Scholarships for Canadian academics, students and professionals: Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program, 2020-2021
Global Affairs Canada and the Chinese Ministry of Education are offering short-term scholarships to Canadians wishing to study abroad in China. Scholarships are awarded for studies, research, language studies or a combination of studies and language studies at participating Chinese institutions. Program name: Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program Funding organizations: Global Affairs Canada and the […]
Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship
Mitacs is now accepting applications for the Canadian Science Policy Fellowship. Successful fellows will take a year-long policy position in a Canadian government host office, through our Canadian Science Policy Fellowship. Canadian Citizens or Permanent residents who hold a PhD in any discipline are eligible to participate in the program. The fellowships will […]
PICS Theme Partnership Program: 2020 call now open!
Theme projects involve interdisciplinary teams of researchers and climate solution decision-makers (from the private and public sector) working together on thematic areas of high complexity and impact – from project outset, to results implementation. Application involves a two-phase review process beginning with a letter of intent (LOI) submitted by a full-time faculty member from […]
Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards (WLIURA)
UBC Centre for Student Involvement and Careers (CIS&C) have extended the proposal submission deadline to Sunday, January 26, 2020. The websites and the UBC CareersOnline online form have been updated to reflect the extended deadline. Designed for international undergraduate students who are interested in research, the Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards (WLIURA) […]
Next phases of Alliance grants
NSERC is pleased to announce the opening of the next phases of Alliance grants. On December 2, 2019, Alliance grants will be open for Option 1 applications requesting over $30,000 annually from NSERC. Applications requesting between $20,000 and $30,000 annually from NSERC will be accepted beginning on December 11, 2019. Option 2 […]
PICS Internship Program – 2020 Call is now open
Every year PICS provides support to provincial, regional and local governments, indigenous communities, private companies, Crown corporations, among others, to hire university students to work on projects relevant to our vision, mandate and objectives. These internships provide students with opportunities to develop expertise in the area of climate change solutions, both mitigation and adaptation, and support our […]
SPARC Connects November 2019
The November issue of SPARC Connects is now available online and contains the following highlights: CIHR/Health: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research – Scholar Open Houses NSERC NSERC CREATE – Information Session and UBC Internal Competition NSERC Alliance Grants – Partner Organization Update SSHRC SSHRC Partnership Grant – Available Support SSHRC Insight Development Grant […]
2020 MSFHR Scholar and Research Trainee competition information webinars
In the first week of November, MSFHR will be launching the 2020 Scholar competition that supports early-career researchers in establishing an independent research program, and 2020 Research Trainee competition that funds health researchers in the post-doctoral training phase of their career. MSFHR will be running information webinars about these two programs on […]
Competition open for Canadian and Brazilian professors and graduate students: Canada-Brazil Awards – Joint Research Projects, 2020-2022
Global Affairs Canada and the Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) of Brazil are offering scholarships to support team-oriented research projects, between Canadian and Brazilian universities, in mutually beneficial research fields. Program name: Canada-Brazil Awards – Joint Research Projects Funding organizations: Governments of Canada and Brazil Target audiences: […]
France Canada Research Fund (FCRF) New Collaboration Support Program
This program provides financing for new scientific projects jointly developed by French and Canadian teams that have never worked together before. Submitted proposals must be joint projects between a French institution (all universities, Grandes Écoles, and research organizations are eligible) and one of the 20 FCRF’s Canadian member universities. France Canada Research Fund (FCRF) New […]