New $30M Phd Scholarship Program in Ontario
The fight to attract the best and brightest global innovators is well underway. Globalization is real and brainpower is the major ingredient for the innovation and competitiveness recipe. Now Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has announced a new Ontario Trillium Scholarship for international students program.
The new scholarship will provide 75 of the world’s best students with $40,000 each year for up to four years to pursue doctoral studies at an Ontario university. During the initial four years, Ontario will invest $20 million to support the program, with participating universities contributing a further $10 million. This follows on the heels of the recently announced Canada Excellence Research Chairs Progra
Offering scholarships to the world’s brightest students will help Ontario universities compete with top international universities.
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