Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS)

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​The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship  (Vanier CGS) is now open.  

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. Vanier Scholars demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health.

Scholarship Program

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Post Graduate Program, mainly Doctoral program

Opportunity Focus Area:

• Health research
• Natural sciences and/or engineering research
• Social sciences and humanities research

Program Period: 3 years.
Scholarship Benefits
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship is valued at $50,000 per year for three years during doctoral studies.

Target Group:

• Canadian citizens
• Permanent residents of Canada
• Foreign citizens

Eligibility:
To be eligible for the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, following is the criteria:

• 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;
• not have completed more than 20 months of doctoral studies as of May 1, 2018
• 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.

How to Apply

• Candidates must be nominated by the institution at which they want to study. Candidates cannot apply directly to the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program.
• Candidates should verify institutional internal deadlines with the administrator at the nominating institution.
• Candidates should read the Selection Committee Guide prior to commencing their application. This guide lists the three evaluation criteria and has useful information on how the criteria are evaluated.
• The Secretariat has curated a list of resources to help applicants, institutions, referees, and evaluators consider equity, diversity, and inclusion in their application. Applicants are encouraged to review the resources before they begin writing their application.

Important notes:

• Students wishing to apply for a Vanier CGS should verify that the institution to which they are applying for doctoral studies has a Vanier CGS quota. They must then inform the institution that they wish to be considered for a Vanier CGS.
• A student who has completed the Vanier CGS electronic application through ResearchNet must submit the application online to the Canadian institution that will be putting forward their nomination. Applications cannot be submitted directly to the Vanier CGS program.
• Each student can only be nominated once. If more than one institution is interested in nominating an individual student for a Vanier CGS, the student must choose one institution to submit their nomination. Multiple nominations will not be accepted.
• Based on its quota, the institution will forward its nominations to the Secretariat.
• The institution is responsible for notifying candidates if their application is not selected for nomination to the Secretariat. The timing for this notification may vary by institution.
• Students are responsible for contacting the institution for more information about selecting the appropriate federal granting agency, finding the appropriate contact person within a department/faculty, and for advice or questions related to content and how best to present the information in their application.

For more information on the application processes of this scholarship is available on the following official links.  Please explore and apply.

Apply Now                   visit : Official Website 

Scholarship Due date

For nominating institutions: Deadline: November 6, 2019 (20:00 EST).

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