The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) are doctoral scholarships launched by the Government of Canada in 2008. The program is designed to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by offering them a significant financial award to assist them during their studies at Canadian universities. Vanier scholars demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, or health-related fields. Scholarship recipients receive $50,000 each year for three years.[1] The program supports up to 166 scholars[2] annually.
The Vanier CGS program helps Canada’s universities attract excellent doctoral students from across Canada and around the world.
Georges Philias Vanier
editThe Vanier CGS program honours distinguished Canadian soldier and diplomat Major-General the Right Honourable Georges Philias Vanier (1888-1967), who served as governor general of Canada from 1959 to 1967.[citation needed]
Governance
editVanier Canada Graduate Scholarships are administered by Canada's three federal research granting agencies (the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CIHR], the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council [NSERC] and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council [SSHRC]).
Vanier CGS nominees are evaluated by agency-specific multidisciplinary peer review committees.
References
edit- ^ "Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships". www.vanier.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-07-13.
- ^ "Review process: Overview - Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships". 16 January 2014.