School of
Graduate Studies

Current and prospective students will complete their Vanier application using ResearchNet, an online application system. Applicants to U of L must submit their complete application package via ResearchNet by TBA.

To apply, applicants must do the following by the deadline noted above:

1. notify the the Graduate Award Advisor, that you intend to apply for the Vanier Scholarship.
2. provide official transcripts for all post-secondary studies.
   • transcripts are to be submitted to the Graduate Award Advisor, Deirdre Coburn within the School of Graduate Studies.
   • applicant needs to provide all transcripts in support of their Vanier application, the Graduate Award Advisor
     must receive the original, official transcripts in a sealed envelope from the issuing institution.
   • questions about transcript requirements should be directed to the Graduate Award Advisor.
3. request letters of support from three referees
   • two letters from referees assessing the applicant's academic excellence, research potential and demonstrated
     and potential leadership ability are submitted electronically through ResearchNet by the referee
   • the Leadership Reference Letter is provided to the applicant, who uploads the letter to his or her electronic
     application file
   • applicants should provide potential referees with the Vanier selection criteria guidelines
4. submit a completed Vanier application via ResearchNet

The School of Graduate Studies will provide electronic copies of applications submitted by their current and prospective students to 
internal the Vanier Adjudication Committee shortly after the student application deadline.

Transcripts for applicants should be collected by the Graduate Award Advisor. Each application will need to include applicant's transcripts for all
post-secondary studies up to August 31, 2012. Note that photocopies or unofficial printouts of transcripts are not accepted by the Tri-Agencies.
Therefore, nominations for students who have studied at U of L prior to September 1, 2012, will need to include up-to-date Uof L transcripts.

The School of Graduate Studies will convene an adjudication committee composed of U of L  faculty members to review nominations submitted by graduate students and select U of L's nominees for the national competition.

Canadian universities each have a limit to the number of nominations they may submit to the Vanier Scholarship competition. In the fall 2012 competition, U of L expects to submit the following number of nominations to the national competition:

• CIHR – TBA
• NSERC – TBA
• SSHRC – TBA

For details about the adjudication process at the national competition level, please see the Vanier Scholarship website.