Major Scholarships

The details of the competitions for the 2023-24 Vanier CGS, NSERC CGS, OGS, QEII-GSST, and Bell Graduate Scholarships are outlined below.

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

  • Eligibility requirements and application procedures for the Vanier CGS are available on the Vanier website.
  • Vanier CGS applications must be submitted on-line via ResearchNet by 9:00am on September 7, 2022.
    • Select "University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering" as your graduate unit.
  • Applicants must also e-mail official transcripts to advising.masc.phd.ece@utoronto.ca by 9:00am on September 7. Please provide transcripts for all university and college programs and courses attended, including the University of Toronto (even if you are new to U of T as of September 2022).

NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral Program (CGS-D)

  • Eligibility requirements and application procedures are outlined on the NSERC website.
  • To be considered for nomination by ECE, applications must be submitted through the NSERC On-line System by September 19, 2022.
    • Select "University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering" as your graduate unit.

NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master’s Program (CGS-M)

  • Eligibility requirements and application procedures are outlined on the NSERC website.
  • As per the NSERC website, all elements of the application must be complete on the Research Portal by December 1, 2022 before 8:00 p.m. (ET). Note: This is a strict deadline set by NSERC and exceptions are not possible.
    • Applicants are strongly encouraged to start their application early as the above deadline includes elements that can require significant lead time (referee reports, official transcripts, CCV, etc.)
    • Current master's students should note that official electronic transcripts are required for all undergraduate and graduate studies attended, including the University of Toronto, even if you are new to U of T this September. For details refer to the "Transcripts (attachment)" section of the instructions.
    • The Research Portal will instruct CGS-M applicants to select up to three universities where they wish to pursue graduate studies and hold the award. If you are applying to hold the CGS-M in ECE at U of T, you must select 'University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering' as one of your graduate units.
  • If you are an undergraduate student applying to hold the CGS-M in ECE at U of T, you must also submit your application for admission to the MASc program on the ECE Application System by January 5, 2023.
  • Application review & results:
    • Each Canadian university will be assigned an allocation of CGS-M scholarships representing the number of scholarships that it may award on behalf of NSERC.
    • Each graduate unit will review and rank CGS-M applications and forward applications, within an assigned quota, to their graduate school for the final competition.
      • Selection committees established by the School of Graduate Studies will review forwarded applications and select applicants for award at the University of Toronto.
    • The graduate school at each university is responsible for communicating the results of the competition to the applicants. The results will be announced and offers of award made via the Research Portal in April.
      • Applicants will have three weeks to accept or decline offers. An applicant may accept only one CGS-M offer. If the applicant accepts an offer, (s)he will be deemed to have declined any other pending offers (if applicable), and will not be eligible to receive further offers.
      • Applicants are not eligible to receive or accept a CGS-M from a graduate unit not listed in their CGS-M application, nor are applicants eligible to receive or accept a CGS-M from a university where they did not apply for admission to an eligible program of study.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

  • Please review eligibility requirements and application procedures for the OGS prior to commencing your application.
  • Please note the deadlines for students in ECE to submit an OGS application:
    • for international students, by March 10, 2023
    • for domestic students, by March 31, 2023
  • Students should apply to either the international or domestic competition based on their legal status as of February 1, 2023.
  • OGS results will be announced in July 2023, after the release of the NSERC PGS/CGS results.
    • Students who receive notice of a successful NSERC PGS/CGS application for 2023-24 should not apply for OGS in the 2023-24 competition.
  • Students who wish to be considered for the Bell Graduate Scholarship or the QEII Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST) must apply for OGS.

Bell Graduate Scholarship, Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)

  • Eligibility for the Bell Graduate Scholarship and the QEII-GSST is restricted to domestic research-stream students within their period of guaranteed funding (i.e., MASc years 1 and 2; PhD years 1 through 4).
  • Students must apply for the OGS in order to be considered for the Bell Graduate Scholarship or the QEII-GSST. A separate application will NOT be required for these scholarships. Students may be awarded the Bell Graduate Scholarship or the QEII-GSST on the basis of their ranking in the OGS competition.
  • Competition results will be announced in July 2023.

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