Please note: Information and dates may be updated depending on further information received from the Tri-Agencies.
June 2024:
- Program details posted on .
- Â electronic application system activated.
June – August 7, 2024:
- Interested applicants must contact the Graduate Officer/Associate Chair of their proposed nominating department to express their interest in applying for the Vanier at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. Students, who either approached the department or who were identified by the department, MUST receive departmental endorsement prior to submitting a Vanier application (recommended deadline to seek departmental endorsement is July 26).Â
- Departments email the Associate Director, Graduate Financial Aid & Awards (copying the applicant) in Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) by August 7 to confirm the department’s support of the applicant.
August 7 – September 11, 2024:
- Students who received departmental endorsement should set their own deadline by which they require their referees to submit their assessments; referees must submit their assessment prior to the institutional deadline in order to allow the applicant time to submit their completed application in ResearchNet.
- Eligible applicants order or submit their transcripts by September 11, 2024, as outlined in the instructions on À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Vanier web page.
September 11, 2024Â (9:00 a.m. EDT):
- GSPA deadline for applicants to submit their Vanier CGS application to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ via .
September 11 – 18, 2024:
- GSPA prepares applications and spreadsheets for departments to access by end of day on September 18.
September 19 – October 2, 2024:
- Departments review and rank their applications.
- Departments notify GSPA of their top-ranked applicants by October 2.
October 3Â -Â 10, 2024:
- Institutional selection committee members have access to and review the applications that will be discussed at the selection meeting on October 16.
October 16, 2024:
- Institutional selection committee meeting to determine selected applicants for endorsement.
October 16Â - 29, 2024:
- GSPA to communicate with endorsed applicants and supervisors to fine-tune applications and institutional letter.
- GSPA to coordinate institutional nomination letters for each selected nominee.
October 30, 2024:
- GSPA to electronically submit the Vanier nominations to the agencies for federal adjudication via ResearchNet.
- GSPA sends communication to non-recommended applicants.
- GSPA to inform departments and Faculties of the results of the institutional adjudication.