What Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships actually covers.
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) are highly prestigious PhD scholarships funded by the Government of Canada, open to both Canadian citizens and international students — including Africans — who are studying or intend to study at an eligible Canadian university. The scholarship provides C$50,000 per year for up to three years of doctoral study, supporting world-class doctoral students who demonstrate both academic excellence and leadership ability in the natural sciences and/or engineering, health sciences, and social sciences and/or humanities. Recipients are expected to become leaders in their respective fields. The Vanier CGS is administered by Canada's three federal research funding agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). African students who are pursuing or have been accepted to a PhD programme at an eligible Canadian university are strongly encouraged to apply through their institution. Canada offers a welcoming, multicultural environment and world-class universities — an ideal destination for African doctoral students.
Who can apply.
Open to phd applicants seeking to study in Canada. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Every academic discipline is accepted.
This programme does not restrict by field. Research proposals across humanities, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine are all accepted.
From here to submitted.
Scholar Africa helps you discover, shortlist, and track. The application itself is submitted on the provider's site.
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Save itAdd this to your shortlist so we can recommend similar scholarships and remind you of the deadline.
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Prepare your documentsMost providers ask for the same set — transcripts, references, a personal statement, ID. Use the checklist below to track progress across all your applications.
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Apply on the provider's siteSubmit on the provider's site before November 1, 2026 · 106 days left.
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Track the outcomeAdd to your tracker so you can update the status as the provider responds (shortlisted, interview, decision).
Document checklist
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.