Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships 2020-2021
Applications should be submitted before 3 Nov 2020 (annual)
Location : Canada
The Course starts May/Sept 2021
Brief description:
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships was created by the Canadian government to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global center of excellence in research and higher learning. The scholarships are towards a doctoral degree (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD).
Host Institution(s):
Canadian Universities with Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships allocation. Without exception, the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships is tenable only at the eligible Canadian institution that submitted the nomination.
Level/Field(s) of study:
The field of study for the Vanier Canada Graduate scholarships include; PhD programmes (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD) in health research; natural sciences and/or engineering research; and social sciences and/or humanities research
An eligible doctoral program for this scholarship must include a significant research component that leads to the completion of a thesis, major research project, dissertation, scholarly publication, performance, recital and/or exhibit that is merit/expert-reviewed at the institutional level as requirement for a completion of the program.
Joint graduate research programs with a professional degree (e.g., MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) as well as clinically-oriented programs of study, including clinical psychology, are also eligible programs if they have a significant autonomous research component, as described above.
Number of Scholarships:
There are up to 166 scholarships are awarded annually
Target group:
The target for the Vanier Canada Graduate scholarships are Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign citizens are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships.
Scholarship value/duration:
The scholarships is worth up to $50,000 per year for three years.
Eligibility:
To be considered for a Vanier CGS;
• you must be nominated by only one Canadian institution, which must have received a Vanier CGS quota;
• you must be pursuing your first doctoral degree (including joint undergraduate/graduate research program such as: MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD – if it has a demonstrated and significant research component). Note that only the PhD portion of a combined degree is eligible for funding;
• you must intend to pursue, in the summer semester or the academic year following the announcement of results, full-time doctoral (or a joint graduate program such as: MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) studies and research at the nominating institution; Note that only the PhD portion of a combined degree is eligible for funding;
• you must have completed no more than 20 months of doctoral studies as of 1 May 2021
• you must have completed no more than 32 months of full-time study in their doctoral program, by 1 May 2021 if enrolled in a joint graduate research program, e.g., MD/PhD, MA/PhD, DVM/PhD. Applicants that fall into this category have access to the 32-month window whether or not they were previously enrolled in a Master’s program; or
• you must have completed no more than 32 months of full-time study in their doctoral program by 1 May 2021 if accelerated directly from a Bachelor’s to a PhD (no time spent in a Master’s program); or
•you must have completed no more than 32 months of full-time study in their doctoral program by 1 May 2021 if accelerated from a Master’s degree into a Doctoral program without obtaining the Master’s degree.
• you 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 encouraged to contact the institution for its definition of a first-class average; and
• you must must not hold, or have held, a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC to undertake or complete a doctoral degree.
Application instructions:
It is very important that the candidates must be nominated by a Canadian Institution with a quota at which they want to study. Candidates cannot apply directly to the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship program.
Applications are initiated in one of two ways. Either the student informs the faculty of graduate studies at the selected institution of their intent to apply to the Vanier CGS program OR the institution initiates the nomination process by contacting the desired candidate.
Applications are prepared by the student and submitted to the nominating institution by their internal deadline using the ResearchNet application system. The nominating institution then forwards recommended nominations to the Vanier-Banting Secretariat (the Secretariat) by 3 November 2020.
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
