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RESEARCH AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISITING STUDENTS & FACULTY

Title: Doctoral Student Research

Organization: Foreign Affairs Canada

Description: This program is designed to assist full-time graduate students at degree-granting institutions of higher education, whose dissertations are related in substantial part to Canada, to undertake doctoral research about Canada. The purpose is to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada and to support the development of Canadian Studies. The award provides assistance towards international airfare and a monthly flat rate allowance for up to a maximum of 8 months spent in Canada while doing research.

Field of Study: Social sciences and the humanities, such as business studies, economics, law, international relations, history, politics, sociology, geography, arts, literatures, linguistics, linguistic duality, education, communications policy, media studies, planning, science policy, social administration, environmental studies, architecture, and other related fields;

Website: http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/5_govprogs/d_doctresrch.html

Title: Faculty Enrichment Program (FEP)

Organization: Foreign Affairs Canada

Description: This program of support is designed to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada abroad by assisting international academics in higher education institutions to develop and teach courses about Canada in their own discipline, as part of their regular teaching load.

Field of Study:  social sciences and the humanities, such as business studies, economics, law, international relations, history, politics, sociology, geography, arts, literature in English or French, linguistics, linguistic duality, education, communications policy, media studies, planning, science policy, social administration, environmental studies, architecture, and other related fields

Website: http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/5_govprogs/b_facenrich.html

Title: Faculty Research Program (FRP)

Organization: Foreign Affairs Canada

Description:This program is designed to assist individual academics in higher education institutions to undertake short-term research about Canada or on an aspect of Canada's bilateral relations with the participating countries. The purpose is to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada through publication of pertinent articles in the foreign or international scholarly press. The award assists with direct costs related to the research project, and, when a research trip to Canada is warranted, provides assistance towards international airfare and a weekly flat rate allowance.

Field of Study:Canadian topics within the social sciences and the humanities, such as business studies, economics, law, international relations, history, politics, sociology, geography, arts, literature, linguistics, linguistic duality, education, communications policy, media studies, planning, science policy, social administration, environmental studies, architecture, and other related fields;

Website: http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/5_govprogs/c_facresrch.html

Title: International Research Linkages

Organization: Foreign Affairs Canada

Description: Facilitate international collaboration within the academic community 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.
Foreign Affairs Canada is offering grants of up to $10,000 to assist in the establishment or the development of international research networks in the area of Canadian Studies between Canada and other countries.

Field of Study: Studies or research on Canada within the social sciences and the humanities, such as business studies, economics, law, international relations, history, politics, sociology, geography, arts, literature, linguistics, linguistic duality, education, communications policy, media studies, planning, science policy, social administration, environmental studies, architecture, and other related fields;

Website: http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/5_govprogs/hh_linkage.html

Title: Trans-Coop Programme in Research

Organization: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Description: AvH supports transatlantic research cooperation among German, American and/or Canadian scholars (PhD required) in the humanities, social sciences, economics, and law by means of the TransCoop Programme. Joint research initiatives can receive up to EUR 45.000 (currently about US$ 43,000) over a three-year period for projects such as, short-term research visits, special conferences and/or workshops.

Field of Study: humanities, social sciences, economics or law

Website: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/transcoop.htm