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ONTARIO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (OGS) PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: Application, document, and review details for this scholarship vary by school. Check with your school’s Graduate Studies Office for details.

LOCATION: Canada

The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Program supports students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels who can apply for a merit-based scholarship through the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Program. Awards are available to graduate students for all disciplines of academic study at participating schools in Ontario.

ELIGIBILITY:

OGS is a merit-based scholarship. Your application is assessed and ranked using criteria determined by the school you’re planning to attend.

To be considered, you must also meet the following criteria:

You’ll be in graduate studies in the master’s or doctoral level

You’ll be enrolled in a full-time program for 2 or more terms (21 to 52 weeks in total) for the academic year you’re submitting your application.

You’ll be attending one of the following participating Ontario school:

Participating Ontario Schools:

Brock University

Carleton University

University of Guelph

Lakehead University

Laurentian University

McMaster University

Nipissing University

OCAD University

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

University of Ottawa

Queen’s University

Ryerson University

University of Toronto

Trent University

University of Waterloo

Western University

Wilfrid Laurier University

University of Windsor

York University

Use your school’s OGS application. They are normally available in October.

If you’re applying to more than one graduate program at different schools, submit an OGS application for each school.

Contact the Graduate Studies Office at the school you’re planning to attend for details on their application process.

BENEFIT:

OGS awards are based on the number of terms of your consecutive studies within an academic year:

$10,000 for 2 consecutive study terms

$15,000 for 3 consecutive study terms

Each OGS award is issued for:

a minimum of 1 academic year (2 or 3 consecutive academic terms)

a maximum of 2 years (up to 6 consecutive academic terms).

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RESEARCH GRANTS IN GERMANY, DAAD

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LOCATION: Germany

The research grant offers the opportunity to realise a research project in Germany. The program supports research stays during a doctorate or in the early postdoc phase.

ELIGIBILITY:

You can apply if you:

are doing your doctorate at a university or research institution outside Germany or

have already completed your doctorate (post-doc, up to 4 years after completing your doctorate)

You cannot apply if you are doing your entire doctorate at a German university.

A research project at a state or state-recognised university or a non-university research institute in Germany that is being carried out in agreement with a scientific supervisor in Germany.

Duration of the funding: Funding is provided for a period of:

doctoral students: 2 to 12 months

postdocs: 2 to 6 months

It is not possible to divide the funding up within the funding period. The realization of research work in different countries outside Germany is not eligible for funding.

Please indicate your desired funding period in the application form. The funding period will be determined by the selection committee during the selection process, taking your work schedule into account.

The scholarship cannot be extended.

BENEFIT:

monthly scholarship payments of 1.300 euros

payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover (see also our important information for scholarship applicants / section F, point 4)

travel allowance

for a funding period of more than six months: research allowance of 460 euros

Under certain circumstances, you can apply for the following additional benefits after start of funding:

monthly rent subsidy, only for a funding period of more than six months (see important information for scholarship applicants, section F, point 9)

monthly allowance for accompanying members of family, only for a funding period of more than six months; please also read our important information for scholarship applicants / section F, point 3

In case of a disability or chronic illness: on application, a subsidy may be provided for justified additional costs, incurred in Germany due to the disability, that are necessary to realise the project in Germany and that are not covered by a third party; whether and to what extent a subsidy will be paid, will be reviewed and determined on an individual basis (see important information for scholarship applicants, section F, point 8)

Green Mobility Top Up (subsidy for climate-friendly travel) or reimbursement of carbon offset payments for air travel

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