Ontario Trillium Scholarship

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The Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS) program is an important initiative to attract top international students to Ontario for PhD studies. Students interested in the Ontario Trillium Scholarships are encouraged to express their interest in the competition to the graduate program chair when applying for admission to Western University. A qualified international applicant must be nominated for the scholarship by the Graduate Chair of the admitting program.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for BOET, you must meet all the criteria below. You must:

• to be a foreign student;
• to study full-time in a doctoral program;
• submit a complete admission file;
• have an average of at least 8.0 / 10 (A-) in each of the two years of study before obtaining a BOET;
• not be enrolled in a year of preparatory studies or a catch-up year;
• not currently enrolled at an Ontario university in an undergraduate or graduate program;
• can not concurrently accept a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR);
• can not be awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) or a Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (BSST-REII)

Selection process

A selection committee, with members from different disciplines and faculties, is selected by the Office of the Vice-Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (CESP), will evaluate the applications submitted by the other faculties and will select recipients. 

Your application must include:

• a copy of your application form (completed on the OUAC website); 
• a copy of all your university transcripts;
• a copy of the calculation of your average;
• a copy of your letters of recommendation (completed during your application for admission);
• a list of contributions to the research;
• a list of scholarships and prizes;
• a study plan (maximum 2 double-spaced pages);
• your resume.

The faculty to which you have applied for admission will be responsible for submitting all documents to CESP. If any documents are missing, the faculty receiving your application will contact you and give you the opportunity to submit the necessary documents to complete your application. 

The selection committee will meet in late June to select the recipients. The first offers will be sent to recipients by email in early July.