Application and Selection
3. (1) An application for an award may be made only by a person who, (a) on the due date, is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or a protected person within the meaning of subsection 95 (2) of that Act; or (b) on or before the due date, received a temporary resident visa as a member of the student class under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada). O. Reg. 117/07, s. 4 (1). (2) An application for an award shall be made to the Minister or to an eligible institution. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 772, s. 3 (2). (3) Each eligible institution that receives an application before the due date shall forward the application to the Minister on or before the due date. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 772, s. 3 (3). (4) The Minister shall refer all completed applications received by the Minister on or before the due date or filed with the Minister by an eligible institution on or before the due date to the Selection Board for a report. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 772, s. 3 (4). (5) The Selection Board shall consider all applications referred to it and, after considering the applications, make a report to the Minister with respect to the granting of awards to applicants. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 772, s. 3 (5). (6) In considering applications and preparing its report, the Selection Board, (a) shall recommend that awards be granted only to persons who are entitled to apply for an award under subsection (1); and (b) may give a preference to applicants who, on or before the day the relevant program year begins, (i) have resided in Ontario for a period of at least 12 consecutive months, and (ii) have not resided in another province or territory in Canada for a period of at least 12 consecutive months since completing the 12-month period of residency in Ontario required under subclause (i). O. Reg. 117/07, s. 4 (2). (6.1) For the purposes of subclauses (6) (b) (i) and (ii), the only period of at least 12 consecutive months that may be considered is any such period during which the applicants were not, at any time, enrolled in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution. O. Reg. 117/07, s. 4 (2). (7) After considering the report of the Selection Board, the Minister shall grant not more than 3,000 awards each year as follows: 1. If the average number of open awards granted to students attending at an eligible institution in the previous three years is less than thirty, the Minister shall offer to applicants enrolled or intending to enrol at each such eligible institution that number of awards set out in Column 2 of the Table that is opposite the average number of awards set out opposite thereto in Column 1 and such awards shall be known as institutional awards. 2. No more than 90 awards shall be offered to applicants who have received a temporary resident visa as a member of the student class under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) and such awards shall be known as visa awards. 3. After determining the number of awards to be offered under paragraphs 1 and 2, offer the balance of the awards, to be known as open awards, to the other applicants. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 772, s. 3 (7); O. Reg. 439/91, s. 3; O. Reg. 400/00, s. 2; O. Reg. 117/07, s. 4 (3); O. Reg. 122/10, s. 2. (8) The Minister shall give each successful applicant a written notice of the granting of an award which shall, (a) include a form which the applicant must complete and file with the Minister in order to provide notice of his or her acceptance; and (b) state the timeframe within which the applicant must complete and file the notice of acceptance with the Minister. O. Reg. 117/07, s. 4 (4). (9) Each applicant, upon receiving a notice of the granting of an award, shall complete and file with the Minister the notice of acceptance within the timeframe set out in the notice of the granting of an award. O. Reg. 117/07, s. 4 (4). (10) The Minister may cancel an award to which a notice of acceptance refers if the notice is not completed and filed with the Minister within the timeframe set out in the notice of the granting of an award. O. Reg. 117/07, s. 4 (4). (11) If an applicant completes and files the notice of acceptance within the period of time set out in the notice of the granting of an award, the Minister shall authorize the payment of an award to the applicant if the applicant is enrolled in an eligible program at an eligible institution. O. Reg. 117/07, s. 4 (4). Nomination for Awards