In case anyone doesn't know, Ontario is providing a Textbook and Technology grant each year to College and University students.


The grant is current $150/year and once they fully implement this new system, it will be increased to $300/year.


You are eligible for this grant if you meet the following requirements:
- To be eligible for a Textbook and Technology Grant, you must be a student at a provincially assisted Ontario university or college of applied arts and technology.
- You must be attending a program that the Ministry has approved for this grant.
- You must be a full-time student, attending a minimum of 60 per cent of a full course load, or 40 per cent for a student with a permanent disability.
- And you must be a Canadian citizen, a Permanent Resident, or a Protected Person.


You can receive only one Textbook and Technology Grant per OSAP academic year.


Application Deadlines
- One-term programs (12 to 20 weeks in duration) - Your application must be submitted within the first 30 days of your study period.
- Two- and three-term programs (21 to 52 weeks in duration) – Your application must be submitted by 90 days before the end of your study period.


Also, if you have already filled out an OSAP application for this year, you are automatically entered into the request for a TTG.


For further details and to apply, click here.

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Commuting grant:

Value: $500 per term

Eligibility:

Students must:

* Be Ontario Residents for provincial student assistance purposes;
* Attend a publicly-assisted Ontario college or university;
* Be a full-time student, enrolled in an OSAP approved program;
* Be one of the following student status: dependent student living at home with his/her parents during the period of study; independent student living at home with his/her parents during the period of study; married student, common-law student or sole-support parent student;
* Have a home address that is 80 kilometres or more from the closest publicly-assisted Ontario postsecondary institution of the type attended (i.e., 80 kilometres from a college if a college student, 80 kilometres from a university if a university student).


Travel Grant

Value: $300 per academic year
Eligibility:

Students must:

* Be Ontario residents;
* Attend a publicly-assisted Ontario college or university;
* Be dependent student living away from his/her parent(s) home during the period of study;
* Have a permanent home address that is 80 kilometres or more from the closest publicly-assisted Ontario postsecondary institution of the type attended (i.e., 80 km from a college if a college student, university if a university student).



Click here for more details on the commuing grant and travel grant

The Textbook grant you have to apply for I just did it.

I still haven't gotten my other grants though. Does anyone know when you get your grants?

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YORK; Honors Arts - History Major ; Joint Seneca Journalism-Broadcast

I didn't realize at first that I was automatically entered for the TTG grant and I filled out the application, now I wonder if that will somehow screw up my applications? Should I cancel the application I filled out or will that mix things up even more?

I was about to consider if I might qualify for the travel grant by virtue of the fact that my permanent home address is now in BC and thus well over 80km from the nearest Ontario school but I guess I'm not a dependent student anymore (And yes, I know for loan purposes I'm definitely an Ontario resident. For some other purposes it's less clear when you're studying out of province and your permanent address moves to a third province )

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Remember that it often takes just as long to do a search or two on Google to try and find the answer to your question as it takes to type it in a post here, let alone the time waiting for a reply.
If your question is "What mark does it take to get into University X", or "What are the requirements to get into University X", it's on their website and/or electronicinfo.ca (for Ontario schools). Particularly for Ontario schools, those ranges are a pretty good picture of what kind of mark will get you into the program, and if you're more than a couple percent higher it's practically guaranteed unless it requires a supplementary form.