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This 3-year award has a value of $50,000 per annum. Canadian and international students are eligible. The department will be assigned one, possibly two, nominations to put forward to the university-wide competition. If interested in being considered, please follow the important instructions below. The VANIER CGS PROGRAM aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health. Canadian and international students are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier CGS. In an effort to support students in broadening their research horizons and seeking new challenges, the Vanier CGS program strongly encourages candidates to pursue their studies beyond the university that granted their undergraduate and graduate degrees. Students wishing to apply for a Vanier CGS must do so through the Canadian university to which they are applying for doctoral studies. The Vanier CGS Scholarships are valued at $50,000 per annum and International students are eligible. ELIGIBILITY: candidates must have completed no more than 20 months of doctoral studies as of May 1 following the announcement of results in order to be eligible to be nominated (i.e. candidates who began their program as early as September 2009 would be eligible) This applies to candidates who are in a combined MA/PhD program, who fast-tracked from a master's to a PhD (did not complete their master's and transferred to a PhD) or who entered directly into a PhD program from their bachelor's degree; for these candidates, the agencies will not include the first 12 months of graduate study when evaluating eligibility. APPLICATION PROCESS: Please note: the online application will no longer be accessible after September 20th 2010 (9 AM). Students must complete and submit their application electronically by this date. Vanier website for eligibility requirements: http://www.vanier.gc.ca/prog-desc-eng.shtml#a4 and for directions on application submission: http://www.vanier.gc.ca/process-processus-eng.shtml Students will be expected to complete the electronic application and print off a copy to submit to the graduate unit by SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 Students will be required to provide the graduate unit with all original transcripts along with a current original University of Toronto transcript. This is required of all applicants including those whose program commenced September 2010. Students are reminded to request transcripts and complete the "Indentify Referee" task on ResearchNet well in advance. Referee assessments must be completed and submitted to ResearchNet before students can complete and submit their application. Technical support from ResearchNet is not available on weekends. Leadership Reference Letter is required: The student will be responsible for attaching this letter to his/her application package. The leadership component is paramount in the selection of Vanier CGS scholars. In order to assist the agency-specific peer review selection committees and the Vanier Selection Board in assessing this criterion, the nomination package will include a leadership reference letter. This letter should be written by someone who knows the candidate in a non-academic capacity and can comment on the candidate's leadership skills. Leadership can be determined in a variety of ways; proof of leadership must be demonstrated in the letter. Recruitment and Student Mobility: As of the current 2011-12 competition, compelling cases of students pursuing studies at the same university where their previous degrees were obtained will be accepted, but these should be the exceptions and not the rule. Candidates who are nominated by a university where they have completed a previous degree will be asked to provide a compelling rationale, in the "Special Circumstances"?ssection, as to why they have chosen the same/nominating university to undertake their PhD.
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