Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship 2024/2025 Application | How to Apply

Vanier Scholarship 2024 retains the minds who have leadership qualities and demonstrate extraordinary educational achievements in the field of social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering, and health-related fields. So, this Canadian post-graduate scholarship program picks up doctoral students on three criteria having equal weightage. The selection criteria are academic excellence, research potential, and leadership qualities. As there is no interview for the nominated scholars for Vanier CGS 2024, all three selection criteria are assessed through the documents provided by the applicants.

This unique kind of Canadian Government Scholarship in Canada is an exclusive method of application and selection. The institutes in Canada are granted Vanier’s CGS quota under this scholarship. The applicants have to apply to the university and have to inform their willingness to attain a Vanier Canadian Government grant for the Ph.D. program. All the selected candidates for this Vanier scholarship in Canada are nominated by the institutions. All the application process and procedure is discussed in detail in the following lines. Moreover, all the related links are given in the article for ease of the readers and the applicants.

The Vanier CGS scholarships in Canada are being administered by Canadian Government agencies: the Canadian Institute of Health Research, the National Science and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The Vanier scholars receive a $50,000 grant each year for three years. The program accommodates and supports up to 166 scholars annually. In return, these scholars and world-class bright minds help in creating an effective and innovative environment in Canadian universities, especially in Canada as a whole.

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship in Canada 2024:

Host Country:

• Canada

Funded By:

• Canadian Government

Administered by:

• Canadain Institute of Health Research
• National Science and Engineering Research Council
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Benefits of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship 2024:

• A $ 50,000 grant will annually be given to the scholars for three years.
• Applicants may have a chance to pursue their Ph.D. in his/her own desired Canadian institutions.
• The studies of the applicant will be fully or partially funded based on his/her academic achievements, research proposal, and leadership qualities.

Eligibility Criteria of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship 2024:

• The applicant must be a Canadian or foreign student studying in Canada.
• The applicant must be pursuing for PhD program and must be a full-time Canadian institution student.
• The candidate must be nominated by the university which must be receiving the Vainer CGS universities quota. (The list will be updated on July 1)
• The applicant must be pursuing the first PhD program.
• The applicant must not be receiving any fellowship or scholarship from any of the three Canadian agencies  CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC for any other doctoral program.
• The candidate must have a first-class average in the last two years of studies.
• Students pursuing joint professional degree programs (MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) are eligible, however, only PhD tenure will be funded.
• The candidates must have a significant research component in the research proposal.

• The applicant must not be a faculty of the institution which has a Vanier quota or any other institution as well. In order to be eligible, the applicant must be granted leave for the PhD program from the institution.
• The applicant must be a full-time student. If the student has some disability or has to support their family, he/she can be enrolled as a part-time student.
• For part-time students, the two-month study will be considered a one-month study as compared to a full-time student.
• Canadian Federal Government employees can only be eligible if they will be having an unpaid leave from the government.
• Eligible candidates can apply for both Vanier and agency-specific Ph.D. scholarships. However, after selection, if they are selected for more than one scholarship, they will have to choose one grant.