The following international funding opportunities are for researchers (faculty, students and trainees).
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New Faculty Mobility Program for Canadians in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Government of Canada has launched a new scholarship initiative for Canadian professors and researchers to teach or conduct research, for three to eight weeks, in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The new Faculty Mobility Program aims to increase the number of institutional collaborations and student exchange agreements between Canadian, Latin and Caribbean post-secondary institutions.
Canadian post-secondary academic institutions can now submit scholarship applications, on behalf professors and researchers, in the form of a proposal detailing the proposed study or research projects in eligible countries.
Application deadline: October 18, 20182019 International Policy Ideas Challenge
The objective of the program is to draw on the network of talented Canadian graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and early-career civil society researchers to identify concrete, innovative solutions to emerging international policy challenges faced by Canada.
Applicatino deadline: March 29,2019.
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Grand Challenges Canada’s Stars in Global Health Stars in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights seeks bold ideas with big impact, for products, services and implementation models that could transform how persistent challenges in sexual and reproductive health and rights are addressed. Successful proposals will be awarded seed grants of up to CAD$100,000 for up to 12 months.
Areas of particular interest include innovations that focus on sexual and gender-based violence and child, early and forced marriage, and innovations with potential for scaling and strong paths to sustainability.
Application deadline: September 25, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. ET
It recognizes the world's top scientists who have made outstanding achievements in any branch of Global Health Research. Award value is $100,000. Application
Developing innovative veterinary solutions for the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Eligible research teams should be working on veterinary solutions to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with a focus on poultry, swine, or aquaculture animals. At least one of the administering institutions should be based in a low or middle-income country (Eligible countries: Central Asia; Far East Asia; Middle East; North and Central America; North of Sahara; Oceania; South America; South Asia; South of Sahara; West Indies)
Application deadline: September 12, by 11 AM (ET)
Offers four exchange programs: Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Jiangsu (China), Maharashtra, Goa and New Delhi area (India), and Rhône-Alpes (France).
a. The Ontario/Baden-Württemberg Faculty Research Exchange offers grants to support research visits to universities in the German state of Baden-Württemberg by faculty members at participating Ontario universities. While the objective is both to promote new collaborative research partnerships and to strengthen existing partnerships between researchers in Ontario and Baden-Württemberg, applications proposing new partnerships are particularly welcome.
The present competition is for grants to support research stays between May 1, and April 30, 2020. OBW Faculty Research Exchange grants will support researchers for a minimum of one month and a maximum of six months at the host university. Researchers who wish to stay longer than six months are still eligible to participate, but the maximum fundable period will be restricted to six months.
Learn more. Application deadline: October 31, 2018.
b. Ontario/Jiangsu (China) Summer Research Program offers four– month summer research opportunities for Canadian undergraduate and graduate students. Application details.
Applications for the Summer Research Program will be accepted up to January 31, 2019.
c. Ontario/Rhône-Alpes (France) ProgramO provides international study and research opportunities at the undergraduate and graduate level for students in science, engineering and health science disciplines; for 3 - month periods during the summer. Program details and application process. Application deadline: Check with Western International for internal deadlines. Agency deadline: January 15, 2019.
d. Ontario-India Short-Term Study Program offers opportunities to participate at Indian institutions under the supervision of faculty members at Indian institutions, 2-3 months at any time in the calendar year. More details. Application deadline: It is advisable to begin researching options early in the Fall semester, well in advance of the January 31 deadline for applications.
Horizon 2020 Migration Call
This call specifically welcomes collaboration with Canadians:
Subtheme: MIGRATION-07-2019: International protection of refugees in a comparative perspective
Type of action: Research and Innovation Action
Call opens: November 6, 2018
Deadline: March 14, 2019
EU Budget: €9.00 million
Other sub-themes to be funded under this Call:
Subtheme: DT-MIGRATION-06-2018-2019: Addressing the challenge of migrant integration through ICT-enabled solutions
Type of action: Innovation Action
Call opens: November 6, 2018
Deadline: March 14, 2019
EU Budget: €8.00 million
Subtheme: MIGRATION-01-2019: Understanding migration mobility patterns: elaborating mid and long-term migration scenarios
Type of action: Research and Innovation Action
Call opens: November 6, 2018
Deadline: March 14, 2019
EU Budget: €9.00 million
Subtheme: MIGRATION-03-2019: Social and economic effects of migration in Europe and integration policies
Type of action: Research and Innovation Action
Call opens: November 6, 2018
Deadline: March 14, 2019
EU Budget: €9.00 million
PSC Partners and affiliate PSC Partners Canada offer grants to conduct research that addresses an important and novel, basic or clinical research question related to PSC and closely associated diseases (such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and cholangiocarcinoma). Our Research Grants Program seeks to encourage investigators to conduct research in promising new areas, with the goal that data generated will lead to federal (NIH) or external international funding.Research grant funding is limited to $40,000 per year for 2 years ($80,000 total). However, focused proposals with smaller budget requests will also be considered.
Eligibility: Early Career and Emerging in Field; Mid-Career to Established in Field. Application Deadline: March 23rd, 2019. More Information.
The program is 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.
Duration: 2 – 6 weeks and award amount is unspecified.
Eligibility: US and Canadian citizens; Mid-Career to Established in Field. More Information.
The Government of Canada is offering a grant to Canadian professors and researchers to teach or conduct research, for a short period, in Latin America and the Caribbean.The Faculty Mobility Program aims to increase the number of institutional collaborations and student exchange agreements between Canadian, Latin American and Caribbean postsecondary institutions. Canadian institutions have to apply on behalf of faculty by submitting a proposal detailing the proposed study or research projects in eligible countries
(Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos; Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama; North America: Mexico; or South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela). Duration: Three (3) to eight (8) weeksValue: Up to CAD 7,000Inclusions: airfare, living expenses, health insurance and visa or work permit fees and other eligible expenses. For more information, visit Faculty Mobility Program
Application deadline: February 19. 2019
Global Affairs Canada is offering short-term scholarships to students from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wishing to study or conduct research in Canada. It will provide approximately 200 scholarships in 2019-2020. For full program and application details, visit the following website
Application deadline: March 5, 2019
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.
Funding organizations: Global Affairs Canada and the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
Target audiences: Canadian students (college, undergraduate and graduate levels in Canada); Canadian faculty members and research staff at a post-secondary institution in Canada; Canadian mid-career professionals
Number of Scholarships: Over 20
Duration: 4 to 12 months for students; and 8 weeks to 12 months for faculty members and mid-career professionals
Inclusions: Airfare, tuition fees, monthly living stipend, on-campus accommodation and medical insurance For full program details and to submit an online application, visit: Canada-China Scholar's Exchange Program
Application deadline: March 1, 2019
Eligibility: Canadian or French researchers affiliated to laboratories/ departments which are part of Canadian or French University/ Research Centre.
Funding: 1 return economy-class flight Canada- France or France-CanadaA contribution towards subsistence costs (per diem, for a maximum of three nights) Please send your application (PDF): Application Form, letter of invitation from the host institution, short CV to: assistant.science@ambafrance-ca.org
For any information, same email address or Tel: +1 613-562-3794
Deadline for applications: February 17th 2019, 11:59pm EST
Global Affairs Canada has launched a call for preliminary proposals to enhance gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in Latin America and the Caribbean region. This call will seek projects that focus on up to three areas targeting gender equality by: (i) enhancing women and girls’ participation in public life; (ii) preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence; and (iii) promoting women’s economic empowerment.
The deadline to submit a proposal is Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 12:00pm, Eastern Time. For more information, visit: Global Affairs Canada Grant site.
The New International Research Networks (NIRN) award is supported by the Office of the Vice-President (Research) and aims to promote new collaborations between researchers from Western and their international colleagues. The NIRN award provides eligible Western researchers with an opportunity to access up to $5,000 to facilitate a new international research collaboration. The funds are intended to address the logistical costs incurred during the initial process of setting up a collaborative research project such as travel, communications costs, and/or small scale exploratory research. NIRN awards are adjudicated internally through a merit review process.
Applications will be received on a continuous basis throughout the program year.
Funded by: Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (NSHRF) The maximum amount awarded is a $45,000 stipend for one year, plus a $2,500 research and travel allowance. The awards may begin on the first of any month between September 1, 2019, and September 1, 2020. The fellowships are intended for emerging scholars to complete work already started on projects featuring the study, analysis, and interpretation of past practices, philosophies, and/or epistemologies related to human health, health care, and/or disease or the education of health professionals, or to begin a new project in the field.
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The John Templeton Foundation funds: Mathematical & Physical Sciences; Life Sciences; Human Sciences; Philosophy and Theology; Science in Dialogue; Character Development; Individual Freedoms and Free Markets; Exceptional Cognitive Talent & Genius; and Genetics.
Predicting behavioral Responses to Population-Level Cancer Control Strategies (R21 Clinical Trial Optional). More information.
Award Budget: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $270,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in any single year. Optional Clinical trial. Visit the NIH site for clinical trial guidelines: More information.
Deadline: April 11, 2019, by 5:00 PM local time.
Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application deadline: June 28, 2019, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. Letter of Intent: 30 days prior to the application due date, but not mandatory.
Award project period: The maximum period is 5 years
Award amount: Up to $850,000 per year in direct costs
Next Generation Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (NGM) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application deadlines: May 6, 2019; May 6, 2020; May 6, 2021, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Award Project period: The maximum project period is 5 years.
Award amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): July 23, 2019; March 23, 2020; July 23, 2020; and more
Award amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Award Project period: The maximum project period is 5 years.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): June 20, 2019, October 18, 2019; and more
Award Project period: The UG3 period may be 1 or 2 years, the UH3 period may not exceed 3 years. The total duration of the UG3 and UH3 phases may not exceed 4 years.
Award amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project
Application deadline: Standard dates apply by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. The first standard application due date for this FOA is June 5, 2019.
Award amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project
Award Project period: The maximum project period is 5 years.
Application deadline: May 8, 2019 - Optional LOIs are due 30 days prior to the application due dates
Award amount: $275,000
Award Project period: 2 years
DRL FY18 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) in Sub-Saharan Africa
The purpose is to support and promote the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, including the preparation and meaningful participation of women around the world in decision-making processes related to conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution, as well as peace-building and political transition.
Application deadline: May 3, 2019
These grants for collaborative work in China studies are funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. In this cycle of competitions ACLS invites proposals in thehumanities and related social sciences that adopt an explicitly cross-cultural or comparative perspective Projects may, for example, compare aspects of Chinese history and culture with those of other nations and civilizations, explore the interaction of these nations and civilizations, or engage in cross-cultural research on the relations among the diverse and dynamic populations of China. There are no restrictions as to the citizenship of participants or the location of the projects. Awards Amount: up to $25,000 for conferences; $10,000 to $15,000 for workshops and seminars; up to $6,000 for planning meetings. More details. Application deadline have passed. Information about the 2019-2020 competition will be posted in July 2019,
The Visiting Program for Young Sinologists is hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China aims to build a platform to support overseas young sinologists in carrying out Chinese studies, to provide convenient and substantial assistance for their academic research, to support their exchanges and collaborative research projects with outstanding Chinese academic, cultural, and educational institutions, groups, companies, and scholars, and to help them enhance their academic competence and international influence. The 2019 Visiting Program for Young Sinologists will host three programs in Shanghai, Shaanxi and Zhejiang under the theme of “Integrated Development of Culture and Tourism”. Each program lasts 21 days. About 100 people are expected to attend the programs.
Registration deadline: March 31, 2019. Application detail here.
The pool grants are intended only for sending researchers abroad from Finland and will cover all expenses for conducting research abroad, including travel and moving costs, schooling expenses and insurance.
Stockholm Water Prize worth $150,000USD. The Laureate receives global acknowledgement and visibility, a specially designed sculpture, and USD 150,000. He or she also has the privilege of presenting a lecture during the Opening Plenary of the World Water Week in Stockholm.
The University of Essex International Visiting Fellowships are the University’s flagship research fellowship programme, in which internationally recognised researchers based outside of the United Kingdom are invited to experience and contribute to the research community at the University of Essex.
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellowship program offers funding provision for up to 3000 PhD scholarships per year in Europe. There are vacancies all year round and Canadian candidates should apply directly to the projects published on the Erasmus webiste.
The Jean Monnet Activities provides funding to support the teaching and research of EU studies worldwide. Jean Monnet grants continue to support actions and activities in the fields of education, training and youth. Since 2007, there have been 49 projects selected for Jean Monnet funding in Canada.
The Award is for junior researchers who are currently conducting an experimental project in basic biomedical research and wish to pursue a short-term research stay or attend a practical course of up to 3 months. More Information.
Purpose:The scheme provides up to 75,000 per year and will be dependent on case for support. Awards are for up to three years. The Collaboration Award can be used flexibly on activities directly relevant to supporting collaboration between the UK applicant, overseas co-applicant and their research groups. Requests can include: research expenses, travel and subsistence for the applicants or members of their team, salary for research assistance, and small pieces of equipment (no more than 10K per item).
Proposals should address the GCRF research agenda for enabling change focusing on one or more of the following areas:
Equitable Access to Sustainable Development
1. secure and resilient food systems supported by sustainable marine resources and agriculture
2. sustainable health and well being
3. inclusive and equitable quality education
4. clean air, water and sanitation
5. affordable, reliable, sustainable energy
Sustainable Economies and Societies
6. sustainable livelihoods supported by strong foundations for inclusive economic growth and innovation
7. resilience and action on short-term environmental shocks and long-term environmental change
8. sustainable cities and communities
9. sustainable production and consumption of materials and other resources
Human Rights, Good Governance and Social Justice
10. understand and respond effectively to forced displacement and multiple refugee crises
11. reduce conflict and promote peace, justice and humanitarian action
12. reduce poverty and inequality, including gender inequalities
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Sponsorship for research stays worldwide by researchers from Germany of all disciplines and at all career stages. Applicants choose an academic host from some 15,000 academics in the Humboldt Network abroad.
Applications are received on a continuous basis. A Humboldt Foundation selection committee meets in February, June and October to decide on applications.
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Translational Research Initiative for Hearing (TRIH 2019)
The Grant funds applied research projects at research institutes and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) across the world. It supports: research with strong commercial potential, likely to attract follow-on funding at the conclusion of the grant; studies that will facilitate and enable the progression of promising basic research towards testing in clinical trials.
Application Deadlines: expression of interest: 7 April 2019 (5pm GMT); full application (by invitation only): 6 June 2019 (5pm GMT)
Award duration: up to 3 years
Eligibility: applicants may be from any country and may be from academic institutions and small/medium enterprises (SMEs)
Award amount: Up to £100,000 per year. Please note that as a charity, it is our policy not to fund any indirect costs or the salaries of permanent employees
This funding instrument serves to establish collaborative relationships between international partners. Three different modules are available: "Exploratory Workshops", "Trips Abroad" and "Guest Visits". If several different modules will be used during a short time frame and doing so will enable cooperation preparations to be made particularly effectively, the modules may be combined. The funding remains available for a maximum of 12 months after the approval date, and the individual collaborative measures must be carried out within this time frame. Funding is available for the following collaborative measures: Trips abroad (max. three months) or guest visits in Germany (max. three month); Exploratory workshops. Where such agreements exist, these measures may also be funded jointly by partner organisations abroad.
Application deadlines: Continuous
Citizenship or Residency: Germany. Researchers who have already achieved their doctorates and who are working in the German scientific system may apply. Special rules apply to members of non-university research institutions.
ARAP is designed to facilitate collaboration between researchers in the overseas universities and in A*STAR. Typically, a PhD student who remains matriculated at the overseas university, undertakes a 1-2 years of research work in an A*STAR research institute. A*STAR provides a monthly stipend and other allowances such as conference/medical insurance for the period that the student is here in Singapore.
The SIPGA programme provides a 2-6 month experience in an A*STAR research institute for third or fourth year undergraduates or Masters students. The student works with a supervisor, usually as part of a larger research project, in an A*STAR institute. As A*STAR is a research organization rather than a university, students can arrange to start at any time of the year, subject to the availability of the supervisor. Admission to this programme is on a competitive basis.
The Shastri Institute is an Indo-Canadian Institute that aims to improve the quality of life of Canada and India by building and strengthening intellectual and cultural linkages through research, dialogue and exchange.
Various opportunities available:
The Autonomous University of Yucatan is interested in receiving Canadian students and in developing research collaboration with Canadian faculty. Read about summary information sheet on the university, including areas of research strength and contact information on their website.
FAPESP and a Consortium of leading Canadian universities (the CALDO CONSORTIUM) signed a new Research Cooperation Agreement on 15 September 2016, aiming to implement scientific and technological cooperation between researchers from CALDO member institutions in Canada, and from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, through the funding of joint research projects. The first Cooperation Agreement between FAPESP and the CALDO consortium was signed in 2012 and terminated in 2014. Under this Cooperation Agreement, 20 research projects were funded as a result of a joint call for proposals.
Under the referred Agreement, as a continuation of this fruitful collaboration, FAPESP and Western University make public this Call for Proposals for the exchange of faculty and postdoctoral researchers under the terms and conditions of the SPRINT 4th Edition 2018 and hereinafter set forth. More Information.
Eligibility from Western University
Eligibility to submit proposals within the scope of this Call:
Application deadline: January 28, 2019
Global Affairs Canada launches its 2019-2020 Student Exchange Program for Latin American and Caribbean citizens wishing to study, to conduct research or to undertake professional development in Canada.
For full program details, visit each scholarship program’s guidelines page. Questions can be directed to: goabroad@uwo.ca
Application Deadline: March 21, 2019
The application process is opening in early August. Australia’s Department of Education and Training offers financial assistance, through the Endeavour Program, to support Indigenous mobility – including Indigenous student mobility – between Canada and Australia. The funds may be used to support two-way mobility for short and long-term study, research and professional development.
Various founding opportunities are avaiable throughout the year, visit the site for more imformation.
100 & Change
This is a competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world's most critical social challenges. 100 & Change remains open to organizations and collaborations working in any field, anywhere in the world. Proposals must identify a problem and offer a solution that promises significant and durable change; they will be accepted online only from April 30 to August 6, 2019.
If you would like assistance with strategy, team-building etc. please contact Melanie Katsivo (mkatsivo@uwo.ca or at extension 82861)
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In cooperation with the Foundation, ACLS offers an integrated set of fellowship and grant competitions supporting work that will expand the understanding and interpretation of Buddhist thought in scholarship and society, strengthen international networks of Buddhist studies, and increase the visibility of innovative currents in those studies. The Foundation offers five competitions – including one for faculty recruitment, to support research and teaching. More details. Application deadlines: November 14, 2018 and January 09, 2019 for the New Professorships in Buddhist Studies grant.
Calling for research proposals supporting the Polio Eradication & Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018. Research proposals supporting the strategic plan may be submitted to the Committee for review and funding. Preference will be given to proposals developed by GPEI partner agencies and their research collaborators. However, other institutions may also submit proposals if they address our research priorities. The PRC funds a variety of studies from many disciplines including basic science research, operational research, mathematical modeling projects, and epidemiological studies/clinical studies.
The deadline for submission of proposals for the next round of review is 24 March, 2019. Submission should be sent to polioresearch@who.int and include the completed application form. Visit the guidelines on how to prepare a proposal for submission to the Polio Research Committee.
2019 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems
The JSMF Fellowship is designed to provide students with opportunities to pursue postdoctoral training that might not be otherwise readily available. The Fellowships are intended to allow students to seek postdoctoral research opportunities aligned with the student’s interest and desire to obtain additional skills and experience that will further their pursuit of careers in complex systems science.
Award Details: $200,000 USD to be expended in 2-3 years
Eligibility: Students should not already have a Ph.D. but be on track to complete all degree requirements and be ready to start their first postdoctoral fellowship between June 2020 and February 28, 2021. Applicants should not have already identified a postdoctoral position and a postdoctoral research mentor. Candidates from any country are eligible to apply. JSMF Fellowships can only be used to support postdoctoral training at a qualified institution
Application Deadline: Applications and letters of support will be accepted online beginning March 11, 2019. The deadline to submit all application materials is June 13, 2019, 15:59 CDT (20:59 UTC).
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The HFSP supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms; topics range from molecular and cellular approaches to systems and cognitive neuroscience and the interactions between organisms. A clear emphasis is placed on novel collaborations that bring 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. Two types of Research Grant are available: Young Investigators' Grants and Program Grants.
Application deadlines: You must initiate an application (with a 2020 reference number) via the website by March 18th, 2019. Submission of Letters of Intent deadline: March 28th, 2019.
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