DESCRIPTION:
VANIER CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS (VANIER CGS)
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish canada as a global entre of excellence in research and higher learning. The Scholarships are towards a doctoral degree (or combined MA/PhD/ or MD/PhD).
Host institute: CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES WITH VANIER CGS ALLOCATION
Level/ fields of study:
PhD programmes (or ombined MA/PhD or MD/PhD) in health research; natural sciences and/or engineering research and social siences and humanities research.
An eligible doctoral program must include a significant research component that leads to the completion of a thesis, major research project, dissertation, scholarly publication, performance, recital and/or exhibit that is merit/expert-reviewed at the institutional level as requirement for a completion of the program.
Joint graduate research programs with a professional degree (e.g., MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) as well as clinically-oriented programs of study, including clinical psychology, are also eligible programs if they have a significant autonomous research component, as described above.
Number of scholarships:
Up to 166 scholarships are awarded.
Targeted country/Group
Canadian citizens, permanent residents of canada and foreign citizens are eligible to be nominated for a vanier CGS.
Scholarship value/duration:
The scholarships is worth $50,000 per year for three years.
Eligibility
Confirm that you and your nominating institution meet all the criteria below before you apply for a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS). Nominations that do not meet all of the eligibility criteria will be deemed ineligible.
- be nominated by only one Canadian institution, which must have received a Vanier CGS quota;
- be pursuing your first doctoral degree (including joint 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 joint 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 research program such as: MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) studies and research at the nominating institution; For joint graduate research program, only the PhD portion of a joint graduate research program is eligible for funding.
- have completed no more than 20 months of full-time study in their doctoral program as of May 1, 2022;
- The doctoral program would begin after the completion of a Master’s degree. The months of study completed are calculated from the doctoral enrolment date.
- have completed no more than 32 months of full-time study in their doctoral program (i.e. joint graduate research program, fast-track, accelerated), by May 1, 2022 if:
- enrolled in a joint graduate research program, e.g., MD/PhD, MA/PhD, DVM/PhD. Applicants in this category have access to the 32-month window whether or not they were previously enrolled in a Master’s program:
- The months of study are calculated starting from the date on which an applicant is officially registered in the joint program (including the Master’s portion of the program).
- accelerated directly from a Bachelor’s to a PhD (not previously enrolled in a Master’s program);
- The months of study completed are calculated from the doctoral enrolment date.
- accelerated (Fast-track) from a Master’s degree into a Doctoral program without obtaining the Master’s degree
- The months of study completed are calculated from the original Master’s enrolment date.
- 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 program.