Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD), through the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) is seeking applications from Canadian publicly funded institutions for the 2020-2021 Students’ Exchange Program (SEP):
- Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)
- Canada-CARICOM Leadership Scholarships Program
- Canada-Chile Leadership Exchange Scholarship
- Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program
General Eligibility Criteria:
- These awards are available to international students to undertake research or study at UBC for a period of 4 to 6 months.
- The candidate’s studies or research may commence as early as June 1, 2020 and no later than February 1, 2021.
- Students must be citizens of eligible countries.
- All awards are available to graduate and undergraduate students for study or research activity, with the exception of the Faculty Leadership Program, which is available only to full-time employed faculty or an international manager/administrator.
- For undergraduate exchange students, a signed agreement or understanding between UBC and the student’s home institution must be in place at the time of application.
- Students coming to undertake coursework must be from UBC student mobility partner institutions. For a list of UBC mobility partners, please consult the partner university search tool.
- Students coming to undertake research must be from institutions with which UBC has established research activity.
*For specific eligibility requirements for each program, please visit the website.
Application Process:
CBIE requires all applications to be submitted directly by a single representative at UBC on behalf of the student. Go Global plays a coordinating role for all applications submitted on behalf of the University of British Columbia (Vancouver and Okanagan).
The deadline to nominate and submit application documentation for the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP), Canada-CARICOM Leadership Scholarships Program, Canada-Chile Leadership Exchange Scholarship, and Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program is Friday, March 13, 2020.
The complete application must be submitted to Go Global by the due date in order to ensure that it can be considered.
Application: Please refer to our website for further eligibility and application details.
Please contact Lucy O’Regan, Go Global Program Manager and Advisor at lucy.oregan@ubc.ca or 604.827.2702 should you wish to receive a copy of the application forms or have any additional questions.