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Agency: Government of Brazil, Ministry of Education, Council for the Improvement of Higher Education Personal (CAPES)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Brazil
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Brazil
Max Funding: 20,000 Brazilian reais
To create and consolidate bilateral cooperation through academic partnerships and exchanges of graduate students.
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, India
Award to be taken up in: Canada, India
Max Funding: $10,000
To support applied and participatory research to find local solutions that will have lasting impacts on communities in India by improving the human condition, and generate knowledge about developmental needs in India that are to lead to specific interventions.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 45,000 euro
Funds teaching posts with a specialisation in European integration studies. Reserved for distinguished professors who deliver evidence of high-level international teaching and publication record.
Agency: Africa Initiative
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada; African nations
Award to be taken up in: Canada; African nations
Max Funding: $15,000
Funds research to address substantive policy-relevant challenges facing African policymakers in one or more of AI thematic areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, migration, and climate change. Applications are encouraged from relevant fields in the physical and social sciences. Priority will be given to African-based scholars, and early- to mid-career Canadian-based researchers. Applicants must have a post-graduate degree or be in the advanced stages of a doctoral program.
Agency: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Discipline: Humanities, Social Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Germany
Max Funding: 250,000 euro
Nominations can be made for both senior and new researchers from abroad from the fields of the humanities and social sciences, whose scientific achievements have been internationally recognised in their research area, and from whose research collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany a sustainable contribution is expected towards the further internationalisation of the humanities and social sciences in Germany. Award winners are expected to spend a period of up to five years cooperating on a long-term research project with colleagues at a research institution in Germany.
Agency: Government of Chile, National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Chile
Max Funding: varies
To attract researchers and international professionals coming from foreign universities, institutions and private or public research centres to Chile to collaborate in academic and industrial research.
Agency: Government of Australia
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Australia
Max Funding: AUS$18,500
The Endeavour Executive Awards provide up to AUS$18,500 for international applicants in business, industry, education or government to undertake 1-4 months of professional development in Australia. The Award enables the recipient to build skills and knowledge in a host work environment through activities such as management training, peer-to-peer learning, mentoring, and short courses. Applicants must be nominated by an Australian host organisation and the professional development activity must be vocationally useful and not geared toward completion of a degree, or an immediate commercial outcome. The Endeavour Executive Awards are funded by the Australian government and aim to deepen professional engagements, while building linkages and networks between Australia and participating countries.
Agency: Government of Australia
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Australia
Max Funding: AUS$23,500
Endeavour Research Fellowships provide funding North American postgraduate research students and postdoctoral researchers to undertake 4-6 months of research in Australia.
Agency: International Development Research Centre, administered by AUCC
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Algeria Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Algeria Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
Max Funding: $40,000
A two year pilot program that aims to fund seven to eight grants to support short-term exchanges between Canadian and African universities and research institutes that address IDRC research themes. As well as joint research activities, the program will also provide some support to activities aimed at improving student training at the graduate level.
Agency: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Brazil
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Brazil
Max Funding: $90,000
Supports exchanges of PhD students in the context of team-based bilateral research projects between Canadian and Brazilian universities, in key areas including democratic governance, prosperity and security, and science and technology. The awards are thus aimed at encouraging research collaboration as well as graduate student mobility. Funding may be awarded for up to two years, and will support the exchange of up to 5 Brazilian and 5 Canadian PhD students per project, per year. Funds are also available for short-term faculty visits by the Canadian and Brazilian project leaders.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Virgin Islands (U.K.),, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
Brings graduate students from eligible countries to Canada to study and conduct research, for 5 to 6 months. Eligible fields of study include good governance, prosperity, peace and security, economic development, pure and applied sciences, teaching.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Chile
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
To provide opportunities for Chilean undergrad and grad students to participate in exchange programs for periods of 4-6 months. Study areas: disciplines that promote good governance, prosperity, peace and security and economic development.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: China
Max Funding: varies
Makes awards to Canadian faculty and graduate students who wish to study and/or conduct research at selected Chinese universities, preferably in subject areas related to China.
Agency: Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada (DFAIT)
Discipline: various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Haiti, Canada
Max Funding: $25,000
To support joint Canada-Haiti academic projects to build the capacity of academic institutions, provide opportunities for Haitians to resume their studies and enhance the skill sets required to encourage prosperity in the region.
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Discipline: health, medicine
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Angola, Gambia, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Rwanda, Botswana, Guinea, São Tomé and Principe, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Burundi, Kenya, Seychelles, Cameroon, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde, Liberia, Somalia, Central African Republic, Madagascar, South Africa, Chad, Malawi, Sudan, Comoros, Mali, Swaziland, Dem Rep Congo, Mauritania, Tanzania, Rep Congo, Mauritius, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire Mayotte, Uganda, Eritrea, Mozambique, Zambia, Ethiopia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Gabon, Niger
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $174,000
Enables promising scientists and clinicians from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to be mentored by prominent Canadian researchers. Goals are to encourage a broad spectrum of foreign post-doctoral scholars (PhDs, MDs or health professionals) to train in health and health-related areas which, in the long term, would lead to the development of sustainable programs to help people in developing countries. Eligible research areas include: clinical epidemiology, population health, clinical trials, the health sciences, global health and areas which can have an impact on the health of people in low and middle-income countries.
Agency: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and NSERC
Discipline: Agriculture
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Israel
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Israel
Max Funding: $300,000
Provide a framework to foster collaborative, mission-oriented research between agricultural scientists from Canada and Israel, based on scientists carrying out joint agricultural research in predetermined areas of high priority to both countries and to provide agricultural researchers and institutions with opportunities to exchange scientific information and to facilitate exchange of scientists.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities.
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Mexico
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $36,500
To provide research opportunities to promising recent Mexican doctoral graduates in the natural sciences and engineering, social sciences and humanities.
Agency: Grand Challenges Canada
Discipline: health, medicine
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $100,000
Aimed at emerging Canadian scientists in the field of global health. Seeking proposals for innovative technologies integrated with delivery mechanisms that could be easily implemented in developing countries to improve global health. Applicants must have a co-investigator in a low- or middle-income country.
Agency: Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Great Britain
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: 750 UK pounds sterling
To encourage and support the initiation, development and diversification of institutional partnerships between British and Canadian Universities, in association with government, the private sector and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Britain and Canada. Grants will only be made towards partnerships at an institutional level.
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: United States, Canada
Award to be taken up in: United States, Canada
Max Funding: 25,000 US dollars
To enable prominent and promising scholars and experienced professionals to conduct research and guest lecture at select American and Canadian universities and research centres, normally for one semester.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Virgin Islands (U.K.), Cameroon, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
Brings graduate students from eligible countries to Canada to study and conduct research, for 4 to 6 months. Open to all disciplines including interdisciplinary programs. Projects with a scientific research component will be prioritized.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Great Britain, New Zealand
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $36,500
To provide research opportunities to promising recent foreign doctoral graduates.
Agency: International Development Research Centre
Discipline: Agriculture, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Low Income Countries
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Low Income Countries
Max Funding: $5,000,000
Provides research grants for projects that will increase food security in developing countries through investments in applied research for agricultural productivity and nutrition, and harness Canadian expertise and knowledge in food security-related science and technology to develop solutions with and for the developing world.
Agency: International Development Research Centre
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Low Income Countries
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Low Income Countries
Max Funding: $60,000
Supports knowledge-related activities and research and information management projects related to global and emerging issues of social, economic, or environmental relevance to developing countries.
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Canadian Studies
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, India
Award to be taken up in: India
Max Funding: varies
To encourage scholarly inquiry and professional academic activities with the objective of contributing to the development and expansion of Canadian Studies at Indian Universities.
Agency: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), Capacities Program
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Funds horizontal support actions and measures with a focus other than a specific thematic or interdisciplinary area. Also supports the coordination of national programmes on international scientific cooperation, and the various international cooperation actions under the different programmes of FP7.
Agency: Academics for Higher Education and Development (AHED)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Low Income Countries
Max Funding: $10,000
Funds a project that develops the capacity of tertiary level institutions to produce graduates that can aid the development of a country, or that strengthen the administrative skills and infrastructure of a tertiary level institution.
Agency: Human Frontier Science Program
Discipline: Natural Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 300,000 US dollars
To encourage former HFSP fellows to return to their home country to initiate an original research program in their own laboratories as independent researchers.
Agency: CIDA
Discipline: Agriculture, Science, International Development Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Italy, Syria, Benin, Kenya, Nigeria, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia
Award to be taken up in: Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Italy, Syria, Benin, Kenya, Nigeria, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia
Max Funding: $225,000
To increase the contribution of Canadian research organizations towards solving global problems of poverty, food and nutrition insecurity, and sustainable natural resource management.
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Healh Research (CIHR)
Discipline: health, medicine
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, China
Award to be taken up in: Canada, China
Max Funding: $225,000
Aims to promote the development of Canadian-Chinese scientific co-operation between universities, hospitals, research institutes or affiliated research organizations in Canada and China through the support of collaborative research grants in the following research areas: Aging, Gerontology and Geriatrics; Cancer; Cardiovascular System; Child and Youth Health; Diabetes and Obesity; Gender and Health; Genetics; Infection and Immunity; Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis; and Neurosciences. At Dal, application to be made via Research Grants & Contracts.
Agency: Robin Rigby Trust
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $25,000
Funds collaborative research projects that focus on understanding and implementing aspects of sustainable development in coastal areas. Provides support to Canadians travelling overseas, and non-Canadians travelling to Canada, in both cases to undertake coastal research that involves collaboration with appropriate coastal communities, coastal research organizations, and/or coastal-focused non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Agency: Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership (CCSIP)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, United States
Award to be taken up in: Canada, United States
Max Funding: 100,000 US dollars
Funds development of novel models of collaboration, capitalizing on the complementary strengths of Canada and California and catalyzing innovative multi-campus and multi-disciplinary research and educational cooperation between the two jurisdictions. Key themes: Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Green IT, Infectious Diseases, Next-Generation Digital Media and Sustainable Biofuels.
Agency: Social Science Research Council (US) and Economic & Social Research Council (UK)
Discipline: Social Sciences, Humanities
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Award to be taken up in: Great Britain
Max Funding: 5,000 UK pounds sterling
Enables exchange visits between researchers in the United Kingdom and the Americas in order to foster communication, cooperation and joint research. PhD in one of the social sciences (including history) required by the time the proposed visiting fellowship will start.
Agency: Association of Commonwealth Universities
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Botswana, Brunei, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Tanzania, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom
Max Funding: varies
Commonwealth Scholarships are available for graduate study in Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, the South Pacific and Tanzania, and a Commonwealth Fellowship for faculty research in Nigeria. Applications are open to citizens of any Commonwealth country except those from of the same country as the award.
Agency: MacArthur Foundation
Discipline: Natural Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Madagascar, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Burma, China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
Max Funding: varies
Geography-based grants support biodiversity conservation activities which promote conservation across large landscapes and seascapes and strengthen the capacity for biodiversity conservation among local institutions. Research & Development Grants seek to advance the state of knowledge and to develop new approaches to the practice of biodiversity conservation by investing in critical, but less-explored areas of conservation theory and practice. Grants focus on two primary themes: Advancing Conservation in a Social Context and Adapting Conservation in the Face of Climate Change. In 2010, the grant budget for this program area is $17 million. Geographic focal areas are in Africa, Asia/Pacific and Latin America/Caribbean.
Agency: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), Cooperation Program
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
International cooperation for FP7 aims to support the coordination of national programmes on international scientific cooperation, and the various international cooperation actions under the different programmes of FP7. In the Capacities program, there are 10 key theme areas, each of which issue calls: Health; Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology; Information & communication technologies; Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production technologies; Energy; Environment (including Climate Change); Transport (including aeronautics); Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities; Space; Security.
Agency: Ireland-Canada University Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Ireland
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Ireland
Max Funding: $7,000
Awards for scholars and academics who are currently engaged in (or commencing) graduate-level research which is, or has potential to be, related to both Ireland and Canada. Funds are provided to meet the costs of a short visit of three to four weeks to a university or research institution in the other country.
Agency: Human Frontier Science Program
Discipline: Natural Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Open to applicants with a PhD from outside the life sciences.
Agency: SSHRC
Discipline: Social Sciences, Humanities
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, United States, Great Britain, Netherlands
Award to be taken up in: Canada, United States, Great Britain, Netherlands
Max Funding: $125,000
To support humanities and social sciences research on cyberscholarship. Applications facilitated by Research Grants & Contracts in Dalhousie Research Services.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Virgin Islands (U.K.), Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
Brings graduate students from eligible countries to Canada to study and conduct research, for 5 to 6 months. Eligible fields of study include good governance, prosperity, peace and security, economic development.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Strand 2 of this action (covering countries included in the Industrialized Countries Instrument) funds structured regional cooperation between European and North American higher education institutions through the promotion of mobility at all level of studies for students (undergraduates and masters), doctoral candidates and researchers. Note that both a Canadian and a US institution must cooperate with an EU institution.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Aim is to support postgraduate programmes of outstanding academic quality, jointly developed by consortia of European and, where relevant, third-country universities and that could contribute to the increased visibility and attractiveness of the European higher education sector. Such joint programmes, including Master Courses (EMMCs) and Joint Doctorates (EMJDs) , must involve mobility between the consortia universities and lead to the award of recognised joint, double or multiple degrees.
Agency: European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS)
Discipline: Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Germany, Italy, Belgium, Romania, Hungary, Great Britain, Finland, Israel, France, Sweden, Austria, Netherlands
Max Funding: €38,000
An international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in the 14 participating Institutes for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cambridge, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyons, Nantes, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna and Wassenaar. EURIAS Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences, provided that their proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities and that it interfaces with humanities and social sciences.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Virgin Islands (U.K), Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitt's, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
This pilot program offers professional development scholarships to CARICOM university faculty and staff, for work missions, and graduate study and research at Canadian publicly funded institutions.
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: India
Max Funding: Varies
Awarded to Canadian scholars who have demonstrated excellence in a specific field of India Studies and who wish to conduct research in an area related to their field of expertise. Fellowships can be held for periods of 3-12 months.
Agency: DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Germany
Max Funding: varies
Grants available in all academic disciplines to spend one to three months conducting research at universities, libraries, archives, institutes or laboratories in Germany.
Agency: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Germany
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: varies
For German Scholars holding doctorates to carry out research projects at institutions sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation.
Agency: Embassy of France in Canada
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: France
Max Funding: varies
Scholarships for study in France, in all disciplines, are offered at the Master's, Doctoral or Post-Doctoral level. Priority will be given to those undertaking thesis work under cotutelles or joint supervision (dual degree).
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: French
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: United States
Max Funding: varies
Provides an opportunity for Francophone Canadian students and teachers to teach French language and culture and to study at select universities in the United States.
Agency: Embassy of France in Canada
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, France
Award to be taken up in: Canada, France
Max Funding: $15,000
For the financing of Franco-Canadian joint research projects, and to encourage and develop exchanges of excellence between France and Canada in the fields of research and postsecondary education.
Agency: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Germany
Max Funding: 45,000 euro
For internationally recognized young scholars up to the age of 45 to carry out research projects in Germany for periods between 6 and 12 months.
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences, Business, Management
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: United States
Max Funding: US $30,000
The Fulbright NEXUS Program brings together a network of junior scholars, professionals and mid-career applied researchers from Canada, the US, Latin America and the Caribbean for a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright residential exchange experience. Scholars will engage in collaborative thinking, analysis, and problem-solving with a focus on improving the quality of life for communities in the region. The NEXUS program is organized around the following themes: Science, Technology, and Innovation; Entrepreneurship; and Sustainable Energy.
Agency: NSERC
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Great Britain, United States
Award to be taken up in: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Great Britain, United States
Max Funding: $1,500,000
The research councils of the G8 countries have established a multilateral funding initiative for conducting international research. The initiative aims to support research on topics of global relevance which can best be tackled by a multinational approach. Funding should help researchers to cooperate in consortia consisting of at least three partners from separate participating countries. The multinational research consortia must show an interdisciplinary approach in addressing problems within the scope of the described call theme. At Dal, application to be made via Research Grants & Contracts.
Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Funding focuses on areas with potential for high-impact, sustainable solutions that can reach hundreds of millions of people. Areas of focus include agricultural development, financial services for the poor, policy and advocacy, and special initiatives.
Agency: MacArthur Foundation
Discipline: Social Sciences, Humanities
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
supports a modest number of institutions and projects, with the aim of advancing three main objectives: 1) to develop improved understanding of global migration through support of policy-relevant empirical research and improved sources of data on migrant flows; 2) to encourage better governance of migration at global, regional, and national levels; and 3) to stimulate new thinking on broader issues of global human mobility. Grants are awarded for research and policy studies, dissemination, and related activities. In 2010, the grant budget for this program area is $5.4 million.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $75,000
To promote and enhance Canada's international innovation efforts by supporting Canadian companies and/or researchers in pursuing international R&D collaborative opportunities in science and technology, through the development of partnerships with key players in other countries/economies.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Russia, Switzerland
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $36,500
To provide research opportunities to promising recent foreign doctoral graduates.
Agency: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 100,000 US dollars
Fosters innovation in global health research. Open to all levels, disciplines, and organisations.
Agency: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative
Discipline: Health, Medicine
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
To develop point-of-care diagnostics for the developing world. Will develop components and technologies that allow assessment of multiple conditions and pathogens at the point-of-care in a variety of settings.
Agency: Grass Foundation
Discipline: Natural and Life Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: Varies
Supports independent research by investigators early in their careers and increases research opportunities for persons planning careers in neurobiological investigation. Tenable at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA.
Agency: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: US$40,000
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation seeks proposals from the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression.
Agency: MacArthur Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Russia, Madagascar, Nigeria
Max Funding: varies
The MacArthur Foundation provides support for efforts to strengthen higher education in Russia and Nigeria, two of the Foundation’s focus countries, as well as Madagascar. The Foundation believes that strong universities and intellectual freedom are indispensable preconditions for healthy democratic societies. In 2010, the grant budget for this program area is $9.8 million
Agency: MacArthur Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Russia, Nigeria, Mexico
Max Funding: varies
Supports the strengthening of human rights inquiry and implementation internationally; encourages the advancement of the rule of law and human rights protections in the countries of Russia, Nigeria, and Mexico; and facilitates the development of an international justice system. In 2010, the grant budget for this program area is $17 million.
Agency: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Germany
Max Funding: 60,000 euro
For internationally recognized scholars from all disciplines to carry out research projects in Germany for a period of 6 to 12 months.
Agency: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Germany
Max Funding: varies
For experienced foreign researchers from all disciplines to carry out research projects in Germany for a period of 6 to 18 months.
Agency: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Germany
Max Funding: varies
For young foreign researchers from all disciplines to carry out research projects in Germany for a period of 6 to 24 months.
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, India
Award to be taken up in: Canada, India
Max Funding: $10,000
To support the Institute’s research collaboration programs in the area of socio-economic development with focus on sustainable development. Successful research projects will address CIDA’s development priorities, are based on bi-national collaboration, and will lead to future research in these broad areas.
Agency: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), People Program - Marie Curie Actions
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Funds advanced training for Third Country (non-EU) researchers, including salary and related costs. Initial outgoing phase of 1-2 years takes place in EU country, with possible reintegration phase of 1 year in home country.
Agency: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Discipline: Agriculture and Food Science
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $60,000
Gives University and College researchers involved in existing or on-going agriculture research the opportunity to develop collaborations with academic, government or industry research institutions in foreign countries. Successful applicants will receive grants to cover the costs related to travel and accommodations, use of foreign lab facilities and other related costs to further develop expertise in priority areas for agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products. At Dal, application to be made via Research Grants & Contracts.
Agency: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), People Program - Marie Curie Actions
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Funds advanced training for EU researchers, including salary and a contribution to research-related costs. Initial outgoing phase of 1-2 years takes place in non-EU country, followed by a mandatory reintegration phase of 1 year in an EU country.
Agency: MacArthur Foundation
Discipline: Social Sciences, Humanities
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Asia-Pacific region
Max Funding: varies
The Asia Security Initiative Policy Research Grants support institutions to build their capacity for security policy research and develop policy recommendations on the most important security challenges facing Asia-Pacific nations. In 2010, the grant budget for the entire International Peace & Security program area is $17 million.
Agency: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), People Program - Marie Curie Actions
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
Award to be taken up in: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
Max Funding: varies
Offers financial support for professional (re)integration to European researchers that have carried out research outside Europe (in a Third Country) for a period of at least 3 years.
Agency: Understanding Canada - Canadian Studies
Discipline: Canadian Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $10,000
Designed to facilitate international collaboration while fostering the development of permanent exchange networks by providing assistance to teams of researchers from Canada and one or more countries in order to organize seminars or other forms of research linkages.
Agency: Embassy of France in Canada
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: France
Max Funding: varies
Covers air travel expenses for tenured Canadian researchers to undertake short term visits to France, in support of collaborative work between Canadian and French institutions.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 75,000 euro
Funds institutes or structures specialising in European integration studies. Awarded only to higher ed. Institutions which have been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 45,000 euro
Funds teaching posts with a specialisation in European integration studies.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 21,000 euro
Funds the creation of short courses on European integration studies.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 80,000 euro
Funds partnerships between at least three Jean Monnet Chairs from at least three different higher education institutions in three different countries, devoted to the study of the European integration process.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 24,000 euro
Funds associations whose explicit purpose is to contribute to the study of the European integration process and whose aim is to enhance the visibility of regional or national scientific and physical resources in this domain.
Agency: European Commission - Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 40,000 euro
Provides grants for the organisation of conferences, seminars, and roundtables on European integration.
Agency: Canada Council for the Arts
Discipline: Social Sciences, Humanities
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Germany
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $75,000
Enables a distinguished German scholar to spend time in Canada for research and teaching activities at a host institution.
Agency: Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)
Discipline: Social Science
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Australia
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Australia
Max Funding: $7,500 Australian dollars
Supports collaborative research projects by social scientists from Australia and Canada. Provides seed funding to teams of collaborating international researchers on projects of one year or less. Multidisciplinary research that crosses sectoral boundaries is welcome, but must include a social scientist.
Agency: ISTPCanada
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: China, Canada
Award to be taken up in: China, Canada
Max Funding: $600,000
Funds projects that include science and technology (S&T) development leading to commercial success and benefit to Canada and China. Specific emphasis on Agriculture Foods and Bio-products, Energy, Environment, Health & Life Sciences/Biotechnology.
Agency: ISTPCanada
Discipline: Biotechnology
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: India, Canada
Award to be taken up in: India, Canada
Max Funding: $600,000
Funds projects that foster research & development between India and Canada in the field of biotechnology.
Agency: ISTPCanada
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: China, Canada
Award to be taken up in: China, Canada
Max Funding: $25,000
Funds joint activities aimed at generating new or expanded research and technology-based partnerships between Canada and China. Includes seminars, conferences, etc. Specific emphasis on Agriculture Foods and Bio-products, Energy, Environment, Health & Life Sciences/Biotechnology.
Agency: ISTPCanada
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: India, Canada
Award to be taken up in: India, Canada
Max Funding: $25,000
Funds joint activities aimed at generating new or expanded research and technology-based partnerships between Canada and India. Includes seminars, conferences, etc. Specific emphasis on Alternate Energy and Sustainable Environmental Technologies, Biotechnology, Health Research, Medical Devices, Earth Science and Disaster Management, Information and Communications Technologies, Nanoscience/Nanotechnology.
Agency: Government of Brazil, Ministry of Education, Council for the Improvement of Higher Education Personal (CAPES)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Brazil
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Brazil
Max Funding: 20,000 Brazilian reais
To support joint research and scientific cooperation projects with Brazilian and foreign Higher Education Institutions that promote qualification at the graduate student level and the improvement of professors and researchers.
Agency: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Discipline: Humanities, Social Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Germany
Max Funding: 60,000 euro
Awarded annually to a leading Canadian scholar in the humanities and social sciences. Recipient is invited to carry out a research project of his/her choice in Germany, in cooperation with German colleagues, for a period of up to one year.
Agency: International Development Research Centre, administered by AUCC
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Max Funding: $15,000
To strengthen international partnerships and consolidate emerging networks among academic researchers form Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean.
Agency: Research Council of Norway
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Norway
Award to be taken up in: Norway, Canada, United States
Max Funding: Varies
Provides funding for the reciprocal exchange of researchers and research recruits between Norway and North America.
Agency: Human Frontier Science Program
Discipline: Natural Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
For applicants with a PhD in biology to embark on a new project in a different field of the life sciences, with an interdisciplinary approach.
Agency: UNESCO and L'Oreal
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $20,000
To support major research projects undertaken by Canadian women scientists at the post-doctoral level in Canada.
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Discipline: Health, Medicine
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $20,000
This program is intended to assist Canadian researchers explore, develop and establish international collaborations with foreign researchers, build on targeted relationships between Canadian researchers and key players in other countries, and allow them to proceed with the formal discussion required to initiate collaboration on future international research and development initiatives. At Dal, application to be made through Research Grants & Contracts.
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Discipline: Health, Medicine
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $25,000
To assist Canadian researchers in exploring, developing and/or establishing new collaborations with LMIC researchers. Supports Canadian participation in the initial (pre-research) stages of cooperation and developmental activities designed to lead to new collaborations in global health research and its application. At Dal, application to be made through Research Grants & Contracts.
Agency: German Research Foundation / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Germany
Max Funding: Varies
Visiting professorships at German universities which enable intensive, long-term project-based collaboration between researchers from both domestic and foreign institutions.
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: India, Canada
Award to be taken up in: India, Canada
Max Funding: $80,000
Funding to undertake public policy relevant research toward one of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Successful candidates will be active in the academic, public or private sector and will demonstrate outstanding qualifications and a distinguished record of experience, research and accomplishment in an area clearly related to the NCS theme.
Agency: Foundation for the Support of Research of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Brazil
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
To provide support for training of younger Brazilian scholars, in leading research institutions worldwide.
Agency: Elsevier Foundation
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Health, Medicine
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Provides grants for up to 3 years to doctoral candidates and young post-docs. Gives priority to the efforts to address the fundamental challenge of balancing childcare and family responsibilities with the demanding academic careers in science, health, and technology.
Agency: British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society (UK)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Great Britain
Max Funding: 66,000 UK pounds sterling
Selects the best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world, and offers support for two years at UK research institutions. Long-term aim is to build a global pool of research leaders and encourage long-term international collaboration with the UK.
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Mexico, United States
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Mexico, United States
Max Funding: $20,000
To assist in the establishment or the development of North American research networks in support of projects that have policy relevance for the North American agenda, in the area of sustainable development. Includes energy and the environment, human capital, security and public safety, economic competitiveness and innovation, cross-border cooperation and culture and identity.
Agency: NSERC
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Japan
Max Funding: varies
Provide postdoctoral researchers and university professors or senior scientists with the opportunity to conduct research in the natural sciences or engineering in a university, national laboratory or institute in Japan. At Dal, contact Research Grants & Contracts for more info.
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: India, Canada
Award to be taken up in: India, Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
To catalyze activities which contribute to formal institutional agreements or other long-term partnerships between Canadian and Indian institutions.
Agency: MacArthur Foundation
Discipline: Health, Medicine
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: India, Nigeria, Mexico
Max Funding: varies
Supports work on two priority themes including Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Focus countries are India, Nigeria and Mexico, but the Foundation also supports projects not specific to the three focus countries. In 2010, the grant budget for this program area is $13.2 million.
Agency: Foundation for the Support of Research of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Brazil
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
To provide support for training of leading Brazilian scholars, in leading research institutions worldwide.
Agency: NSERC
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, France
Award to be taken up in: Canada, France
Max Funding: varies
For joint funding of Canadian/French collaborative research and innovation projects conducted by teams from both countries. The projects, of up to three years duration, will strengthen the collaboration between Canadian and French public research and innovation communities to achieve world-class scientific and technical results, leading towards new innovative technologies. At Dal, applications to be made via Research Grants & Contracts.
Agency: NSERC
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Japan
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Japan
Max Funding: varies
For joint funding of Canadian/Japanese collaborative research and innovation projects conducted by teams from both countries. At Dal, application to be made via Research Grants & Contracts
Agency: NSERC
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, Taiwan
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Taiwan
Max Funding: varies
For joint funding of Canadian/Taiwanese collaborative research and innovation projects conducted by teams from both countries. At Dal, application to be made via Research Grants & Contracts.
Agency: Grand Challenges Canada
Discipline: Health, Medicine
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Low Income Countries
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $100,000
Supports emerging innovators from low– and lower-middle income countries, to solve global health problems.
Agency: Grand Challenges Canada
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada; Developing Countries
Award to be taken up in: Canada; Developing Countries
Max Funding: Varies
This initiative is designed to identify the most effective means to promote cognitive, physical and social development in the first thousand days of the lives of children in low and middle-income countries. Grand Challenges Canada will award up to $10M to 8-10 research teams in this field. Please note that teams must be led by researchers from low and middle-income countries. Also, teams are expected to “re-enroll participants from studies they have previously conducted and assess the long-term effects of interventions targeted at malnutrition, infection, pregnancy and birth complications, or nurturing and stimulation that were administered during the first thousand days of development.”
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: India, Canada
Award to be taken up in: India, Canada
Max Funding: $1,200
To assist Canadian and Indian scholars to participate in conferences and academic meetings in each other's countries, through travel subsidies.
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: India
Max Funding: Varies
Awarded to Canadian faculty members who: 1) have had little or no previous involvement with India Studies and wish to undertake an intensive program of study at an Indian institution, 2) wish to change their disciplinary focus within India Studies, 3) wish to develop or enhance their knowledge of an Indian language, or 4) wish to carry out comparative research in India. Fellowships can be held for periods of 3-12 months.
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada, India
Award to be taken up in: Canada, India
Max Funding: $10,000
Grants reinforce the Institute’s support to the development priorities concerning India, and encourage and support the member institutions making a bridge between international development priorities and their academic interests. Projects must endorse CIDA’s international development mandate in India.
Agency: DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Faculty
Applicant Country: Germany
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: varies
Grants available to Canadian universites to host German scholars in all fields to teach for a period of one to six months.
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: United States, Canada
Award to be taken up in: United States, Canada
Max Funding: varies
Designed to provide U.S. and Canadian faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities.
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: United States, Canada
Award to be taken up in: United States, Canada
Max Funding: 25,000 US dollars
Grants of four to nine months are available to Canadian and American scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research and/or teach at a host institution in the United States or Canada, respectively.
Agency: UNESCO and L'Oreal
Discipline: Life Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: US $40,000
For female Canadian citizens pursuing doctoral or post-doctoral research. Funds up to two years of study at an overseas institution.
Agency: Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
Discipline: Life Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Faculty, International Faculty
Applicant Country: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Ireland, South Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain, United States
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: US $1,300,000
Grants support international collaborations in basic research with emphasis placed on novel, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental investigations in the life sciences. HFSP programs include the Natural Sciences and Engineering fields, with an emphasis on bringing biologists together with scientists from fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences.