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/or humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health. Canadian and international students pursuing their first PhD are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier Scholarship, which is valued at $50,000 per year for up to three years. Canadian institutions have a limited amount of applications they can nominate for a scholarship each year for 2022/2023 UNBC has the following allocations remaining:

- NSERC: 1

- CIHR: 1 

- SSHRC: 1

UNBC’s internal deadline: September 23, 2022 (5:00pm)

Institutions must forward their selected nominations to the Vanier CGS program by November 1st, 2022 (8:00 pm EDT)