Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships to Attract Highly Qualified Doctoral Students: Details Here

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships is open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign citizens. The scholarship helps Canadian colleges attract highly qualified doctoral students who demonstrate research potential, leadership potential along academic excellence.

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Study in Canada: The Government of Canada in Budget 2024 re-committed to invest in research talent by proposing to invest $825 million over five years, starting in 2024-25, with $199.8 million per year ongoing.

The government said that the enhanced suite of scholarships and fellowships, including Vanier and Banting, will be streamlined into one talent program. It will include an increase in the number of scholarships and fellowships provided, building up to nearly 1,720 more graduate students or fellows benefiting each year.

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships mainly aims to attract top-tier doctoral students. The scholarship is open to international students, Canadian citizens, and permanent residents of Canada.

Eligibility Criteria to apply for Vanier CGS

To be eligible for this scholarship, the following are the requirements:

• The students must be nominated by only one Canadian institution which has received a Vanier CGS quota.
• The candidate must be pursuing their first doctoral degree including joint programs like MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, or JD/PhD, MBA/PhD.
• Intending to pursue a full-time doctoral or joint graduate research program in the summer semester
• Completion of no more than 20 months of full-time study in a doctoral program as of May 1, 2024.
• Have achieved academic excellence by getting a first-class average in each of the last two years of full-time study or equivalent.
• The candidates must not have already received a doctoral-level scholarship or fellows from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC to undertake or complete a doctoral program.

"Regardless of disciplines, all prior doctoral-level studies that started in Canada or abroad, are considered in the evaluation of eligibility and are considered to be continuous, full-time, and uninterrupted unless otherwise confirmed by the institution (including the summer months, unless on official leave). The Vanier-Banting Secretariat (the Secretariat) will count two months of part-time study as one month of full-time study," reads the official statement.

To apply for the scholarship, the candidate must fill out multiple applications. The eligible candidates need to apply to both the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships program and other agency-specific doctoral-level scholarship/fellowships programs in the same academic year.

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