Graduate awards

Find scholarships and awards relevant to graduate students using USask's scholarships and awards database. You will find information on eligibility, deadlines and how to apply. Search for keywords like master's, doctoral, PhD, plant breeding, etc.


Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Value: $50,000/year for three years.
Number offered: Varies
Eligibility:

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, MBA/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, MBA/PhD) studies and research at the nominating institution; For joint graduate research programs, only the PhD portion of the program is eligible for funding.
  • have completed no more than 20 months of full-time study in your doctoral program as of May 1, 2025, or;
  • have completed no more than 32 months of full-time study in your doctoral program (i.e., joint graduate research program, directly from bachelor's, previously enrolled without obtaining master's degree, transferring or withdrew from program), by May 1, 2025
  • have achieved a first-class average, as determined by your institution, in each of the last two years of full-time study or equivalent
  • cannot have already received a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC to undertake or complete a doctoral program

 Without exception, the Vanier CGS is tenable only at the eligible Canadian university that submitted the nomination.

For additional information on eligiblity requirements, please visit the Vanier eligibility website.
Donor: The Government of Canada launched the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program in 2008 to strengthen Canada's ability to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. Vanier Scholars demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health.
Apply:

Applicants should choose the agency that is best aligned with their research subject matter to ensure that it is reviewed by experts in disciplines closest to their field(s) of study.

Apply online at ResearchNet.

Applicants must complete a Canadian Common CV as part of this application

Instructions for completing the Vanier application.

Instructions for completing the Canadian Common CV.

If you have any questions, or would like the staff at Graduate Scholarship and Awards Services to review your application before submitting it,, please contact Graduate Awards & Scholarships at gradstudies.awards@usask.ca.
Deadline: The call for applications for this award will open annually in the Fall term.

2024 University of Saskatchewan internal deadline - Monday, September 23, 2024 at 7:00pm CST.

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