The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program is now accepting applications for the 2023/24 academic year.

This prestigious and fully funded scholarship is aimed at attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students by supporting those who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health.

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.

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.

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Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships | Eligibility and Selection Criteria:

The Selection Criteria for the Government of Canada Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships is based on:

• Academic Excellence
• Research Potential
• Leadership (potential and demonstrated ability)

Citizenship:

• Canadian citizens
• Permanent residents of Canada
• Foreign citizens

Areas of research:

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

More eligibility information available: https://vanier.gc.ca/en/eligibility-admissibilite.html

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Application Procedures

How-to-Apply: Interested applicants for the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships 2023/24 are to note that scholarships usually will follow a nominating process. Candidates must be nominated by a Canadian institution with a quota (i.e., a predetermined number of applications that can be put forward to the national competition) to host Vanier scholars. Candidates should only seek a nomination from the institution at which they want to study. Interested candidates should: Check how to be nominated

Application Timelines:

July – November 2023: All intending Applicants whom are seeking to be nominated into any of the institution should prepare and submit their application package.

Internal Deadline (varies): The Deadline students are expected to submit their application to the nominating institution varies. But they can contact the nominating institution for specific date.

November 1, 2023 (20:00 EST): This is the deadline for which the institutions will submit the nominations to the Vanier CGS program.

November 2023 – March 2024: Review and evaluation of nominations.

Early April 2024: Anticipated notification of results. Nominees will be notified by email when the results are available on Research.Net

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