Call for Nominations: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Note: This scholarship is for students pursuing their first doctoral degree. Students pursuing course-based degrees are not eligible.

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) program is designed to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health-related fields. Canadian and international students are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier Scholarship, which is valued at $50,000 per year for up to three years.

The application is completed online on ResearchNet: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/LoginServlet

The deadline for applicants to inform the LFS grad program office of their intent to apply is August 6, 2018.  Please email lfs.gradmgr@ubc.ca of your intent to apply.

The deadline for applicants to submit applications on ResearchNet is 11:59 pm (PDT – Vancouver time) on Thursday, 6 September 2018.

The deadline for graduate programs to submit nominations to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is 4:00 pm on Tuesday, 25 September 2018.

For more information, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/vanier-scholarship

Important note on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:  The Vanier CGS program encourages equity, diversity and inclusion, as part of the Tri-Agency’s broader commitment to excellence in research and research training in Canada. Resources for applicants, institutions, referees and the selection committees are available at: http://www.vanier.gc.ca/en/equity_diversity_inclusion-equite_diversite_inclusion.html. Applicants are encouraged to review the resources before they begin writing their application.

For other Vanier CGS program news and reminders, please visit: http://www.vanier.gc.ca/en/news-nouv_2018-19.html