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To increase access to funding and ensure as many students as possible are funded from available funds, we suggest that the super scholarships awarded under the Vanier Canada graduate scholarship program be reduced to $35,000 in order to fund more students.
We base that recommendation on research conducted at the Université de Montréal that shows that a student who has access to funding over a certain amount won't produce more research as a result of that funding. The optimum solution would therefore be to grant funding to other students.