Chương trình học bổng tiến sĩ Vanier Canada bắt đầu nhận hồ sơ ứng tuyển: Học bổng tiến sĩ Vanier Canada (Vanier CGS) mới thông báo tuyển sinh cho giai đoạn 2014-2015. Học bổng trị giá 50.000 đô la mỗi năm trong thời gian tối đa 3 năm dành cho sinh viên Canada và sinh viên quốc tế xuất sắc, có năng lực và có kế hoạch theo học chương trình tiến sĩ tại một trường đại học tại Canada. Hạn chót đăng ký xin học bổng cho giai đoạn 2014-2015 là 5/11/2014. Để biết thêm thông tin, vui lòng truy cập website của chương trình học bổng Vanier Canada: http://www.vanier.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.html

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program

$50,000 per year for three years
Open to both Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign students pursuing a doctoral degree at eligible Canadian universities
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.

Nomination process: overview

Scope

Up to 167 scholarships are awarded annuallyFootnote1;
A total of up to 500 scholarships are active at any time.

Value

$50,000 per year

Duration

3 years (non-renewable)

Scholarships are distributed equally between the three federal granting agencies:

Timelines

July – November	Applicants seek a nominating university, prepare and submit application package.
Internal Deadline	Deadline to submit application to the nominating university. Contact nominating university for specific date.
November 5, 2014	Deadline for universities to submit nominations to the Vanier CGS program.
November – March 2015	Review and evaluation of nominations.
March 31, 2015	Results released.
May 1, 2015, September 1, 2015 or January 1, 2016	Payments begin.

Features

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 the social sciences and/or humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Should more funds become available, additional scholarships may be awarded.

Next important date

Application deadline for the 2014-2015 competition: November 5, 2014

Purpose

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program attracts and retains world-class doctoral students and helps establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning.

About us: overview

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program helps Canada's universities attract sought-after doctoral students from across Canada and around the world. These promising scholars help to create a dynamic and innovative environment within our university campuses. Many will stay to pursue academic and professional careers in Canada, helping to foster innovation and creating future leaders.

Nomination process

Candidates must be nominated by the university at which they want to study. Candidates cannot apply directly to the Vanier CGS program.

Nomination process:
Application/nomination instructions

Candidates must be nominated by the university at which they want to study. Candidates cannot apply directly to the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program.

Competition process

Applications are initiated in one of two ways. Either:
1. the student informs the faculty of graduate studies at the selected university of their intent to apply to the Vanier CGS program; or
2. the university initiates the nomination process by contacting the desired candidate.
Applications are prepared by the student and submitted to the university by the nominating university's internal deadline (set in ResearchNet by the nominating university) using the ResearchNet application system.
The nominating university performs the internal candidate selection process.
The nominating university forwards recommended nominations to the Vanier-Banting Secretariat (the Secretariat) by November 5, 2014 (8:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
The Secretariat coordinates the review process.
The Secretariat presents the recommendations to the Tri-Agency Programs (TAPs) steering committee.
The TAPs steering committee endorses and approves final decisions for the Vanier CGS program.
Successful candidates are notified of the competition results in April 2015.

Important notes:

Students wishing to apply for a Vanier CGS should verify that the university to which they are applying for doctoral studies has a Vanier CGS allocation. They must then inform the university that they wish to be considered for a Vanier CGS.
A student who has completed the Vanier CGS electronic application throughResearchNet must submit the application online to the Canadian university that will be putting forward their nomination. Applications submitted by candidates directly to the Vanier CGS program, instead of through a Canadian university, will not be considered.
Each student can be nominated once. If more than one university is interested in nominating an individual student for a Vanier CGS, the student must choose one university to submit their nomination. Multiple nominations will not be accepted.
Based on its allocation, the university will forward its nominations to the Secretariat.
The university is responsible for notifying candidates if their application is not selected for nomination to the Secretariat.
Students are responsible for contacting the university for more information about selecting the appropriate federal granting agency, finding the appropriate contact person within a department/faculty and for advice or questions related to content and how best to present the information in their application.

Application/nomination instructions

Before beginning your application please read these instructions carefully. You should also consider the selection committee guide, which lists the three selection criteria and has useful information on how these criteria are evaluated. The Vanier CGS agency-specific selection committees are multidisciplinary and applications should be written with a non-specialist research audience in mind.

ResearchNet application process: general information

In ResearchNet, complete all tasks listed for the Vanier CGS application.
Preview the Full Application Package version of your application in ResearchNet, using the "Preview Application Materials" task, to ensure that your application is complete. Note: What you see previewed is exactly how your application will look when submitted electronically to the Canadian university and the Vanier CGS program.
Print the entire application.
Save the PDF version of the entire, completed application.
Submit the completed electronic application through ResearchNet by completing the "Consent and Submit Application" task. Note: The nominating university cannot accept your application until you complete this task.
For technical help, call 1-888-603-4178 or 613-943-7777 or emailsupport@researchnet-recherchenet.ca from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
For program-related help, please contact vanier@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

Deadlines

There are two deadlines pertaining to the 2014-2015 competition:

University deadline: Following the student's identification in ResearchNet of the university proposed for doctoral study, an additional deadline date and time will appear at the top of each page. This is the deadline by which your application must be submitted to the university through ResearchNet. This deadline is set and controlled by each university. You will not be able to submit your application past this precise date and time.
Program deadline: Universities must forward their selected nominations to the Vanier CGS program by November 5, 2014 (8:00 p.m. Eastern Time).

Completing your Vanier CGS application

Tips: The following tips may help you in completing your application on ResearchNet. They are tips only; it is the responsibility of the student to submit a complete application:

Bold text and stars indicate mandatory fields.
It is important to save any additions or changes before navigating away from the task page(s).
The status of all tasks must be indicated as complete in order for you to submit your application.
Students should seek the advice of members of their faculty/department on content-related questions and how best to present the information in the application.

1 Confirm eligibility

Confirm that you meet the Vanier CGS program's eligibility criteria. Applications that do not meet all the eligibility criteria will not be accepted.

2 Contact your desired nominating university

Inform the faculty of graduate studies at the selected university of your intent to apply to the Vanier CGS program.

3 Register for Canadian Common CV (CCV) and ResearchNet accounts

Make sure you have the following or click the links to register:

CCV account – a web-based tool that allows you to manage your CV data in a single repository and generate CVs as needed for all member organizations
ResearchNet account – a web-based application tool and funding opportunity/decision database that is used by the Vanier CGS program

You should only have one CCV and one ResearchNet account. If you have already accessed ResearchNet and/or CCV, do not register for new accounts.

You need a CCV account to create a validated CCV (Vanier-Banting Academic template). See Task 4: Create CCV (Vanier-Banting Academic template) and link to ResearchNet application.

You are responsible for preparing and submitting your application, including compiling and uploading the documents required from others as indicated below.

4 Create a CCV (Vanier-Banting Academic template) and link to ResearchNet application

You must create a Vanier-Banting Academic CV on the CCV website and link it to your ResearchNet application.

Free-form CVs are not accepted. A CCV is required regardless of the citizenship of the applicant.

The CCV website stores data in a secure database that you can access at any time, and from any computer. You may save your CCV (Vanier-Banting Academic template) in progress and return to complete it at your convenience. The data you enter can be reused in future applications which use the CCV.

The CCV website will validate your CV (Vanier-Banting Academic template) and provide you with a confirmation number. You must input the confirmation number in ResearchNet in order to link your CV to your Vanier CGS application.

To create a CCV (Vanier-Banting Academic template) and to link it to your Vanier CGS application on ResearchNet:

Complete and submit the CCV. Refer to these instructions for some important details regarding your CCV, including entry limits.

5 Start a ResearchNet application

After launching an application in ResearchNet, you will be presented with the ResearchNet login screen. If you login using your ResearchNet account, you will arrive at the main Vanier CGS application menu. This menu lists a series of tasks that must be completed before you are able to submit your application. Information on how to complete these tasks is provided in the sections below.

You should only have one Vanier CGS application. If you have already started an application, login to your ResearchNet account. You will find your Vanier CGS application in the Current Activities tab under the applications heading. Clicking on it will bring you to the main Vanier CGS application tasks list.

6 Identify area of research

This task serves to determine which selection committee your nomination will be assigned. Nominations related to health research will be channeled to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), those related to natural sciences and/or engineering to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and those related to social sciences and/or humanities will go to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). For more information, please refer to Selecting the Appropriate Federal Granting Agency. If you still aren't sure of the most appropriate research area, please send an email to vanier@cihr-irsc.gc.ca to get confirmation. Nominations are assigned to one of these selection committees based on the field of study identified by the applicant in their nomination, but the Secretariat reserves the right to make the final assignment of nominations based on the mandate of the selection committee assigned to review nominations in that area.

7 Identify participants

In this task, you will enter information about yourself and your nominating university. You must also input the confirmation number of the CV you created in the CCV system in order to link your CV to your Vanier CGS application.

The "Edit" action is a link to the task for attaching supporting documents.

Notes:

Signatures are not required on the CCV.
The data you enter may not be displayed in the CCV in the proper chronological order.
Education: Please include all previous university studies and their relevant dates (including incomplete degrees).
Contributions: Updates to this section will not be accepted after the deadline date.

Under this task, you will attach the following documents:

Content of documents: For questions related to the content of the following attachments, applicants are encouraged to consult with their faculty or department at the nominating Canadian university.

Format of documents: Applicants must prepare their Vanier CGS application and supporting materials using specific formatting standards. Refer to "Presentation standards for documents" for the required format.

DESCRIPTION OF LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS (MAXIMUM 1 PAGE)

Write a self-assessment detailing the impacts of your academic and non-academic activities/accomplishments, your leadership activities and why you judge yourself to be deserving of a Vanier CGS. Your communication skills are reflected by the clarity of your application, which speaks to your leadership potential and demonstrated ability.

LEADERSHIP REFERENCE LETTER (MAXIMUM 2 PAGES)

The leadership reference letter should be written by someone who knows you in a non-academic capacity and should describe how you have demonstrated and will potentially continue to demonstrate leadership. Faculty members may provide this letter, as long as they know you in a non-academic capacity and are addressing your leadership in a non-academic environment.

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS (MAXIMUM 1 PAGE)

From the research contributions listed in your CCV (Vanier-Banting Academic template), choose up to five that you judge to be the most significant and relevant to your research proposal. For each of these contributions:

describe your role in the research, including by clarifying your contribution to collaborative research and to the actual writing of joint publications;
discuss the reasons for selecting the medium (e.g., journal article, conference presentation, etc.) for mobilizing the research, if appropriate;
indicate any collaboration with other researchers and/or with other knowledge users from outside academia;
discuss the significance, relevance and impact of your work in relation to the social sciences and humanities, the natural sciences and engineering or to health-related fields and processes, if appropriate;
describe their significance in terms of demonstrating your research leadership and sphere of influence at the institutional level and beyond; and,
discuss the impact and importance of these activities in terms of your career aspirations.

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES (MAXIMUM 1 PAGE)

Identify any administrative responsibilities, family or health reasons or any other special circumstances that might have delayed or interrupted any of the following: academia and/or career advancement, scientific research, other research, dissemination of results, training, etc. Common examples of an interruption/delay might be a bereavement period following the death of an immediate family member, maternity/parental leave or relocation of your research environment. Include the start and end dates; the impact areas; and the reason(s) for or a brief explanation of, the absence.

If you are nominated by a university at which you have completed a previous degree, you must also provide a strong and compelling justification for this exceptional circumstance as to why you have chosen the same/nominating university to undertake your PhD. This will be assessed as part of the selection committee review process. 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/or graduate degrees.

If you are registered in a combined undergraduate and doctoral program (e.g., MD/PhD) please provide a calculation of all months of doctoral studies, regardless of the research discipline for eligibility purposes. You must specify the part-time periods (if applicable). This calculation must be consistent with the transcripts provided. For purposes of this calculation, the MD portion will not count towards the number of months at the doctoral level.

The Secretariat and the selection committees will take these special circumstances into consideration when evaluating your nomination. If your potential or current PhD supervisor is unable to provide you with a reference letter, you may use this section to provide an explanation for this.

8 Identify referees

This task seeks to collect information on the two referees whose assessments will accompany your application. Note that when identifying referees, the language specified will determine the language in which they will receive their assessment form.

Referees selected to participate must each address all three stated selection criteria, specifically:

Assessment of academic excellence
Assessment of research potential
Assessment of leadership (potential and demonstrated ability)

Applicants are encouraged to consider the full range of potential referees, including arm's length experts who could best provide relevant evidence, perspectives and insight to support the review of the applicant's application in light of the selection criteria.

Applicants should contact their selected referees to seek their agreement to provide an assessment well in advance of the application deadline date. Applicants are required to enter the name and contact information for each referee in ResearchNet. ResearchNet will then send email requests to the referees providing a secure link to each referee to complete their assessment online. You are responsible for supplying your nominating university and referees with the documents necessary for them to write their respective letter. ResearchNet does not grant the referees access to view the application.

The referees' letters are governed by the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act.

The assessment form must be completed and submitted online by the referees and be written in English or French. Once an assessment is submitted, it will automatically attach to your application. Applicants do not have access to the content of the assessment submitted by referees. However, you may follow the status of the assessment under this task and are encouraged to follow up with your referees if the task is not completed shortly before the deadline.

It is important to note that it is the applicant's sole responsibility to follow up with referees to ensure the assessments are submitted prior to the deadline date and thus ensure the application's completeness. You will not be able to submit your application until this task is completed. If a referee informs you that a report cannot be submitted before your deadline, you may delete that referee from your list and add a new referee to your list.

9 Enter degree information

This task collects information on any degrees, qualifications, certificates and/or licenses in progress, as well as on the degree for which support is being requested. Include all previous university studies with their relevant dates (including incomplete degrees) in the common CCV.

Please note that in order to complete this task, you must indicate whether there is a degree in progress and must specify at least one degree for which support is being requested.

10 Enter project information and supporting documents

This task has four sub-tasks to collect information related to your research project.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The Title of Research Proposal is used by the Vanier CGS program to identify your research project. (maximum of 640 characters)

The Lay Title is used to inform the public and Parliament about the valuable research supported through public funds. Provide a title that is accessible to a lay audience. (maximum of 200 characters)

The Lay Abstract is used for promotional purposes outside the research community to inform the public and Parliament about the valuable research supported through public funds. Provide a summary of your research proposal written in clear, plain language. It should be written in non-technical terms that can be clearly understood by reviewers/readers with various areas of expertise (i.e., minimal academic terminology and references to methodology).

Using simple terms, briefly describe the nature of the work to be done. Indicate why and to whom the research is important, the anticipated outcomes and how your field and Canada will benefit. (maximum of 2000 characters)

PROJECT DETAILS

Enter information on your nominating university for proposed doctoral studies, your expected Start Date to take up the award and the Language in which your Research Proposal is written.

PROJECT DESCRIPTORS/KEYWORDS

Provide descriptors/keywords to describe your research project, the techniques and the methodologies it will employ, and the areas of interest and complete any subsequent project descriptor fields using the drop-down menus. If you cannot find an exact descriptor, choose one that most closely matches your project.

ATTACHMENTS

Under this sub-task, you will attach the following documents:

RESEARCH PROPOSAL (MAXIMUM 2 PAGES INCLUDING GRAPHS AND IMAGES)

Applicants must write their own research proposal independently. Provide a detailed description of your proposed research project for the period during which you are to hold the Vanier CGS. Be as specific as possible. Provide background information to position your proposed research within the context of the current knowledge in the field. State the objectives, hypothesis, research question and your specific role. Outline the experimental or theoretical approach to be taken (citing literature pertinent to the proposal), the methods and procedures to be used and the contribution of the project to the advancement of knowledge. Comment on the incremental benefit your research proposal will bring to the Canadian university if you are awarded a Vanier CGS (e.g., role model, networking, etc.). Please describe your program of study in non-technical terms. Write your proposal in clear, plain language and avoid jargon, because your application will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary selection committee (non-specialist audience). Your communication skills are reflected by the clarity of the proposal and speak to yourresearch potential selection criteria and leadership (potential and demonstrated ability)selection criteria.

PROJECT REFERENCES (MAXIMUM 5 PAGES)

Enter the references/bibliography/citation of your research proposal. Limit the document to five pages. You must use this section to list publications and other works/sources that are cited in your research proposal.

11 Confirm documents sent

This task requires a confirmation that all official transcripts have been sent to the proposed nominating university.

The nominating university will attach your transcripts should your nomination be forwarded to the Vanier CGS program.

The Secretariat will only accept official transcripts from your nominating university.

12 Preview application materials

Review your application. If a task is incomplete, you must provide the missing information to successfully submit your application.

Note: If any of the documents provided (including attachments) do not conform to the requirements and/or exceed the page limit, the additional pages will be removed from the nomination prior to selection committee's review. Refer to "Presentation standards for documents" for the required format.

13 Consent and submit application

You must indicate your consent to the terms listed in ResearchNet before you submit your application.

You must click "Submit" to send your application to your nominating university. You will be prompted to confirm that this is what you wish to do. If you accept, you will receive a confirmation screen with a ResearchNet confirmation number (this is not your application number, but a unique ResearchNet identifier). You will also receive a confirmation email that your application was submitted to the nominating university's faculty of graduate studies.

14 Presentation standards for attached documents

All attachments to your application must be prepared according to the standards provided. Applications submitted that are not prepared according to the instructions provided may be deemed ineligible.

If you have supporting documents written in a language other than English or French, you are required to submit a certified translation of these documents.

Formatting instructions to prepare your documents:

Pages must be 8 ½" x 11" (216 mm x 279 mm)
Insert a minimum margin of 2 cm (3/4 inch) around the page (top, bottom and sides)
Use a minimum font size of 10 (Arial)
No condensed type or spacing
For documents prepared by the applicant: At the top of each page, indicate your name and the title of the document as it appears in the instructions
For documents prepared by the institution: These must all be on institutional letterhead
For multi-page attachments, number the pages sequentially

Post-application

After you have submitted your application to the nominating university, the activity will move to your "Completed Activities" tab. You will not be able to make any changes to your application.

The nominating university will review your application and either return it to you with comments or approve it. Note that it will not yet have been forwarded to the Vanier CGS program. Only authorized representatives can view submitted applications. Faculties of graduate studies have read-only access and cannot make any changes to your application.

If application is returned to you by the University

If the faculty of graduate studies returns the application to you, you will receive an email from ResearchNet containing their comments. You will be given a revised university deadline by which you must re-submit your application. Your application will move back to the "Current Activities" tab so that you can modify your application and re-submit it to the faculty of graduate studies. The university will not be able to view your application while you are editing it.

Once you have completed all changes, you must resubmit your application to the faculty of graduate studies for review before the university deadline.

If application is selected to be nominated

If the university selects your application, the university officials will electronically approve and submit your nomination to the Vanier CGS program. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt by email shortly after deadline date. If you do not receive this confirmation email, you should contact the faculty of graduate studies to determine the status of your application/nomination.

Post-competition notification of results

Once the results from the Vanier CGS competition have been approved by the TAPs steering committee, candidates nominated by an eligible Canadian university will receive notification of the results using ResearchNet.

Original links of this post: http://www.vanier.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.html

http://www.vanier.gc.ca/eng/nomination_process-processus_de_mise_en_candidature_overview.html

http://www.vanier.gc.ca/eng/background-renseignements_connexes.html

http://www.vanier.gc.ca/eng/nomination_process-processus_de_mise_en_candidature.html

For more information about Vanier CGS Program, please read:

https://elticenter.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/more-information-about-the-vanier-cgs-program/

Call for nomination: The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program (Excerpts)