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Awards for Study in CanadaFederal Government ProgramsCANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY CIDA contributes to a variety of award programs open to nationals of developing countries that are eligible for Canadian Official Development Assistance (ODA). Unless otherwise noted, application must be made to the administering agency in the home country, usually the Ministry of Education. CIDA administers the following types of awards programs: Bilateral Student and Trainee Programs: A large number of programs are available for students from a number of developing countries. Multilateral Programs: Many of these offer scholarships in the home country or another developing country. Some, however, may be tenable in Canada. United Nations Fellowship Program: Academic programs and practical attachments for established professionals; channelled through UN agencies such as IAEA, UNESCO, FAO, ITU, ILO, UNIDO and UN New York. It must be noted that CIDA funding is often targeted to a certain group of people or discipline. Further CIDA programs are administered by universities and agencies: Organization-Administered CIDA Programs Canadian Fellowship Program for French-Speaking Countries Purpose: CIDA offers a number of awards each year for undergraduate and graduate study to academically qualified students from 37 francophone developing countries. The program permits the countries to benefit from the expertise of Canadian universities, while strengthening links between Canada and these countries. Awards are for one year, renewable up to the normal duration of the degree sought. The Program has two parts: (1) the university component, providing support for studies at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels, and (2) the college component. The latter is open only to applicants who are already working and offers them professional development in the form of a training program of no more than two years in duration at a French-language college in Canada. Eligibility Criteria: Scholars must be fluent in French (written and oral). There is no age limit, but an applicant must have obtained his or her most recent degree in the last five years in the case of an application for university studies or in the last ten years for college studies. Awards are available in all disciplines likely to contribute to the development of the scholar's country, with the exception of studies in medicine and dentistry. Priorities include: the training of trainers, increasing the qualifications of faculty, increasing private sector expertise through management training, strengthening public administration, and increasing the presence of women in all sectors. Value: The scholarship includes transportation to Canada and return trip home, tuition fees, installation allowance, living allowance and book allowance. Scholars are invited to an information session upon arrival in Canada and a pre-departure session at the end of their studies. Application Procedure: Application inquiries can be made to the authorities responsible for pre-selection in the scholar's country of citizenship or at the responsible Canadian diplomatic mission. For more information, visit: www.boursesfrancophonie.ca or send an email to infopcbf@aucc.ca. Canadian Comprehensive Auditing Foundation: International Audit Office Assistance Program Purpose: To help developing nations upgrade their public sector auditing - especially through the practice of "comprehensive auditing" (value for money). This program allows Fellows to gain valuable knowledge and on-the-job experience by being assigned to work in the office of a member of the CCAF, for example the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, or provincial audit offices doing comprehensive auditing in the public or non-profit sector. Program duration is nine months. Eligibility Criteria: Candidates must be nominated by their country's audit office. They must have experience in the field and be of sufficient seniority to provide leadership in their home office for the introduction of desired changes and improvements in auditing practice. Value: All-inclusive. As a rule, where a particular country qualifies for assistance, CIDA funds the travel and living expenses of Fellows. Each case is judged on its own merits and is not affected by the nominating country's ability to pay. CCAF shares in some administration costs and arranges for free training for the Fellows in Canada. The home country pays the salary of the Fellow while in Canada and undertakes to continue his or her employment on return. Application Procedure: Written requests will be responded to if made by a senior official of the Supreme Audit Institution of a developing country. Requests can be mailed to CCAF-FCVI Inc., 291 Olmstead Street., Ottawa (Vanier), Ontario, K1L 7J9, faxed to (613) 241-6900 or e-mailed to: info@ccaf-fcvi.com. Website: www.ccaf-fcvi.com. FOREIGN AFFAIRS CANADA Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program Purpose: The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan was designed to enable students of high intellectual promise to pursue programs of advanced study and research at the Master's and PhD level in Commonwealth countries other than their own, so that on their return they could make a distinctive contribution in their own countries while fostering mutual understanding within the Commonwealth. The Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Program is the Canadian component of the Plan. Application Procedure: Students must apply to the designated Commonwealth Scholarship Agency in their home country. See the list of agencies in the publication Awards for Postgraduate Study at Commonwealth Universities available from the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The Canadian executing agency is the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), 220 Laurier West., Suite 1550, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5Z9. Tel: (613) 237-4820. Fax: (613) 237-1073. E-mail: scholarships-bourses@cbie.ca Website: www.cbie.ca , Government of Canada Awards Purpose: Under its program of academic exchanges, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada offers awards on an annual basis to citizens of various countries. These awards, tenable only in Canada, are intended to enable foreign students of high academic standing to undertake graduate studies or post-doctoral research in Canadian institutions. Awards may be applied to research or studies in all areas of the arts, the social sciences and humanities, commerce and business administration, the natural sciences and engineering. Proposed programs of study must focus on a Canadian subject or include significant Canadian content. Moreover, they can also apply to subjects of international interest in which Canada has particular experience or in which Canadian expertise is widely recognized. Application Procedure: Application must be made to the Canadian Embassy or designated agency in the home country. For more information contact the Canadian executing agency: the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), 220 Laurier West., Suite 1550, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5Z9. Tel: (613) 237-4820 Fax: (613) 237-1073 E-mail: scholarships-bourses@cbie.ca Website: www.cbie.ca , This information is also available at Canadian diplomatic missions. Faculty Enrichment Program Purpose: This program is designed to promote teaching about Canada at foreign universities by enabling foreign academics to gather information and material in Canada in their own discipline sufficient to develop and teach a new course or to modify an existing course about Canada upon return to their employing institution. Application Procedure: Program guidelines and application forms are available from Canadian Embassies and High Commissions or www.iccs-ciec.ca, or, for India only, from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, 5 Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi 110001. Tel: 11-2374-6417. Fax: 11-2374-6416. Website: www.sici.org. E-mail: postmast@sici.delnet.ernet.in. Faculty Research Program Purpose: This competition is designed to promote publication about Canada in foreign scholarly journals by enabling foreign academics to undertake short-term research in Canada in their own discipline sufficient to publish book(s) or article(s) in foreign scholarly journals about Canada upon return to their employing institution. Application Procedure: Program guidelines and application forms are available from Canadian Embassies and High Commissions or www.iccs-ciec.ca, or, for India only, from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, 5 Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi 110001. Tel: 11-2374-6417. Fax: 11-2374-6416. Website: www.sici.org. E-mail: postmast@sici.delnet.ernet.in. China: Special Award for Canadian Studies Purpose: This award provides Chinese scholars with the opportunity to spend five weeks visiting Canadian educational institutions and meeting with Canadian scholars to do research and gather material related to Canadian Studies. Participants are expected to design their own itinerary and work plan, and to function independently as they visit up to four Canadian cities. Priority will be given to scholars researching Canadian social, legal and political systems. Eligibility Criteria: Applicants should be full-time, permanent teaching or research staff at a recognized institution of higher education in China, although this is not essential. Language proficiency in English or French is essential. Application Procedure: Application forms are available from the Canadian Embassy, Beijing, which is responsible for receipt of applications from Chinese scholars by the annual deadline date. Website: http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/china. Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program (CCSEP) Purpose: CCSEP is an exchange program designed to enhance Chinese and Canadian scholars' knowledge and understanding of each other's country. The government of each country offers awards to scholars of the other country to conduct research. For Chinese participants, awards will make possible periods of research in Canada of between four and 12 months, but not involving formal enrolment at a Canadian university. The program is designed to lead to a book or articles about Canada, but not exclusively. Upon their return home, participants can make a distinctive contribution to life in their country and to mutual understanding between Canada and China. Eligibility Criteria: Chinese applicants may be 1) faculty members (permanent teaching or research staff) or MA or PhD graduates or 2) be mid-career professionals from government, media and cultural organizations. Application Procedure: For Chinese applicants interested in CCSEP, program guidelines and application forms are available from the Canadian Embassy, Beijing. Website: http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/china/ , www.cbie.ca and Canada-United States Fulbright Program Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America Purpose: Every year the Fulbright Program attracts exceptional scholars from 150 countries around the world, including Canada. The Canada-US Fulbright Program is administered by the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America, which was created in February 1990 with a mandate to enhance mutual understanding between the two countries. With the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and the United States Department of State, the Canada-US Fulbright Program seeks to engage students, post-doctoral researchers, scholars and professionals from across Canada and the United States in exchanges consistent with the highest standards of academic excellence. Canada-US Fulbright awards offer scholars in Canada and the United States a unique opportunity to explore important contemporary issues relevant to Canada and the United States and the relationship between the two countries. Eligibility Criteria: Applicants bound for Canada must possess American citizenship. American students and scholars are required to take up their award at a host institution in Canada. All award recipients must be affiliated with an institution in the host country and are responsible for securing such affiliation. Proficiency in English is required. Canada-US Fulbright Awards for Current and Prospective Graduate Students and Junior Professionals A) Canada-US Fulbright Awards
Further information and application forms available at www.iie.org. Canada-US Fulbright Awards for Post-doctoral Researchers, Faculty Members and Experienced Professionals A) Canada-US Fulbright Awards Post-doctoral students, junior and tenured faculty members and experienced professionals are eligible to apply for a Canada-US Fulbright award if they are seeking to conduct research, to lecture or to undertake a combination of both activities at an institution in the host country. B) Canada-US Fulbright Research Chairs for American Scholars The Canada-US Fulbright Program is keenly interested in strengthening collaborative research between US scholars and specific Canadian universities through the Research Chair Awards. Organization of American States Fellowships Purpose: The OAS Regular Training Program (PRA) is one of the instruments of development cooperation of the Organization of American States. Its fundamental objective is to assist the Member States with their domestic efforts in pursuit of integral development goals by supporting human resource development in the priority areas established by Member States. The fellowships are awarded to individuals who have obtained a university degree and are qualified to pursue graduate level studies or research. Awards are for studies in any field, with the exception of medical sciences and introductory language studies. Eligibility Criteria: Awardees must be citizens or permanent residents of OAS member states: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Value: Fellowships are granted for 3 to 12 months and may be extended for a second period equivalent to the first and cover round-trip airfare, tuition fees, study materials, health insurance and living allowance. Application Procedure: Students must apply to the designated agency in their home country. For further information, please contact the Organization of American States, Division of Cooperation for Development of Human Resources (DCDHR) of the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD), Washington, D.C. 20006-4499, U.S.A. Website: www.OAS.org , www.cbie.ca, and International Exchange Programs Purpose: Canada's Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department offers a number of bilateral and multilateral exchange programs allowing Canadian and foreign post-secondary students and young graduates to work temporarily while touring in each other's country. In doing so, they acquire new skills, exposure to the values of the host country and a better understanding and appreciation of other cultures, all of which strengthen relations between Canada and the participating countries. Young people wishing to participate in these exchange programs should contact the Ministry of External Affairs in their home country to see if an agreement exists between their country's government and Canada.
Value: Wages/salary paid by employers in the above three programs correspond to the going rates for paid workers in the occupation and region concerned. Participants must pay their own travel costs unless the employer agrees to do so in an offer of employment. Application Procedure: For further information, inquire at Canadian diplomatic posts abroad. Application must be made in the home country. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE Purpose: IDRC is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward developing an indigenous research capacity to sustain policies and technologies developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. Eligibility Criteria: IDRC funds and administers a number of award programs to Canadians and developing country nationals in the field of international development. Most of the awards are granted to individuals doing research directly related to, and in the context of IDRC's programs and projects. Application Procedure: Potential candidates should make inquiries directly to IDRC (or to the Regional Office, where applicable). Details of Award competitions are available at www.idrc.ca or by email: cta@idrc.ca. NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (NSERC) Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories Purpose: This program is administered by NSERC on behalf of Canadian government laboratories. It provides promising young scientists with the opportunity to work with well-established research groups and leaders in their fields in federal research laboratories. Tenable at a variety of locations with about a dozen Canadian government departments. Eligibility Criteria: Applicants may be eligible to participate in two instances: 1) they have received a doctorate from a recognized university within the last five years; or 2) they are currently enrolled in a PhD program at a recognized university, and expect to complete all requirements for the degree (including thesis defence) no later than six months after submitting an application. Application Procedure: Application forms are available from NSERC, 350 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1H5, or on the NSERC website at www.nserc.ca. There are no deadlines for applications to this program. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (NRC) Research Associateships Purpose: The NRC offers Research Associateships tenable only in its laboratories. These associateships are intended to give promising scientists and engineers an opportunity to work on challenging research problems in fields of interest to NRC as a stage in the development of their research careers. At any given time, there are approximately 150 research associates employed at NRC. The initial appointment is normally for a two-year term and may be renewed, subject to the associate's performance and subject to the requirements of the Institute. Renewals are considered annually. Eligibility Criteria: Applicants must have recently acquired a PhD in natural science or engineering (within the last five years) or a Master's degree in an engineering field (within the last five years) or expect to obtain the degree before taking up the associateship. Selections will be made on a competitive basis. Demonstrated ability to perform original research of high quality in the chosen field is the main criterion used in selecting candidates and in considering extensions of their term. Associateships are open to nationals of all countries, although preference will be given to Canadians. Application Procedure: Applicants must apply directly online at the following address: http://careers-carrieres.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca . All letters of reference must be mailed to: Research Associateships Coordinator, National Research Council of Canada, Human Resources Branch, Building M-58, Room-E-116, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6. Tel: (613) 998-4126. Fax: (613) 990-7669. E-mail: ra.coordinator@nrc.ca. Website: www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca. CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH (CIHR) Purpose: The basic objective of funding provided to CIHR by the Government of Canada is to improve the health of Canadians through the promotion and support of excellent basic, clinical and applied research in the health sciences, at Canadian universities (CIHR is not an institute or university). A second objective is to promote and support research which advances knowledge in the health sciences in general. For all of the following, the contact address is: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 160 Elgin Street, 9th Floor, Address Locator 4809 A, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0W9. Telephone: (613) 954-1968 (awards information line). E-mail: info@cihr-irsc.gc.ca. For program guidelines and application forms: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/. (a) Research Trainee Programs: Postdoctoral Fellowships Eligibility Criteria: Awards for research training are tenable under the supervision of investigators holding an academic appointment and in areas of investigation where it is clear that the research has direct relevance to health. The training program must include actual involvement in research, and not only courses in research methods. Students enrolled in programs oriented primarily toward professional specialty training are usually ineligible for these awards. Value: The value of fellowships varies depending on the major degree and experience of the applicant. Application Procedure: Candidates must use application forms provided on the CIHR Website: www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca. (b) International Scientific Exchanges The CIHR participates in six programs, each with a separate agreement, which are intended to foster collaboration between scientists in Canada and those in Argentina, Brazil, China, France (2 agreements) and Italy. For more information, visit http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca. CIHR-CONICET (Argentina) Agreement Argentinean scientists planning a visit to Canada may obtain further information on the CIHR-CONICET program by writing to: CONICET, Rivadavia 1917, Piso 4, 1033 Buenos Aires, Argentina. CIHR-CNPq (Brazil) Agreement Brazilian scientists planning a visit to Canada may obtain further information on the CIHR-CNPq program by writing to: CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, SEPN, Avenida W/3 Norte, Quadra 507, Bloco B, 70740-901 Brasilia, DF, Brazil. CIHR-NNSFC (China) Agreement For more information, visit http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca. CIHR-CNRS (France) Agreement French scientists planning a visit to Canada may obtain further information on the CIHR-CNRS program by writing to: Direction des relations et de la coopération internationales, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 3, rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris, Cedex 16, France. CIHR-INSERM (France) Agreement French scientists planning a visit to Canada should write to: Mission des relations internationales, INSERM, 101, rue de Tolbiac, 75654 Paris, Cedex 13, France. CIHR-CNR (Italy) Agreement Italian scientists planning a visit to Canada may obtain further information on the CIHR-CNR agreement by writing to: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Direzione Centrale Ordinamento Affari Legali e Relazionai Internazionali, Servizio Relazioni Internazionali, Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 00185 Roma, Italy. |
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