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Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

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.

The Vanier CGS program aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both 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.

The Value of the scholarship is $50,000 per year for 3 years.

Scholarships are distributed equally between the three federal granting agencies:

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Selection Criteria

July – November 2023 Applicants seek a nominating institution, prepare and submit application package.
Internal Deadline (varies) Deadline to submit application to the nominating institution. Contact nominating institution for specific date.
November 1, 2023 (20:00 EDT) Deadline for institutions to submit 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 ResearchNet.
May 1, 2024, or
September 1, 2024, or
January 1, 2025
Payments begin.

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The Vanier CGS program aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both 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.