Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Canada: Prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships worth $ 50,000

Deadline: 6th Nov. 2012

Overview

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. It is worth $50,000 per year for three years and is available to both Canadian and international PhD students studying at Canadian universities.
All nominations from Canadian universities must be submitted via ResearchNet and received by the federal research granting agencies by the deadline date.

Eligibility:
•  be nominated by only one Canadian university, which must have received a Vanier CGS allocation;
•  be seeking financial support to pursue your first doctoral degree (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD);
•  intend to pursue, in the summer semester or the academic year following the announcement of results, full-time doctoral (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD) studies and research at the nominating university;
•  have completed no more than 20 months of doctoral studies as of May 1, 2012 (see Notes below);
have achieved a first-class average, as determined by your university, in each of the last two years of full-time study or equivalent; and
•  not have already received a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, SSHRC or NSERC to undertake or complete a doctoral degree (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD).

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