Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship 2027

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) programme aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students at Canadian universities. Named after the Right Honourable Georges P. Vanier, the programme provides $50,000 per year for three years to doctoral students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement. This is Canada’s most prestigious and generous doctoral scholarship, open to both Canadian and international students.

Open to both Canadian citizens/permanent residents and international students. Must be nominated by a Canadian university. Must be pursuing or about to pursue doctoral studies at a Canadian institution. Must not have completed more than 20 months of doctoral studies at the time of nomination. Must demonstrate academic excellence (first-class honours or equivalent), research potential, and leadership.

Annual stipend of CAD $50,000 for up to 3 years (one of the highest doctoral stipends globally), opportunity to conduct research at a Canadian university of your choice, access to the Vanier-Banting network of Canada's top scholars, enhanced career prospects in academia and beyond, opportunity to live and work in Canada during and after studies

University nomination form, Detailed research proposal, Academic transcripts from all post-secondary institutions, Two referee reports, CV highlighting research contributions, Leadership and community involvement portfolio, Evidence of academic excellence, Approved by university and submitted to Tri-Agency

• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or international student pursuing your first doctoral degree (PhD or the PhD portion of a joint program such as MD/PhD) with a first-class average and demonstrated academic excellence, research potential, and leadership, who has not completed more than about 20 months of doctoral study and does not hold a prior CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC doctoral award
• You cannot apply directly: you must be nominated by a single Canadian institution that holds a Vanier quota. Contact the institution's faculty of graduate studies to declare your intent, secure faculty support, and prepare your application (research proposal, transcripts, leadership and reference materials) in ResearchNet by the institution's internal deadline
• The institution then forwards selected nominations. The award is valued at CAD 50,000 per year for up to three years