For doctorial students who wish to gain a world-class level in their career pay attention to the Vanier Canada graduate scholarships (VCGS). The Canadian government is always bringing new ideas to help up lift the country to an avenue for great and excellent learning. This research program is aimed at establishing excellent doctoral graduates for higher learning in MA/PhD or MD/PhD.
Host Institution
The collaboration behind this scholarship is between Canadian Universities with Vanier CGS allocation. However, Vanier CGS is supportable only at any qualified and eligible Canadian institution that presented the nomination.
Level/Field of Study
The Vanier Canadian Graduate Scholarships is for Ph.D. scholars (or combined MA/Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D.) in health research, natural sciences/engineering research, social sciences, and humanities research.
Eligible doctoral programs should have remarkable research essential that leads to the completion of a thesis, recital, exhibit, critical research project, publication, performance, dissertation, and scholarly. Which is merit and reviewed through the institutional level as part requirement that shows completion of the program.
Applicants in the joint graduate research programs should have a professional degree such as MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, or JD/PhD. Also, clinically oriented programs of study, that include clinical psychology, can also apply as they are eligible programs if they have remarkable autonomous research essentials as earlier discussed above.
Number of Scholarships
About one hundred and sixty-six scholarships are available for award every year.
Target Group
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships is not like other grant awards with limitations scholarship are open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents and international scholars/citizens can enroll to be nominated for a Vanier CGS.
Scholarship Value/Duration
The Vanier CGS award is worth $50,000 per year continually for the period of three years.
Eligibility
Applicants to be granted this opportunity for a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship:
- Must be nominated by just one Canadian institution, that has received a Vanier CGS quota.
- You should be pursuing your first doctoral degree (including a joint undergraduate/graduate research program such as MD/Ph.D, DVM/Ph.D, or JD/Ph.D. if it has a demonstrated and significant research component). Note that only the Ph.D. portion of a combined degree is eligible for funding.
- Plan to enroll, in the summer semester or the academic year following the announcement of results, in full-time doctoral or a joint graduate program such as MD/Ph.D., DVM/Ph.D., JD/Ph.D. studies and research at the nominating institution; Have in mind that only the Ph.D. portion of a combined degree is eligible for funding.
- You must have completed at least more than 20 months of doctoral studies as of 1 May 2024.
- Applicants should complete not more than 32 months of full-time study in their doctoral program, by 1 May 2024 if enrolled in a joint graduate research program, such as MD/Ph.D., MA/Ph.D., or DVM/Ph.D. Candidates that fall into this category have access to the 32 month window whether or not they were initially enrolled in a Master’s program, or accepted directly from a Bachelor’s to a Ph.D. However, you can not another program apart from a Master’s program or accelerate from a Master’s degree into a Doctoral program without having a Master’s degree.
- Nominated candidates must 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 advised to contact the institution for its approved standard of a first-class average.
- Above all, candidates must not hold, or previously hold, a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC to undertake/complete a doctoral degree.
Application Instructions
Applicants for Vanier scholarships are required to be nominated by a Canadian university with a quota at which they want to study, also applicants cannot forward their application directly to the Vanier CGS program.
Two ways to submit applications for Vanier CGS is, the student should inform the faculty of graduate studies at the selected university of their intent to submit their application to the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships program. Secondly, the university can arrange the nomination process by informing the desired applicant.
At this point, students will prepare their applications and submit them to the nominating university before their initial deadline using the ResearchNet application system.
Your institution will proceed with their approved/qualified nominations or candidates to the Vanier-Banting Secretariat by 1 November 2023.
However, with all the information above candidates should proceed to their official website at Vanier CGS to obtain the application form and also to get more details on how to apply for the Vanier Canada Graduate scholarships.
