• Canadian citizens
• Permanent residents of Canada
• Foreign citizens

• Health research
• Natural sciences and/or engineering
• Social sciences and humanities

To be considered for a Vanier CGS, you must:

• be nominated by only one Canadian institution, which must have received a Vanier CGS quota;
• be pursuing your first doctoral degree (including joint program such as MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, or JD/PhD – if it has a demonstrated and significant research component);
• intend to pursue, in the summer semester or the academic year following the announcement of results, full-time doctoral (or a joint graduate research program such as MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) studies and research at the nominating institution;
• have completed no more than 20 months of full-time study in your doctoral program as of May 1, 2025; The doctoral program would begin after the completion of a Master’s degree. The months of study completed are calculated from the doctoral enrolment date.
• have completed no more than 32 months of full-time study in your doctoral program (i.e., joint graduate research program, accelerated, previously enrolled without obtaining Master’s degree), by May 1, 2025 if:
  enrolled in a joint graduate research program, e.g., MD/PhD, MA/PhD, DVM/PhD. Applicants in this category have access to the 32-month window whether or not they were previously enrolled in a Master’s program:The months of study are calculated starting from the date on which an applicant is officially registered in the joint program (including the Master’s portion of the program).
• Enrolled directly from a Bachelor’s to a PhD (not previously enrolled in a Master’s program);The months of study completed are calculated from the doctoral enrolment date.
• Previously enrolled in a Master’s program without obtaining the degree.The months of study completed are calculated from the original Master’s enrolment date.
• have achieved a first-class average, as determined by your institution, in each of the last two years of full-time study or equivalent. Candidates are encouraged to contact the institution for its definition of a first-class average; and
• must not hold, or have held, a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC to undertake or complete a doctoral program.

• An eligible doctoral program must include a significant research component that leads to the completion of a thesis, major research project, dissertation, scholarly publication, performance, recital and/or exhibit that is merit/expert-reviewed at the institutional level as requirement for a completion of the program.
• Joint graduate research programs with a professional degree (e.g., MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) as well as clinically-oriented programs of study, including clinical psychology, are also eligible programs if they have a significant autonomous research component, as described above.

Individual application documents can be submitted in either English or French. If another language is required to express a particular idea (e.g., a specialized concept), be sure to provide an explanation in French or English.

A complete Vanier CGS application package includes:

• A ResearchNet application form (includes two letters of reference, each with three sections)
• A CCV (limited entries; please see Completing the Common CV (CCV) for complete information)
• Research Contributions (maximum one page)
• A Personal Leadership Statement (maximum 2 pages for English applications; maximum of 2.5 pages for French applications)
• Special Circumstances (maximum 0.5 page, optional)
• Two Leadership letters of reference (maximum 2 pages)
• A Research Proposal (maximum 2 pages for English applications; maximum of 2.5 pages for French applications)
• Project References (maximum 5 pages)
• Transcripts

• For Students: Consult nominating institution for submission deadline.
• For nominating institutions: Deadline:  October 30, 2024 (20:00 EDT).

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