2 nominations: 51 to 150, 3 nominations: and over 150, 4 nominations.
The effective start date for the Ontario Trillium Scholarships will be the 2011-12 academic year with the first scholarship recipients commencing studies in September 2011. The Trillium Scholarships will be allocated by an adjudication committee at the School of Graduate Studies in spring 2011.
More details on the application process will be forwarded to Graduate Coordinators and Administrators in a separate memo.
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