Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

{{Short description|International Postgraduate Award}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.vanier.gc.ca/eng/about_us.html |title=Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships |website=www.vanier.gc.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713051834/http://www.vanier.gc.ca/eng/about_us.html |archive-date=2014-07-13}} The program supports up to 166 scholars{{Cite web|url=https://vanier.gc.ca/en/selection_criteria-criteres_de_selection.html|title=Review process: Overview - Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships|date=16 January 2014}} annually.

The Vanier CGS program helps Canada’s universities attract excellent doctoral students from across Canada and around the world.