Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for Research

Deadline: 6 November 2013
Open to: Canadian and international PhD students studying social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering or health at Canadian universities
Scholarship: $50,000 per year for three years

Description

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program 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. It is worth $50,000 per year for three years and is available to both Canadian and international PhD students studying at Canadian universities.  

The program supports students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and/or humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health.

Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign citizens are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier CGS. In an effort to support students in broadening their research horizons and seeking new challenges, the Vanier CGS program strongly encourages candidates to pursue their studies beyond the university that granted their undergraduate and/or graduate degrees.

Once notified of the results, Vanier Scholars may take up their Vanier CGS on May 1, 2014, September 1, 2014 or January 1, 2015. The start date chosen must not overlap with any prior federal granting agency funding received and the Vanier Scholar must be registered for full-time studies at the Canadian university as of the Vanier CGS start date.

For more information on the selection criteria, review the website HERE. Their Frequently Asked Questions website HERE is also quite helpful to answer your questions.

Eligibility

To be considered for a Vanier CGS, you must:

• be nominated by only one Canadian university, which must have received a Vanier CGS allocation;
• be seeking financial support to pursue your first doctoral degree (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD). 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 combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD) studies and research at the nominating university; 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 May 1, 2014 (see calculating months of doctoral studies HERE);
• have achieved a first-class average, as determined by your university, in each of the last two years of full-time study or equivalent. Candidates are encouraged to contact the university for its definition of a first-class average; and
• not have already received a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC to undertake or complete a doctoral degree.

Application

The deadline date is November 6, 2013 (8:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Canadian universities must submit all nominations to the Vanier-Banting Secretariat via ResearchNet HERE by the deadline. Note: Each Canadian university has an internal deadline date for students to submit their applications. The Canadian university should be contacted for this information.