Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) are prestigious awards available to Canadian and international graduate students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement and are pursuing doctoral studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health-related fields at Canadian universities. The program provides substantial financial support to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. The scholarship is valued at $50,000 per year for three years during doctoral studies. Vanier nominees are evaluated and selected based on three key criteria: Academic Excellence, Research Potential, and Leadership (Potential and Demonstrated Ability). The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship program does not accept direct applications; students must be nominated by a Canadian university with a Vanier CGS allocation. Only one Canadian university can nominate a student, and it must be the university where they intend to pursue doctoral studies.