{"id":822,"date":"2026-08-14T16:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/vanier-canada-graduate-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:30:20","slug":"vanier-canada-graduate-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/vanier-canada-graduate-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanier Scholarship Replaced: Canada&rsquo;s New CGRS-D PhD Award"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-phd"],"acf":{"host_country":"Canada","host_school":"Any eligible Canadian institution (you must already be registered there)","closing_date":"20261017","study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["phd"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"CAD $40,000 per year for 36 months","description":"<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> The famous <strong>Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship no longer exists<\/strong> &mdash; its last competition ran in 2024, and vanier.gc.ca now redirects applicants to its successor. Canada&rsquo;s doctoral awards (Vanier, CGS-D, NSERC PGS-D, SSHRC doctoral) have been merged into one programme: the <strong>Canada Graduate Research Scholarship &ndash; Doctoral (CGRS-D)<\/strong>, worth <strong>CAD $40,000 a year for 36 months<\/strong>.<\/p><p>For Nigerians, the key rule: you <strong>cannot apply from Nigeria before admission<\/strong>. International applicants must already be <strong>registered in a doctoral programme at a Canadian institution<\/strong> by the deadline, and at most <strong>15% of awards<\/strong> go to international students. The agency deadline is <strong>17 October (8:00 pm ET)<\/strong> each year, but your university&rsquo;s internal deadline comes first and is often much earlier &mdash; check with your graduate school as soon as you arrive.<\/p>","eligibility":"<ul><li>Open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents <strong>and international students<\/strong> (capped at 15% of awards).<\/li><li>International applicants must be <strong>registered in a PhD programme at an eligible Canadian institution<\/strong> by the application deadline &mdash; admission first, scholarship second.<\/li><li>Applications go through your Canadian university&rsquo;s internal nomination process.<\/li><li>You cannot already hold a CIHR\/NSERC\/SSHRC doctoral award (including a past Vanier).<\/li><\/ul>","official_scholarship_link":"https:\/\/nserc-crsng.canada.ca\/en\/funding-opportunity\/canada-graduate-research-scholarship-doctoral-program","additional_info":"<p><strong>How to apply:<\/strong> secure PhD admission (many Canadian departments fund international PhD students independently of CGRS-D &mdash; ask about funding packages when applying), register, then apply via your university before its internal CGRS-D deadline. 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