Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships at Canadian Universities
- Last Date : November 9, 2011 -

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

Deadline : November 9, 2011 (8:00 p.m. Eastern Time)

Eligibility for Nomination

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);
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;
have completed no more than 20 months of doctoral studies as of May 1, 2012 (see Notes below);
have achieved a first-class average, as determined by your university, in each of the last two years of full-time study or equivalent; and
not have already received a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, SSHRC or NSERC to undertake or complete a doctoral degree (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD).

Notes:

All prior doctoral-level studies, regardless of discipline, will be considered in the evaluation of eligibility. The granting agencies will count two months of part-time study as one month of full-time study.

In the case of students who are registered in a combined MA/PhD program or a direct-entry doctoral program, or who are accelerated from a master’s program into a doctoral program without obtaining the master’s degree, the agencies will not include the first 12 months of graduate study in the evaluation of eligibility.

Combined MD/PhD degrees (CIHR only)
All months of doctoral-level study within the combined degree program will be considered in the evaluation of eligibility.

2012 Competition Process

Applications are initiated in one of two ways. Either:
the candidate informs the faculty of graduate studies at the selected university of their intent to apply to the Vanier CGS competition; or
the university initiates the nomination process by contacting the candidate.
Applications are prepared and submitted using the ResearchNet application system.
The nominating university sets its internal deadline.
The nominating university performs its internal candidate-selection process.
The nominating university forwards recommended nominations to the appropriate federal granting agencies by November 9, 2011 (8:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
The granting agencies perform their selection process.
The granting agencies present their recommendations to the Selection Board.
The Selection Board endorses the recommended nominees.
The Steering Committee makes the final decisions for funding based on the recommendations for Vanier CGS awards.
Successful candidates are notified of the competition results in April 2012.

Important notes:

Students wishing to apply for a Vanier CGS should verify that the university to which they are applying for doctoral studies has a Vanier CGS allocation. They must then inform the university that they wish to be considered for a Vanier CGS.
Once they have completed the Vanier CGS electronic application through ResearchNet, students must submit their application online to the Canadian university that will be putting forward their nomination. Applications submitted by candidates directly to one of the granting agencies, instead of through a Canadian university, will not be considered.
Only one university can submit a nomination for an individual student to an agency. If more than one university is interested in nominating an individual student for an award, the student must choose the university that will submit their nomination. Multiple nominations will not be accepted.
Based on its allocation, the university will forward its nominations (including the electronic application and the university’s nomination letter) to the appropriate granting agency.
The university is responsible for notifying candidates if their application is not forwarded to one of the agencies.

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