Application/nomination instructions
Candidates must be nominated by the institution at which they want to study. Candidates cannot apply directly to the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program.
Candidates should read the Selection committee guide prior to commencing their application. This guide lists the three evaluation criteria and has useful information on how the criteria are evaluated.
To be considered eligible for funding, candidates must attain an average score of at least 3.1 in each of the three criteria.
Competition process
1. Applications are initiated in one of two ways. Either:
a. the student informs the faculty of graduate studies at the selected institution of their intent to apply to the Vanier CGS program; or
a. the institution initiates the nomination process by contacting the desired candidate.
2. Applications are prepared by the student and submitted to the nominating institution by their internal deadline (set in ResearchNet by the nominating institution) using the ResearchNet application system.
3. The nominating institution performs the internal candidate selection process.
4. The nominating institution forwards recommended nominations to the Vanier-Banting Secretariat (the Secretariat) by November 2, 2016 (20:00. Eastern Time).
5. The Secretariat coordinates the review process.
6. The Secretariat presents the recommendations to the Tri-Agency Programs (TAPs) steering committee.
7. The TAPs steering committee endorses and approves final decisions for the Vanier CGS program.
8. Successful candidates are notified of the competition results in April 2017.
Important notes:
- Students wishing to apply for a Vanier CGS should verify that the institution to which they are applying for doctoral studies has a Vanier CGS quota. They must then inform the institution that they wish to be considered for a Vanier CGS.
- A student who has completed the Vanier CGS electronic application through ResearchNet must submit the application online to the Canadian institution that will be putting forward their nomination. Applications submitted by candidates directly to the Vanier CGS program, instead of through a Canadian institution, will not be considered.
- Each student can be nominated once. If more than one institution is interested in nominating an individual student for a Vanier CGS, the student must choose one institution to submit their nomination. Multiple nominations will not be accepted.
- Based on its quota, the institution will forward its nominations to the Secretariat.
- The institution is responsible for notifying candidates if their application is not selected for nomination to the Secretariat.
- Students are responsible for contacting the institution for more information about selecting the appropriate federal granting agency, finding the appropriate contact person within a department/faculty and for advice or questions related to content and how best to present the information in their application.
Application/nomination instructions
Before beginning an application please read the Application instructions carefully. The Vanier CGS agency-specific selection committees are multidisciplinary; applications should be written with a non-specialist research audience in mind.
Individual application documents can be submitted in either English or French.
It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete, including referee assessments.
Deadlines
There are two deadlines pertaining to the 2016-2017 competition:
- Institution internal deadline: Following the student's identification in ResearchNet of the institution proposed for doctoral study (see Task 7), an additional deadline date and time will appear at the top of each page. This is the deadline by which your application must be submitted to the institution through ResearchNet. This deadline is set and controlled by each institution. You will not be able to submit your application past this precise date and time.
- Program deadline: Institutions must forward their selected nominations to the Vanier CGS program by November 2, 2016 (20:00 Eastern Time).
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