Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

The Government of Canada launched the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program in 2008 to strengthen Canada’s ability to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. The scholarship is valued at $50,000 per year per awardee for three years during doctoral studies and considers three equally weighted selection criteria: Academic Excellence, Research Potential, and Leadership.

 

Overview Of The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships 

 

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning.  The scholarships are towards a doctoral degree (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD).

 

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Eligibility Criteria

 

To be considered for a Vanier CGS, you must:

 

• be nominated by only one Canadian institution, which must have received a Vanier CGS quota;

 

• be pursuing your first doctoral degree (including joint undergraduate/graduate research program such as: MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD – if it has a demonstrated and significant research component). Note that only the PhD portion of a combined degree is eligible for funding;

 

• intend to pursue, in the summer semester or the academic year following the announcement of results, full-time doctoral (or a joint graduate program such as: MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) studies and research at the nominating institution; Note that only the PhD portion of a combined degree is eligible for funding;

 

• have completed no more than 20 months of doctoral studies as of 1 May 2023

 

• have completed no more than 32 months of full-time study in their doctoral program, by 1 May 2023 if:

 

• enrolled in a joint graduate research program, e.g., MD/PhD, MA/PhD, DVM/PhD. Applicants that fall into this category have access to the 32-month window whether or not they were previously enrolled in a Master’s program; or

 

• accelerated directly from a Bachelor’s to a PhD (no time spent in a Master’s program); or

 

• accelerated from a Master’s degree into a Doctoral program without obtaining the Master’s degree.

 

• have achieved a first-class average, as determined by your institution, in each of the last two years of full-time study or equivalent. Candidates are encouraged to contact the institution for its definition of a first-class average; and

 

• must not hold, or have held, a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC to undertake or complete a doctoral degree.

 

Application Process

 

Applications are initiated in one of two ways. Either the student informs the faculty of graduate studies at the selected institution of their intent to apply to the Vanier CGS program OR the institution initiates the nomination process by contacting the desired candidate.

 

Applications are prepared by the student and submitted to the nominating institution by their internal deadline using the ResearchNet application system.  The nominating institution then forwards recommended nominations to the Vanier-Banting Secretariat (the Secretariat).

 

Selection Process

 

The Vanier CGS program aims to attract and retain academically excellent doctoral students. Members of the selection committee are appointed from the Canadian academic community.

 

Awards and selection are conducted by the members of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship selection committees, constituting the main three federal granting agencies:

 

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

 

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and

 

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

 

The selection for the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship is done mainly on three parameters:

 

• Academic Excellence

 

• Research Potential

 

• Leadership (potential and demonstrated ability)

 

Other significant factors include:

 

• Nomination letter (signed by the department head)

 

• Canadian Common CV (CCV)

 

• Institution transcripts

 

• Leadership Reference Letters

 

• Personal Leadership Statement

 

• Two Leadership reference Letters

 

• Project References

 

• Research proposal

 

• Research contributions

 

• Referee Assessments

 

Click here to apply for the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships 

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