Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships 2016 - 2017

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS)

Brief description:

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global center of excellence in research and higher education. The scholarships are a PhD (or combined MA / PhD or MD / PhD).

Host Institutions:

Canadian universities with the Vanier CGS allocation. Without exception, the Vanier CGS is tenable at eligible Canadian institution that submitted the application.

Level / area (s) of study:

doctoral programs (or combined MA / PhD or MD / PhD) in health research; natural sciences and / or engineering research; and science research and / or Social humanities

Target Group:

Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign citizens are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier CGS.

Value of the scholarships / duration:

The scholarship is a $ 50,000 value per year for three years.

Total Awards:

Up to 167 scholarships are awarded each year

Eligibility for Scholarship:

To be considered for a Vanier CGS, you must:

• be nominated by one Canadian university, who must have received a Vanier CGS allocation;

• be pursuing your first doctoral degree (including joint research program for undergraduate / graduate such as MD / PhD, DVM / PhD, JD / PhD - if it has evidence and an important component of the research). Note that only the doctoral part of a combined degree is eligible for funding;

• intend to continue, during the summer semester or the academic year following the announcement of the results of full-time PhD (or combined MA / PhD or MD / PhD) studies and research at the University of nomination; Note that only the doctoral part of a combined degree is eligible for funding;

• have completed no more than 20 months of doctoral studies as of May 1, 2017;

• have obtained a first-class average, as determined by your university in each of the last two years of full-time equivalent. Applicants are encouraged to contact the university for its definition of a first-class average; and

• Have not previously received a scholarship at the doctoral or fellowship CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC or to undertake or complete a doctorate.

Application instructions:

Candidates must be nominated by a Canadian institution with a quota which they want to study. Applicants can apply directly to the Vanier CGS program.

Applications are engaged in one of two ways. Either the student informs the faculty of graduate studies to the property only of their intention to apply to the Vanier CGS program OR the institution launched the nomination process by contacting the desired candidate.

Applications are prepared by the student and submitted to the nominating institution through their internal deadline with the implementation of ResearchNet. The nominating institution then forwards recommended nominations to Vanier Banting Secretariat (Secretariat) of 2 November 2016.

It is important to visit the official website (link found below) to access the application form and to know the complete details on how to apply for this scholarship.

Website:

Official Scholarship Website:  http://www.vanier.gc.ca/en/home-accueil.html

See also: List of Scholarships in Canada