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Updated on: Oct 26, 2025

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
  • Funding Type:Partially Funded
  • Provider:Government of Canada
  • Deadline:Apr 30, 2025

Expired

Degrees:

PhD

Location:

Canada

About Scholarship:

The Government of Canada launched the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program in 2008 to strengthen Canada's ability to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. Vanier Scholars demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences, and/or engineering and health.
 

Key Dates:

July – November 2024: Applicants seek a nominating institution and prepare and submit the application package.
Internal Deadline (varies): Contact the nominating institution for a specific date.
October 30, 2024 (20:00 EDT): Deadline for institutions to submit nominations to the Vanier CGS program.
November 2024 – March 2025: Review and evaluation of nominations.
Early April 2025: Anticipated notification of results. Nominees will be notified by email when the results are available on ResearchNet.
May 1, 2025; September 1, 2025; or January 1, 2026: Payments begin.