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Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant
Agency: Africa Initiative
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Botswana, South Africa, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, Benin, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
Supports short-term academic placements for students enrolled in a Master’s or PhD program at select African universities. The program offers grants to conduct research for up to four months at select Canadian universities. Supported research covers the Africa Initiative thematic areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, and migration, with special attention to the cross-cutting issues of climate change.
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Air & Waste Management Association Scholarship
Agency: Air & Waste Management Association
Discipline: Air and Waste Management
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Varies
Contact the Air and Waste Management Association for scholarship details.
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Alzheimer Society Of Canada: Phyllis Horton Research Bursary
Agency: Alzheimer Society Of Canada
Discipline: Research in Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Nova Scotia, Canada
Max Funding: $1,500
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Associated Medical Services: Hannah Junior General Scholarship
Agency: Associated Medical Services
Discipline: History of health, disease, or medicine, broadly defined.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $17,700; MD or equivalent - $35,000; $3,000 travel allowance.
Hannah Junior General Scholarships are open to students who show exceptional promise and demonstrate a career interest in the history of medicine and who have completed a MA and are already enrolled/actively engaged in a PhD program or the PhD portion of combined MA/PhD program or a combined MD/PhD program.
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Associated Medical Services: Hannah Postdoctoral Fellowship
Agency: Associated Medical Services
Discipline: History of health, disease, or medicine, broadly defined.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: International Students: Those who completed graduate or medical training in Canada.
Award to be taken up in: Varies
Max Funding: $35,000 for the first year, with a research and travel allowance of $3,000.
Fellowships are offered to highly qualified PhDs or MDs embarking on a period of full-time postdoctoral study in the history of medicine.
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Associated Medical Services: Hannah Senior General Scholarship
Agency: Associated Medical Services
Discipline: History of health, disease, or medicine, broadly defined.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $17,700; MD or equivalent - $35,000; $3,000 travel allowance.
Hannah Senior General Scholarships are open to students who have already completed their first year of doctoral studies in a PhD, combined MA/PhD or combined MD/PhD program. Candidates will be judged on their track record and the scholarly merit of their research program. Up to four Hannah Senior General Scholarships may be awarded in any competition.
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Associated Medical Services: The Hannah Millennium History Of Medicine Doctoral Thesis Award
Agency: Associated Medical Services
Discipline: Doctoral thesis in the history of health, disease, or medicine, broadly defined.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
The Hannah Millennium History of Medicine Doctoral Thesis Award has been created by AMS to recognize annually an outstanding thesis in the history of medicine. It is intended that the Award will provide the recipient with support towards development of the manuscript and subsequent publication of the thesis.
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Association of Rhodes Scholars in Australia Visiting Postgraduate Scholarship
Agency: Association of Rhodes Scholars in Australia (ARSA)
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Yes. Applicants must be Commonwealth citizens and may not be graduates of an Australian or New Zealand university.
Award to be taken up in: Commonwealth university outside Australia.
Max Funding: Up to $20,000 Australian.
The Association of Rhodes Scholars in Australia (ARSA) has established a Scholarship Fund for the purpose of bringing an overseas Commonwealth student to Australia to consult with leading scholars in their research area and undertake research in Australia relevant to their thesis project. The Scholarship will enable the successful applicant to spend a period of between six and twelve months as a visiting postgraduate scholar at an Australian university to undertake research towards the fulfillment of the requirements of the research higher degree for which he or she is currently enrolled. Although the Scholarship holder will be based at one Australian university, he or she will be encouraged to visit other Australian universities to meet with academic staff and postgraduate students who share their interests.
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AUCC: Cable Telecommunication Research Fellowship Program
Agency: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Discipline: Thesis on a topic in the engineering of broadband communications systems or computer application to cable TV.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Average $5,000
Candidate must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is enrolled or planning to enroll in a Canadian university that is a member of or affiliated with AUCC. Candidate must plan to use the fellowship to complete a graduate degree, including a thesis on a topic in the engineering of broadband communications systems or computer application to cable TV. Award amount is in Canadian dollars.
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AUCC: Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships Program
Agency: Harvard University
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: A Knox Fellowship pays full Harvard tuition and mandatory health insurance fees and provides a stipend sufficient to cover the living expenses of a single Fellow for a 10-month academic year. Knox Fellows who plan to bring spouses, partners or other family members with them to Harvard must secure additional sources of funding to support their families. Knox Fellowship funding is guaranteed for up to two years of study at Harvard for students in degree programs requiring more than one year of study. The Committee on General Scholarships will consider Knox Fellowship renewals after the second year on a case-by-case basis.
The Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship program was established by Annie Reid Knox who sought to honor her late husband and his lifelong commitment to America. Mrs. Knox expressed the hope that the holders of the fellowships return to their homes and become leaders in their chosen field once they had gained knowledge and experience from their study away from Canada.
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AUCC: Petro-Canada Inc. Graduate Research Award Program
Agency: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Discipline: Subject related to the oil and gas industry
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
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AUCC: The Department of National Defence Security and Defence Forum - Internship Program
Agency: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Discipline: Background in security and defence studies obtain work experience through a year-long placement in a research or related position in a Canadian organization, excluding universities and government.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $24,000 over 12 months.
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AUCC: The Department of National Defence Security and Defence Forum - MA Scholarship Program
Agency: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Discipline: Current and future Canadian national security and defense issues, including their political, international, historical, social, military, industrial, and economic dimensions
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
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AUCC: The Department of National Defence Security and Defence Forum - PhD Scholarship Program
Agency: Department of National Defense
Discipline: Social sciences/humanities studies relating to current and future Canadian security and defence issues, including their political, international, historical, social, military, and economic dimensions. Research in the pure or applied sciences is ineligible. Applicants must explain in their proposal the relationship of their study/research plans to Canadian security and defence issues.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $20,000
In addition to financial support for security and defence studies, the Security and Defence Forum also introduces recipients to the Policy Group of National Defence Headquarters and provides award recipients with the opportunity to have their research circulated within the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.
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AUCC: The Department of National Defence Security and Defence Forum - Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program (Including the R.B. Byers Fellowship)
Agency: Department of National Defense
Discipline: Social sciences/humanities studies relating to current and future Canadian security and defence issues, including their political, international, historical, social, military, and economic dimensions. Research in the pure or applied sciences is ineligible.Applicants must explain in their proposal the relationship of their study/research plans to Canadian security and defence issues.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $35,000
The Security and Defence Forum Postdoctoral fellowship is intended to promote scholarly interest in contemporary Canadian security and defence issues, and to help develop Canadian scholars proficient in these issues. n addition to financial support for security and defence studies, the Security and Defence Forum also introduces recipients to the Policy Group of National Defence Headquarters and provides award recipients with the opportunity to have their research circulated within the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces. Eligible institutions: Affiliation with a Security and Defence Forum Centre of Expertise will be required. Currently, the Centres of Expertise are located at: University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, University of Manitoba, Wilfrid Laurier University, York University, Queen's University, Royal Military College of Canada, Carleton University, Université de Montréal, McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université Laval, University of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University.
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AUCC: The Frederick T. Metcalf Award Program (Canadian Cable Television Association)
Agency: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000
To find out more about this scholarship, contact Ginette Kerr
Program Officer Higher Education Scholarships, at 613-563-1236 x277.
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AUCC: The Paul Sargent Memorial Linguistic Scholarship Program
Agency: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Discipline: Linguistics
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $12,000
Applicant must be a Canadian citizen and hold a bachelor's degree in a related field with a record of high academic achievement. Applicant must have an advanced ability in Oriental language or basic knowledge of an East European, Middle Eastern, or Oriental language and proven talent for acquiring languages as demonstrated by the Modern Languages Aptitude Test. Award amount is in Canadian dollars. Award may be used at AUCC-member or affiliated universities only.
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Australia Endeavour Postgraduate Awards
Agency: Government of Australia
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada; United States
Award to be taken up in: Australia
Max Funding: AUS$228,500
Endeavour Postgraduate Awards provide financial support for Masters and PhD studies, for high achieving North American students to undertake a postgraduate qualification by coursework or research in any field of study in Australia.
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Australia Endeavour Research Fellowships
Agency: Government of Australia
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Australia
Max Funding: AUS$23,500
Endeavour Research Fellowships provide funding North American postgraduate research students and postdoctoral researchers to undertake 4-6 months of research in Australia.
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Azrieli Fellows Program
Agency: The Azrieli Foundation
Discipline: Any - Postdocs only
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Israel
Max Funding: 40000
The Azrieli Fellows Program welcomes the best and the brightest postdoctoral scholars who wish to undertake postdoctoral research in Israel. The time candidates spend conducting research in Israel will provide them with valuable tools to realize their professional goals through collaborative association with Israel’s world-class academic institutions and researchers.
The fellowships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence. Candidates are assessed on their potential to make cutting-edge contributions to their respective fields. Aspects of personal merit and leadership abilities are also taken into consideration without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity or age.
(Additional restrictions apply. Check website.)
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Barton Awards in International Peace and Security
Agency: Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security
Discipline: Field of international peace and security
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Varies
Max Funding: Senior fellowship: Up to $30,000. Advanced scholarship: $14,000
For further information and applications write to The Barton Awards, Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security, 360 Albert Street, Suite 900, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7.
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Baxter & Alma Ricard Foundation Scholarships
Agency: Baxter & Alma Ricard Foundation
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Varies
Max Funding: Based on need for up to 3 years.
Le programme de bourses de la Fondation s'adresse aux étudiants et étudiantes ayant terminé un Bac ou inscrits à l'obtention d'un deuxième Bac, d'une Maîtrise ou d'un Doctorat et vivant en permanence dans une situation linguistique francophone minoritaire au Canada « francophones hors Québec ».
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Bourse Alcan Saguenay Lac-St-Jean
Agency: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
Partenaire du développement économique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean depuis plus de 60 ans, Alcan s'est aussi associé à diverses institutions dont l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. En offrant une bourse de prestige à cet établissement, la direction régionale de l'entreprise veut ainsi donner à un citoyen canadien l'occasion d'y poursuivre des études supérieures.
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British Chevening Scholarships Study Abroad
Agency: British High Commission
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: United Kingdom
Max Funding: Contact your local British consulate for details.
The Chevening Programme has provided more than 30,000 Scholarships at High Education Institutions in the UK for postgraduate students from countries across the world for over a quarter of a century. Largely funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, these scholarships are aimed at the leaders of tomorrow. They are highly competitive and limited in number. To be successful you must be able to demonstrate not only an outstanding academic record, but also clear leadership potential. You should have a proven track record of success or excellence in your professional life. The committee will be looking for you to demonstrate that you have more to offer than your peers and contemporaries, and have the potential and ambition to make a substantial, positive difference in your chosen field. You are also likely to have already worked for two to three years in your chosen profession as a Civil Servant, Journalist, Politician/Staffer or Jurist.
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Brookings Institute: Foreign Policy Studies Predoctoral Fellowship Program
Agency: Brookings Institute
Discipline: U.S. foreign policy and international relations
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: $10,000
Resident fellowships are awarded for policy- oriented predoctoral research in U.S. foreign policy and international relations. The fellowships are designed for doctoral candidates whose dissertation topics are directly related to public policy issues and thus to the major interests of the institution. Current Brookings topics place special emphasis on security policy and international economic issues and focus primarily on the regions of East Asia, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Research in each area examines both the substance of key issues and the processes by which they are resolved in and among governments. Fellowships will be awarded to scholars whose research will benefit from access to the data, opportunities for interviewing, and consultation with senior staff members afforded by the institution and by residence in Washington, DC. Fellows may participate in appropriate staff conferences and seminars of the institution and have access to the research resources available to resident staff members. Outstanding dissertations will be considered for publication by Brookings. Stipend is payable on a 12-month basis, 11 months of research in residence and one month of vacation. Nomination letters must be received no later than December 15. The institution will then communicate directly with the nominees who must return completed applications by February 15 in order to begin their fellowships between July one and September one.
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Brookings Institute: Governmental Studies Predoctoral Fellowship Program
Agency: Brookings Institute
Discipline: Public policy
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: $17,500
The fellowships are designed for doctoral candidates whose dissertation topics are directly related to public policy issues and thus to the major interests of the Institution. They will be awarded to scholars whose research will benefit from access to the data, opportunities for interviewing, and consultation with senior staff members afforded by the Brookings Institution and by residence in Washington, DC. One of the fellowships is designated the Robert W. Hartley Memorial Fellowship.
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Cambridge International Scholarships to Overseas Students
Agency: Cambridge University
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: United Kingdom
Max Funding: Each award will underwrite the full cost of fees and maintenance for the duration of the course.
The University of Cambridge will offer, via the Cambridge Trusts, approximately 80 Cambridge International Scholarships to Overseas Students who embark on a research course in 2011-12. The awards will be made on a competitive basis to those applicants considered by their departments to be the most outstanding.
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Canada-China Norman Bethune Health Research Scholarships Program
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Discipline: Health, Medicine
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: China
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: varies
Offers up to 30 health research doctorate scholarships annually to top students from China to pursue their PhD degree in a health-related research field currently funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)'s Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research (STIHR) Programs.
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Canada-China Scholars' Exchange Program (CCSEP)
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: China
Max Funding: varies
Makes awards to Canadian faculty and graduate students who wish to study and/or conduct research at selected Chinese universities, preferably in subject areas related to China.
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CANADA-HOPE Scholarship Program
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Discipline: health, medicine
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Angola, Gambia, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Rwanda, Botswana, Guinea, São Tomé and Principe, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Burundi, Kenya, Seychelles, Cameroon, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde, Liberia, Somalia, Central African Republic, Madagascar, South Africa, Chad, Malawi, Sudan, Comoros, Mali, Swaziland, Dem Rep Congo, Mauritania, Tanzania, Rep Congo, Mauritius, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire Mayotte, Uganda, Eritrea, Mozambique, Zambia, Ethiopia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Gabon, Niger
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $174,000
Enables promising scientists and clinicians from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to be mentored by prominent Canadian researchers. Goals are to encourage a broad spectrum of foreign post-doctoral scholars (PhDs, MDs or health professionals) to train in health and health-related areas which, in the long term, would lead to the development of sustainable programs to help people in developing countries. Eligible research areas include: clinical epidemiology, population health, clinical trials, the health sciences, global health and areas which can have an impact on the health of people in low and middle-income countries.
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Canada-Mexico Awards - Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF)
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities.
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Mexico
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $36,500
To provide research opportunities to promising recent Mexican doctoral graduates in the natural sciences and engineering, social sciences and humanities.
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Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program: Foundation for the Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States
Agency: Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: Subject to funding availability.
These awards are intended for graduate students, prospective graduate students and junior professionals who wish to enroll in a graduate studies program, continue their current course of graduate study and research, or pursue an independent research project for a period of nine months in the United States.
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Canadian Asian Studies Association: Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Fellowship Awards
Agency: Canadian Asian Studies Association
Discipline: Including, but not limited to, Chinese cultural heritage; Classical studies (literary and historical works); Republic of China; Taiwan; and China-related comparative studies.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: China
Max Funding: Varies
The main objective of the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation is to promote the study of Chinese culture and society, broadly defined. Through its support for international scholarly exchange, the Foundation hopes to create a better understanding between the Chinese and other peoples. Its ultimate goal is to help integrate Chinese cultural values with the emerging global community.
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Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation: Graduate Scholarship Awards
Agency: Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Discipline: Cardiac Rehabilitation
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $3,000
To recognize the research of graduate students in the area of cardiac rehabilitation and to reflect CACR's support of their educational endeavours in this area.
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Canadian Blood Services: Graduate Fellowship Program
Agency: Canadian Blood Services
Discipline: Blood transfusion science.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Varies
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $21,000/year, plus $1,000 travel grant. To a maximum of 4 years of support.
Canadian Blood Services offers a Graduate Fellowship Program to attract and support young investigators to initiate or continue training in the field of blood transfusion science. This program is offered to graduate students who are undertaking full-time research training leading to a Ph.D. degree. The fellowship is awarded directly to the student.
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Canadian Blood Services: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Blood Services
Discipline: Transfusion science emphasizing platelets, stem cells, plasma proteins, infectious disease, epidemiology and clinical transfusion practice
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Varies by applicant's qualificantions
Canadian Blood Services (Canadian Blood Services) was established in 1998 as the operator of Canada’s blood system in all provinces and territories excluding Quebec. The objective of the Research & Development Program is to help fulfill the Canadian The objective of the Research & Development Program is to help fulfill the Canadian Blood Services Corporate Vision of providing a safe, secure, cost-effective and accessible supply of blood, blood products and their alternatives. Graduate Fellowship Programs or Post Doctoral Fellowships are offered to highly qualified candidates to initiate or continue training in the field of blood transfusion science.
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Canadian Cambridge Scholarships
Agency: Cambridge University
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: United Kingdom
Max Funding: Full course of study including tuition fees, reasonable living expenses, and return travel from Canada to Cambridge once a year.
These scholarships fund fully a student's course of study at Cambridge, including tuition fees, reasonable living expenses, and return travel from Canada to Cambridge once a year. Scholarships are tenable for one to three years, depending on the program, and are available for any approved course of study leading to a diploma, affiliated degree, or research degree. The choice of candidate is based upon outstanding academic achievement, with significant consideration given to extra-curricular achievement and all-round ability to represent Canada abroad. Neither the candidate's financial capacity nor Canadian regional representation will be considered as selection criteria.
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Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund
Agency: Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: United Kingdom
Max Funding: £500 to £3,000
The Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (CCSF) provides awards ranging from £500 to £3,000 to Canadian men and women for academic and artistic study in the UK.
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Canadian Commonwealth Scholarships Program - Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Great Britain, New Zealand
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $36,500
To provide research opportunities to promising recent foreign doctoral graduates.
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Canadian Co-operative Association: Alexander Fraser Laidlaw Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Co-operative Association
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Varies
Max Funding: $1,000
The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada established the Laidlaw Fellowship to honour Dr. Alexander Fraser Laidlaw, the father of the non-profit co-operative housing movement in Canada. An outstanding Canadian adult educator and co-op leader, Dr. Laidlaw served the cause of the co-operative movement for over 40 years . Author of Cooperatives in the Year 2000, Laidlaw fostered the social purpose of the co-op movement while always advocating sound business methods for co-operative organizations.
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Canadian Co-operative Association: Amy and Tim Dauphinee Scholarship
Agency: Canadian Co-operative Association
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $3,000
The Ontario Credit Union Charitable Foundation established the Amy and Tim Dauphinee Scholarship in recognition of the outstanding contribution these two leaders made to the development of the credit union movement and the Ontario Credit Union Charitable Foundation. Tim, a retired scientist from the National Research Council, and Amy, who passed away in 2010, had a strong commitment to co-operatives, education and research. Both served as local directors on a number of organizations. Amy was the first woman elected to the board of directors of Credit Union Central of Ontario and served for 22 years.
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Canadian Co-operative Association: Lemaire Co-operative Studies Award
Agency: Canadian Co-operative Association
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: Awarded in multiples of $1,000 up to $3,000
Louis Lemaire, a co-operative pioneer, dedicated much of his life to organizing co-operatives in Saskatchewan and willed part of his estate to the Co-operative College of Canada (now the Canadian Co-operative Association) to support co-operative studies. Available to both undergraduate and graduate students, the Lemaire awards are intended to encourage students to undertake studies which will help them contribute to the development of co-operative in Canada or elsewhere. These awards are also intended to support students who have been involved in co-operatives, preferably in leadership positions as volunteers or employees. Eligible candidates will have been involved with co-operatives, must demonstrate reasonable knowledge and understanding of co-op principles and their application, and be able to indicate how the proposed studies will contribute to the co-op movement. Full-time or part-time students, taking full- or partial-credit courses at any university or university-equivalent college are eligible to apply.
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Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Grants And Awards
Agency: Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Discipline: Any area related to cystic fibrosis
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Varies
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Varies
See the CCFF website for a complete list of awards.
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Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation: Claudette MacKay Lassonde Scholarship
Agency: Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation
Discipline: Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $15,000
The Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation was founded in 1990 to develop scholarship and award programs that encourage women to choose engineering as a career to honour the memory of the 14 women at École Polytechnique whose contributions to Canada ended on December 6, 1989. Each year, CEMF offers one $15,000 scholarship in Canada to a woman enrolled fulltime in a graduate engineering program at the PhD level. This scholarship is meant to encourage women to pursue their career path in engineering and recognize the valuable contribution they bring to society through research, teaching and community involvement. Applicants must be willing to act as role models and to promote engineering, particularly to young women. The scholarship recipient will be required to make at least two presentations to students in high school.
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Canadian Federation Of University Women: 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Commemorative Award
Agency: Canadian Federation of University Women
Discipline: Any; must relate to women
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $7,000
Commemorates the fourteen women students murdered at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. For graduate studies in any field. The applicant must justify the relevance of her work to women.
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Canadian Federation Of University Women: Alice E. Wilson Award
Agency: Canadian Federation of University Women
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000
Dr. Alice E. Wilson (1881-1964), CFUW member, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the first woman to hold a professional position at the Geological Survey of Canada won the 1926 CFUW Travelling Fellowship. Awarded to mature students returning to graduate studies in any field, with special consideration given to those returning to study after at least three years.
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Canadian Federation Of University Women: Beverley Jackson Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Federation of University Women
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,000
Honours the dedication and valuable service of this former CFUW member. The applicant must be over the age of 35 at the time of application and enrolled in graduate studies at an Ontario university.
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Canadian Federation Of University Women: Bourse Georgette LeMoyne
Agency: Canadian Federation of University Women
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000
Georgette LeMoyne (1884-1975), was one of the first women to receive a university degree in French Canada. She devoted her life to the promotion of education and employment for women. It is for graduate study in any field at a Canadian university. The candidate must be studying in French.
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Canadian Federation Of University Women: CFUW Memorial/Professional Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Federation of University Women
Discipline: Mathematics, Engineering, and Science
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $8,000
Honours those for whom the CFUW Charitable Trust receives memorial donations. It supports masters studies in science, mathematics or engineering in Canada or abroad.
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Canadian Federation Of University Women: Dr. Marion Elder Grant Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Federation of University Women
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $11,500
Dr. Marion Elder Grant was the 11th CFUW President and the Dean of Women and Professor of Psychology at Acadia University. The applicant must be enrolled in a full-time course of studies at any level of a doctoral program at the time of application. All else being equal, preference is given to a graduate from Acadia University.
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Canadian Federation Of University Women: Margaret Dale Philip Biennial Award
Agency: Canadian Federation of University Women
Discipline: Preference given to those majoring in Canadian History
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $3,000
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Canadian Federation Of University Women: Margaret McWilliams Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Federation of University Women
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $11,000
Established in 1952, to honour the first CFUW President (1919-1923), and awarded to a woman who has completed at least one calendar year in a full-time doctoral program and is enrolled in full-time studies in Canada or abroad at the time of application.
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Canadian Foundation For The Study Of Infant Deaths: Dr. Sydney Segal Research Grant
Agency: Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
Discipline: Suddent Infant Death Syndrome
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: General CIHR doctoral or postdoctoral research award guidelines and eligibility criteria will apply.
The Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research have entered into an agreement to jointly fund outstanding individuals preparing to undertake doctoral and postdoctoral research in fields relevant to the epidemiology of infant deaths in Canada, to the investigation of the underlying mechanism of death or to the prevention of infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly. Research which targets the high incidence of SIDS among Canada's Aboriginal communities is also encouraged.
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Canadian Foundation For Ukrainian Studies: Neporany Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Discipline: Political science, Economics, and related fields (social sciences and political, economic and social history).
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $5,000 to $20,000
Offered by the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies (Osyp and Josaphat Neporany Educational Fund). Will be awarded to one or more doctoral students specializing on Ukraine in political science, economics and related fields (social sciences and political, economic and social history). Preference will be given to students completing their dissertations as well as to students at Canadian universities or Canadian citizens and residents.
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Canadian Friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Funding for Study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Agency: Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Israel
Max Funding: Varies
There are many scholarships available to Canadian students looking to study abroad at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Canadian Friends Of The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem: J. David Blazouske Memorial Doctoral Fellowships
Agency: Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Discipline: Business, economics, or related field.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: USA, United Kingdom
Award to be taken up in: Israel
Max Funding: Please inquire.
Available to qualified citizens of Canada, United Kingdom or US pursuing doctoral studies in business, economics or a related field at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For details, please contact Mr. Joel Alpert, Academic Secretary
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mt. Scopus, Sherman Building
Jerusalem, Israel 91905
02-658511.
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Canadian Health Services Research Foundation: Postdoctoral Award
Agency: Canadian Health Services Foundation
Discipline: Areas relating to health services.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Varies
These awards differ from traditional postdoctoral fellowships in two ways. In addition to having an academic supervisor, there is a requirement to learn about the decision-making world by working within a decision-making organization. Also, award holders are expected to acquire knowledge exchange skills. The Postdoctoral Awards are open to those with a health profession background who want to expand their options by focusing on applied health services and policy research. For more information, please contact GrantsandAwards@chsrf.ca.
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Canadian Institute for Nordic Studies Graduate Scholarship
Agency: Canadian Institute for Nordic Studies
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: One of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faeroe Islands, and Greenland.
Max Funding: $5,000
Applications will be evaluated on the quality of the proposed programme, the qualifications of the applicant to complete the programme and the potential of the programme to further academic and cultural links with the Nordic countries. The applicant must indicate his or her reasons for wishing to study in a Nordic country.
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Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Graduate Scholarship and Fellowships
Agency: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Discipline: Any field related to Ukranian studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Varies
Max Funding: Varies
A primary aim of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is to foster, develop and support Ukrainian studies in Canada and internationally. This is done in part by offering or administering a postdoctoral fellowship, graduate fellowships (to master’s and doctoral students) and scholarships to undergraduate students. Grants are also awarded to established scholars to support research work that would lead to publications or dissemination of results in other forms. Descriptions of awards offered are provided on this site. Please familiarize yourself with the terms of the award before applying. Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded directly from this site, or electronic versions can be sent by e-mail. Hard copies can also be obtained by requesting such in writing. Applications must be sent to us by fax or by mail. The deadline for receipt of all applications is March 1. All applicants are notified of the results of the competition they applied for by e-mail or by mail.
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Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Helen Darcovich Memorial Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Discipline: Education, History, Law, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Women's Studies, Library Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada, International Students (must be studying at the University of Alberta)
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $13,000
The Darcovich Memorial Doctoral Fellowship (up to $13,000), is awarded annually to a student writing a dissertation on a Ukrainian or Ukrainian-Canadian topic in one of the above areas. Because funding is for dissertation work only, all other degree requirements must be completed by the time the award is taken up. Fellowship holders may apply for a one-year renewal.
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Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Kowalsky Programme for the Study of Eastern Ukraine Research Grants
Agency: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Discipline: Please inquire at Tel.: (780) 492-2972 or E-mail: cius@ualberta.ca
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Ukraine
Max Funding: Varies
The Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern Ukraine was established in 1998 on the basis of a donation by Michael Kowalsky (1908–2000) and Daria Mucak-Kowalsky. The Program, which supports Ukrainian studies and the national revival in eastern Ukraine, established the Kowalsky Eastern Ukrainian Institute at Kharkiv University in 1999 to direct and co-ordinate work and activities there. The Program gives grants to scholars, sponsors seminars, and supports museum development and publications, including the journal Схід-Захід ( East-We st ) . In 2003 the Kowalsky Eastern Institute established a Zaporizhia branch that is active in publishing and fieldwork, including the compiling and publication of oral history sources. Since 2001 the Kowalsky Program has been the main sponsor of the Baturyn Archeological Project in Ukraine.
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Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Marusia And Michael Dorosh Master's Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Discipline: Education, History, Law, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Women's Studies, Library Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada, International Students (must be studying at the University of Alberta)
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
The Dorosh Master’s Fellowship (up to $10,000), non-renewable, is awarded annually to a student writing a thesis on a Ukrainian or Ukrainian-Canadian topic in one of the above areas. Because funding is for thesis work only, all other degree requirements must be completed by the time the award is taken up. Students in non-thesis, course-based programs are not eligible.
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Canadian Japanese-Mennonite Scholarship
Agency: National Association of Japanese Canadians and Mennonite Central Committee Canada
Discipline: Research that will assist the protection of minority or human rights.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,000
The Canadian Japanese-Mennonite Scholarship is a $2,000 scholarship available to a Canadian student, enrolled in a graduate degree program in Canada, doing research that will assist the protection of minority or human rights. The scholarship was created as a tangible symbol of cooperation between Canadian Japanese and Canadian Mennonites, subsequent to a formal apology that was offered to Canadian Japanese, by MCC Canada on behalf of Canadian Mennonites. It is intended to assist the protection of minority and human rights in Canada, and to reduce the potential for abuse of cultural minorities such as that suffered by Japanese Canadians during World War II.
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Canadian Library Association: CLA Dafoe Scholarship
Agency: Canadian Library Assocation
Discipline: Library and Information Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000
Awarded annually, when merited, to a student entering a school offering an accredited masters degree in library and information studies. Consideration is given to academic achievement, leadership potential and demonstrated interest in the profession.
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Canadian Library Association: CLA Library Research and Development Grants
Agency: Canadian Library Assocation
Discipline: Library and Information Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $1,000
One or more grants totalling $1,000 are awarded annually, when merited, to personal members of the Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques. The objectives of the grant are: 1) to support theoretical and applied research in the field of library and information services, 2) to encourage and support research undertaken by practitioners in the field of library and information services, and 3) to promote research in the field of library and information services by and/or about Canadians.
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Canadian Library Association: H. W. Wilson Scholarship
Agency: Canadian Library Assocation
Discipline: Library and Information Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,000
The H.W. Wilson Scholarship is awarded annually, when merited, to a student entering a school offering an accredited masters degree in library and information studies. Consideration is given to academic achievement, leadership potential and demonstrated interest in the profession.
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Canadian Library Association: World Book Graduate Scholarship in Library and Information Science
Agency: Canadian Library Assocation
Discipline: Library and Information Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,500
One scholarship available to a graduate student who is currently engaged in library work or who is planning to continue his or her library studies.
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Canadian Liver Foundation: Graduate Studentship Program
Agency: Canadian Liver Foundation
Discipline: Hepatobiliary research and Paediatric liver disease
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $20,000/year for two (2) years
Graduate Studentship grants provide $20,000 per year, for a maximum of two years. These awards are intended for scientists-in-training who are working towards obtaining their Masters or Ph.D. in liver research.
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Canadian Mission to the European Union: The Mission Internship Program
Agency: Canadian Mission to the European Union
Discipline: Economics/trade/business/finance/international affairs/environment/agriculture/humanities/political science/law or related discipline is preferred.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: European Union
Max Funding: €230 per week
The Mission Internship Program is intended to offer Canadian citizens an opportunity to improve their understanding of Canada-Europe relations and European integration more generally, while contributing to the Mission's objectives. Participants will gain practical insight into the conduct of Canadian diplomacy in Europe, the issues at stake in the Canada-EU relationship, and the process of European integration in general.
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Canadian National Institute for the Blind: Ross C. Purse Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Discipline: Field of vision loss in Canada
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Canada or abroad with a commitment to work in the field of vision loss in Canada for at least two years
Max Funding: $12,500
The Ross C. Purse Doctoral Fellowship encourages and supports theoretical and practical research and studies at the postgraduate or doctoral level, in the field of vision loss in Canada. The fellowship is awarded for research in the social sciences, engineering, or other fields of study that are immediately relevant to the field of vision loss.
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Canadian Northern Studies: The James W. Bourque Studentship in Northern Geography
Agency: The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Discipline: Any thesis topic withsubstantive element of northern geography of Canada
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000
The James W. Bourque Studentship in Northern Geography ($5,000), is awarded annually by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. It is for students enrolled in a Doctoral or Masters program at a Canadian university. The studentship will be awarded for research leading to a thesis on a subject relating to northern geography.
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Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation: Goldwin Howland Scholarships
Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation
Discipline: Occupational Therapy
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,000
Estabished in 1945 in appreciation of the tireless work of Dr. Goldwin W. Howland, first President of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT). This scholarship is awarded annually to an individual, life or student member of CAOT who has demonstrated leadership and vision with the profession. Applicants must be enrolled in graduate study related to occupational therapy which has broad implications for the scope of the profession.
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Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation: Graduate Scholarships
Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation
Discipline: Occupational Therapy
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $1,500 for Masters or $3,000 for PhD
These scholarships are awarded annually to individual, life or student members of CAOT enrolled full-time or part-time in a master's or doctoral program in a discipline related to occupational therapy research.
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Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation: Thelma Cardwell Scholarship
Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation
Discipline: Occupational Therapy
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,000
Established in 1985 in honour of Dr. Thelma Cardwell on the occasion of her retirement from the Occupational Therapy Division of the University of Toronto. This scholarship is awarded annually to an individual, life or student member of CAOT enrolled full-time in a master's or doctoral level program who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to occupational therapy.
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Canadian Polar Commission Scholarship
Agency: Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
Discipline: Any field relevant to Northern Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
The Canadian Polar Commission offers one scholarship valued at $10,000 available to students who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada presently enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian university. Applications are invited from candidates who (a) engage in research culminating in a thesis or other such document, (b) have an interdisciplinary emphasis to their research, (c) demonstrate excellence in Polar studies and, (d) are willing to communicate results in a major national or Northern forum.
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Canadian Political Science Association: Parliamentary Internship Programme
Agency: Canadian Political Science Association
Discipline: Political Science or other relevant field
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $22,000 over ten (10) months of internship
As participants in the Parliamentary Internship Programme, interns work for Members of Parliament from both the Government and Opposition benches. They regularly meet with eminent Canadians through the Brown Bag Lunch series and have access to a wide range of journalists, members of the diplomatic community and representatives of Canada’s public and private sectors. Parliamentary interns get involved with a wide variety of tasks, based on their interests and varied skill sets.
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Canadian Society of Medievalists: The Leonard E Boyle Dissertation Prize for Medieval Studies
Agency: Canadian Society of Medievalists
Discipline: Medieval Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Cash award
Awarded to a deserving doctoral thesis in any field of medieval studies produced by a Canadian or someone resident in Canada. Entries are adjudicated by the Dissertation Prize Committee, a subcommittee of the Canadian Society of Medievalists, and the prize will be presented at the annual meeting of the Society. The Prize itself consists of a cash award as well as a membership in the Society for three years. Members automatically receive copies of the journal Florilegium and the newsletter Scrinium.
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Canadian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships
Agency: International Council for Canadian Studies
Discipline: Canadian Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $2,500 per month plus the cost of a return airline ticket for a maximum of $10,000.
To enable young Canadian and foreign academics who have completed a doctoral thesis on a topic primarily related to Canada and are not employed in a full-time, university teaching position to visit a Canadian or foreign university with a Canadian Studies program for a teaching or research fellowship. The length of the stay will be of a minimum of one month and maximum of three months.
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Canadian Transportation Research Forum: Scholarships For Graduate Study In Transportation
Agency: Canadian Transportation Research Forum
Discipline: Transportation research-focused project
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $4,000-$6,000
The CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH FORUM (CTRF) encourages graduate students to specialize in the transportation field through its scholarship program. The mission is to develop highly qualified personnel who will eventually join and contribute to the transportation profession. Therefore, CTRF, in cooperation with several other organizations, is offering scholarships worth between $4,000 and $6,000 each for the academic year 2011-2012. Preference is given to (but not limited to) students applying for and entering Masters or PhD programs and current graduate students in the process of choosing research topics for thesis or graduating essays.
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Canadian Water Resource Association Scholarships
Agency: Canadian Water Resource Association
Discipline: Applied, natural, or social science aspects of water resources.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Dillon Scholarship: $5,000; Ken Thomson: $2,000; Memorial Scholarship: $1,500; and two (2) additional scholarship worth $1,500
The Canadian Water Resources Association annually offers five scholarships awarded to graduate students whose programs of study focus on applied, natural, or social science aspects of water resources. The $5,000 Dillon Consulting Scholarship is awarded to the highest ranked of the applicants. Funding is provided by Dillon Consulting Ltd. on an annual basis. The $2,000 Ken Thomson Scholarship is awarded to the second highest ranked applicant. The Ken Thomson Scholarship is awarded from a special fund set up in his honour. In addition, three $1,500 scholarships are awarded from the general funds of the Canadian Water Resources Association. All applicants receive a one-year membership in the Canadian Water Resources Association.
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Canadian Wildlife Federation: Orville Erickson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Agency: Canadian Wildlife Federation
Discipline: Conservation
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Scholarships range in value from $500 to $4,000.
The Orville Erickson Memorial Scholarships are awarded once per year to post-secondary students in the field of conservation. The fund is administered by the Canadian Wildlife Foundation and is financed entirely by private-sector donations in memory of Orville Erickson, a prominent Canadian conservationist and past CWF president. The deadline for applications is May 25 of each year.
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Canadian Window on International Development Awards
Agency: International Development Research Centre
Discipline: International Development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Low Income Countries
Max Funding: $20,000
Supports graduate-level research into the boundaries between international development policy and domestic policy.
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Cancer Research Training Program
Agency: Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute
Discipline: Cancer research stuides
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Atlantic Canada
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $17,850 per annum
The Cancer Research Training Program provides more than $400,000 each year in salary support to approximately 25 graduate students who wish to pursue cancer research studies under the supervision of experienced cancer researchers at Dalhousie University. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, The Terry Fox Foundation, Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, Cancer Care Nova Scotia, Canadian Cancer Society (Nova Scotia Division) and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation—Atlantic Region provide funds to the Cancer Research Training Program. In addition to salary support, the Cancer Research Training Program offers specific skills-training workshops in such important areas as writing grants and communicating research. Faculty supervisors place a high value on the program. They report that it allows them to conduct more and larger research studies and that their trainees’ efforts are crucial to the success and productivity of their research programs.
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Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program for the Americas
Agency: Canon National Parks
Discipline: Conservation-related research projects in the biological, physical, social and cultural sciences, and technological innovation in support of conservation science.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada, USA, Mexico, Central and South America, Caribbean
Award to be taken up in: North and South Americas
Max Funding: $26,000/year for up to three (3) years
The Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program for the Americas provides eight fellowships to PhD students throughout the Americas (Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean) to conduct conservation-related research projects in the biological, physical, social and cultural sciences, and technological innovation in support of conservation science. The program aims to support research on critical problems facing the region's national parks. The fellowship provides $26,000 a year for up to three years. In addition to the eight fellowship winners, four honorable mentions will receive a one-time scholarship of $1,000. The application deadline is in early May.
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Caribou Research and Management Award
Agency: Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
Discipline: Any field related to barren-ground caribou and their habitat, or that would have application to caribou conservation and management.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $1,500
Sponsored by the Caribou Management Scholarship Fund maintained by the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board, this $1,500 award is offered to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada enrolled in college or university pursuing studies that contribute to the understanding of barren-ground caribou and their habitat, or that would have application to caribou conservation and management.Preference will be given to students who normally reside in the communities of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq range.
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C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation Engineering Awards Program
Agency: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Discipline: Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $7,500 for three (3) years or until degree is obtainted, whichever occurs first.
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CIAJ: Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship
Agency: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
Discipline: Any relevant field
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $6,000
The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice provides funds for the Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship, named in honour of Mr. Justice Charles Gonthier of the Supreme Court of Canada, a former President of the Institute. The Fellowship supports research in relation to the topic of the Institute's annual conference.
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CIDA Awards for Canadians
Agency: Canadian International Development Agency
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $10,000
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will allocate about 60 awards in 2002 to master's students and professionals who wish to pursue research or take on a project in a developing country. Application deadline is April 15. Applicants are required to establish contact with an organization in a developing country, prepare a proposal and, if selected, co-ordinate all logistical and financial arrangements. The award of up to $10,000 defrays direct costs including travel and subsistence.
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CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) Science Writer Scholarships
Agency: CIHR
Discipline: Health Research
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $20,000
The Graduate Science Writer Scholarships have been established to increase the number of Canadian science writers engaged in communicating the findings and implications of health research. Up to five awards may be given each year.
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Collaborative Coastal Research Projects
Agency: Robin Rigby Trust
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $25,000
Funds collaborative research projects that focus on understanding and implementing aspects of sustainable development in coastal areas. Provides support to Canadians travelling overseas, and non-Canadians travelling to Canada, in both cases to undertake coastal research that involves collaboration with appropriate coastal communities, coastal research organizations, and/or coastal-focused non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
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Columbia University's Society of Fellows in the Humanities Competition
Agency: Columbia University
Discipline: Humanities and/or Social Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: $59,000/year stipend (renewable for up to 3 years); $5,000 research allowance/year
The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2011-2012. We invite applications from qualified candidates who have received the Ph.D. between 1 January 2007 and 1 July 2011. Fellows are appointed as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The fellowship is renewable for a second and third year. In the first year, Fellows teach one course per semester: at least one of these courses will be in the undergraduate general education program of the University. In years two and three, Fellows teach one course per year. In addition to teaching and research, the duties of Fellows include attendance at the Society's lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the Society and of the department with which the Fellow is affiliated. The annual stipend will be $59,000. Each Fellow will also receive a research allowance of $5,000 per annum.
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Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
Agency: International Council for Canadian Studies
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Applicants limited to those from Commonwealth countries.
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Varies by country
The Commonwealth Plan provides opportunities for Commonwealth students to pursue advanced studies in other Commonwealth countries. The fellowships are awarded to graduates of recognized universities for a period of two academic years and the intervening summer, and are intended to cover the holder's travel, living, and study expenses during the period of tenure. Commonwealth Scholarships tenable in Canadian universities are open to men and women who are citizens of a Commonwealth country and are normally resident in any part of the Commonwealth other than Canada. Applicants who have or are applying for landed immigrant status in Canada are not eligible.
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Commonwealth Scholarship Plan - India
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: India
Max Funding: varies
Funds Canadians who wish to pursue graduate education in India. Two types of award are offered in any field of study: for study at the graduate level (masters or doctoral), or to conduct research toward a doctoral program in Canada.
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Commonwealth Scholarship Plan - New Zealand
Agency: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: New Zealand
Max Funding: Varies by university
The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) was established in 1959, with the first scholars selected in 1960. The Plan was suggested in an influential speech by Sidney Smith, a former President of the University of Toronto and later Canadian Minister of External Affairs, in September 1958. The goal of the Plan is to nurture educational links among Commonwealth countries and to strengthen the ideals upon which the Commonwealth was founded. Over 25,000 Commonwealth citizens have held awards - many going on to reach the very highest levels of their profession. For further background on the CSFP, visit: www.csfp-online.org/ *.
Currently New Zealand universities offer awards to Canadians for doctoral study under the Plan which is managed in New Zealand by the Universities New Zealand – Te PÅkai Tara *.
Each university's Scholarship Committee is responsible for final selection, academic matters, payments to scholars and for arranging travel, reception and other services.
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Commonwealth Scholarships & Fellowships Plan (CSFP)
Agency: Association of Commonwealth Universities
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Botswana, Brunei, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Tanzania, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom
Max Funding: varies
Commonwealth Scholarships are available for graduate study in Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, the South Pacific and Tanzania, and a Commonwealth Fellowship for faculty research in Nigeria. Applications are open to citizens of any Commonwealth country except those from of the same country as the award.
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Community Forestry: Trees and People — John G. Bene Fellowship
Agency: International Development Research Centre
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $15,000
Provides assistance to Canadian graduate students undertaking research on the relationship between forest resources and the social, economic, cultural, and environmental welfare of people in developing countries.
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Craig Dobbin Scholarships
Agency: Ireland-Canada University Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada, Ireland
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Ireland
Max Funding: $7,000
Awards for scholars and academics who are currently engaged in (or commencing) graduate-level research which is, or has potential to be, related to both Ireland and Canada. Funds are provided to meet the costs of a short visit of three to four weeks to a university or research institution in the other country.
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Dairy Farmers of Canada: Graduate Student Award in Dairy Research
Agency: Dairy Farmers of Canada
Discipline: Food Science, Nutrition
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $1,000
The Dairy Farmers of Canada, an organization that supports and promotes the use of Canadian dairy products in the Canadian diet, offers an annual award to a student graduating from Human Ecology who applies for graduate study or a dietetic internship, who exhibits academic and leadership qualities.
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Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology
Agency: Historians, curators, critics, independent researchers, artists and scientists in various fields, including computer science and related areas of social science.
Discipline: Historians, curators, critics, independent researchers, artists and scientists in various fields, including computer science and related areas of social science.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
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Award to be taken up in: Canada
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The program of Grants for Researchers in Residence is open to historians, curators, critics, independent researchers, artists and scientists in various fields, including computer science and related areas of social science. Applicants must be researchers at the doctoral or post-doctoral level, or demonstrate that they have equivalent experience or have achieved an international reputation for research in art, science and technology.
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Davies Charitable Foundation Research Fellowship
Agency: The Davies Charitable Foundation
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
The Davies Charitable Foundation Research Fellowship is an award designed to support Kingston area notices at the peak of academic excellence. One award of $10,000.00 annually is available through a competition of qualified applicants. As it is the primary mandate of the Davies Charitable Foundation to support individuals and groups in the Kingston area, the award is only available to persons born in the Kingston, Ontario area or who have resided in the area for at least 5 years prior to the student's 20th birthday. For the purposes of this award the Kingston area is defined as the area encompassed by the Towns of Napanee, Lansdowne and Portland, Ontario. Submissions are due April 15th of each year.
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Doctoral Research Awards
Agency: International Development Research Centre
Discipline: International Development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $20,000
To fund doctoral research in International Development Studies.
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Doctoral Scholars Forgivable Loan Program
Agency: Yanmar American Corporation
Discipline: Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: International applicants restricted to those from the USA and Mexico only.
Award to be taken up in: Any ABET accredited institution
Max Funding: $5,000 per year. Up to $15,000 over three (3) years.
The purpose of the SAE Doctoral Scholars Program, now in its 16th year, is to provide funding to assist and encourage promising engineering graduate students to pursue careers in teaching at the college level. The program is designed to help alleviate the increasing shortage of engineering college faculty by attracting qualified citizens of North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico) who are interested in pursuing teaching careers, through the promise of financial assistance during their doctoral study program. Upon completion of the doctoral requirements, one year's loan will be forgiven for each year the recipient teaches engineering on the faculty of an engineering school accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the Canadian Accreditation Board or its equivalent in Mexico, or a school approved by SAE's Education Board.
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Doctoral Student Research Award
Agency: Understanding Canada - Canadian Studies
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taipei, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: varies
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.
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Dr. Ted Wall Graduate Student Research Award
Agency: Active Living Association
Discipline: Research conducted by graduate students in the area of active living and Canadians with disabilities
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Contact the Active Living Association at ala@ala.ca for more information.
Given in recognition of scholarly research conducted by graduate students in the area of active living and Canadians with disabilities, eligible projects will relate to disability and sport, recreation and leisure, physical education, or physically active lifestyles of Canadians with disabilities. Canadian students who are currently enrolled, or who have graduated within one year of the deadline from a graduate level program at a Canadian university are eligible to apply.
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Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund: Injury Prevention Research Fellowship
Agency: Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund
Discipline: Catastrophic injury prevention
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
An award to recognize and honour people who make sports and recreational activities safer from catastrophic injuries which typically involve the eyes, spine, or brain.
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ECOPOLIS Graduate Research and Design Awards
Agency: International Development Research Centre
Discipline: International Development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Low Income Countries
Max Funding: $40,000
For Masters or Doctorate-level research projects in developing countries, promoting research and design projects that help lighten the environmental problems borne by the urban poor and enhance their financial, human, resource, and social and political assets.
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Educational Testing Service: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Program
Agency: Educational Testing Service
Discipline: Educational measurement and psychometrics, validity, natural language processing and speech technologies, cognitive psychology, learning theory, lignuistics and computational linguistics, teaching and classroom research, statistics, assessment design and development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: Salaries are competitive. $5,000 one-time relocation incentive. Employee benefits, vacation, holidays, and other paid leave.
Individuals who have recently earned their doctoral degrees are invited to apply for a unique fellowship experience which combines working on cutting-edge ETS research projects and conducting independent research that is relevant to ETS’ goals. The fellowship is carried out in the ETS offices in Princeton, N.J. The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program seeks to significantly increase the involvement of highly skilled individuals in research and development.
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Educational Testing Service: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Program
Agency: Educational Testing Service
Discipline: Educational measurement and psychometrics, validity, natural language processing and speech technologies, cognitive psychology, learning theory, lignuistics and computational linguistics, teaching and classroom research, statistics, assessment design and development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: Salaries are competitive. $5,000 one-time relocation incentive. Employee benefits, vacation, holidays, and other paid leave.
Individuals who have recently earned their doctoral degrees are invited to apply for a unique fellowship experience which combines working on cutting-edge ETS research projects and conducting independent research that is relevant to ETS’ goals. The fellowship is carried out in the ETS offices in Princeton, N.J. The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program seeks to significantly increase the involvement of highly skilled individuals in research and development.
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Educational Testing Service: Summer Program In Research For Graduate Students
Agency: Educational Testing Service
Discipline: Educational measurement and psychometrics, validity, natural language processing and speech technologies, cognitive psychology, learning theory, lignuistics and computational linguistics, teaching and classroom research, statistics, assessment design and development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: $5,000 salary. $2,500 relocation and housing allowance.
Interns in this eight-week program participate in research under the guidance of a senior ETS staff member in a variety of areas related to educational assessment.
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Eldon H. Trimingham Master of Business Administration Scholarship
Agency: Bank of Bermuda Foundation
Discipline: Business Administration
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Bermuda
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 60,000 Bermudian dollars
Awarded to young Bermudians pursuing fulltime MBA studies at a university outside of Bermuda.
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Entomological Society Of Canada: Postgraduate Award
Agency: Entomological Society of Canada
Discipline: Entomology
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,000
The Entomological Society of Canada offers two postgraduate awards of $2,000 each to assist students in study and research leading to a postgraduate degree in entomology. The postgraduate awards will be made on the basis of high scholastic achievement. The Society will normally award one scholarship to a M.Sc. student and one to a Ph.D. student. The applicant must be a postgraduate student enrolled at a Canadian university and their studies and research must be carried out at a Canadian university. A student who was unable to gain admission or enters graduate school as a qualifying candidate is not eligible to receive an award.
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Entomological Society Of Canada: Research-Travel Grants
Agency: Entomological Society of Canada
Discipline: Entomology
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: $2,000
To foster graduate education in entomology, the Entomological Society of Canada will offer two research-travel scholarships, awarded annually on a competitive basis. The intent of these scholarships is to help students increase the scope of the graduate training. These scholarships, up to a maximum of $2,000, will provide an opportunity for students to undertake research or course work pertinent to their thesis subject that could not be carried out at their own institution, and that represents a significant addition to the planned thesis research or course work. Applications will be judged on scientific merit.
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Equal Opportunities Scholarship Program
Agency: Government of Canada, administered by the Embassy of Canada to Chile
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Chile
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: varies
To provide up to 100 scholarships per annum to Chileans wishing to conduct Master's or doctoral studies in Canada.
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Fessenden-Trott Scholarship
Agency: Bank of Bermuda Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Bermuda, Canada, USA
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 36,000 Bermudian dollars
Scholarships offered for undergrad and grad studies, to nationals of Bermuda, Canada and the US.
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Fonds de recherche sur la nature et les technologies
Agency: Vary
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Varies
Max Funding:
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Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture
Agency: Varies
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding:
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada: The Cadieux-Leger Fellowship
Agency: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Discipline: Canadian Foreign Affairs
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $48,000
The Cadieux-Léger Fellowship provides direct experience in a policy planning environment to researchers concerned with the diverse challenges facing Canadian foreign policy. The Cadieux-Léger Fellow is based in the Policy Research Division at DFAIT. While at DFAIT, the Fellow is expected to advance a research project on a topic relevant to Canadian foreign policy and may also contribute to the work of the Department in the area of his or her expertise. This may include writing papers, offering presentations and participating in the policy development process.
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada: The Norman Robertson Fellowship
Agency: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Discipline: Economics, Political Economy and Political Science with an international focus.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $3,500/month for up to six (6) months
The Fellowship will allow a scholar to spend a maximum of six months as, in effect, a staff member of the Office of the Chief Economist*. The award is intended to provide the Fellow with direct experience in government; at the same time the Fellow brings new, external perspectives to bear on the research and analysis conducted by the Office in support of International Trade Canada’s various activities.
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Foreign Government Awards Program - France
Agency: Embassy of France in Canada
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: France
Max Funding: varies
Scholarships for study in France, in all disciplines, are offered at the Master's, Doctoral or Post-Doctoral level. Priority will be given to those undertaking thesis work under cotutelles or joint supervision (dual degree).
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Foreign Government Awards Program - Korea
Agency: Government of Korea
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Korea
Max Funding: varies
One or two awards are offered for study at the graduate level in Korean studies, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, and other subjects. Candidates can study in Korea for up to 2 years (Master's) or 3 years (doctoral).
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Foreign Government Awards Program - Mexico
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Mexico
Max Funding: varies
Fifteen scholarships are available for study or research at the masters, doctoral or postdoctoral level in all fields with the exception of dentistry, plastic surgery, marketing, accounting, advertising, and business administration. Scholarships are also offered for specialization or medical specialization courses.
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Foreign Government Awards Program - Russia
Agency: Government of the Russian Federation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Russia
Max Funding: varies
Three scholarships are available for studies/research at the undergraduate, Master's and PhD level
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Foreign Government Awards Program - Switzerland
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Switzerland
Max Funding: varies
Two scholarships are available for studies at the Masters/PhD level and for research at the post-doctoral level in Switzerland. Priority will be given to PhD and Post-doctoral level applicants. Scholarships are only tenable at one of the 10 universities or 2 federal institutes of technology in Switzerland. In the framework of a special allocation, scholarships for advanced arts students are offered to the best applicants who are already at an advanced stage of their training.
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Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: French
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: United States
Max Funding: varies
Provides an opportunity for Francophone Canadian students and teachers to teach French language and culture and to study at select universities in the United States.
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Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Agency: Cambridge University
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: Full cost of living, including tuition, living allowance ((£12, 750 prorated for 12 months), and an economy class ticket to and from Cambridge.
Award offered by Cambridge University to non-UK students for pursuit of studies at Cambridge.
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GEM (The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.) Fellowship Program
Agency: The National GEM Consotium
Discipline: Engineering, Natural Science
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: USA
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: MS Engineering: $10,000 stipend over three semesters/four quarters; a minimum of two paid summer internships with a GEM Employer Member; waived tuition and fees at a GEM University. PhD Engineering: During the first academic year of doctoral study, the GEM Consortium pays the stipend and a cost of instruction grant to the institution where the fellow is enrolled. Thereafter, the total fellowship cost is borne by the GEM University. Fellows are provided a practical summer work experience through the Employer Member for at least one summer. PhD Natural Science: $14,000 stipend in year 1 of the PhD program; GEM Member University support years 2-5, equivalent to other funded doctorate students in the department; a minimum of one paid summer internship with a GEM Employer Member; waived tuition and fees at a GEM University.
GEM's fellowship programs span the entire recruitment, retention, and professional development spectrum. GEM's principal activity is the provision of graduate fellowships at the MS and Ph.D. levels coupled with paid summer internships. GEM also offers informational sessions on the importance of graduate school and tools for access and successful matriculation. GEM also produces publications for graduate and undergraduate students, unviersity and industry administrators to assist in the education process of how to obtain a graduate STEM education. GEM is devoted to increasing access and success in engineering and science graduate education and practice.
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German-Canadian Studies Research Scholarship
Agency: German-Canadian Studies Research Scholarships
Discipline: Including, but not limited to, History, linguistics, literature, sociology, geography, political science, economics, or cultural anthropology.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: PhD - $13,000; Masters - $9,000
Since 2007, the GERMAN-CANADIAN STUDIES RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP (PhD/MA) has been awarded on a biennial basis for the most promising doctoral dissertation project or thesis project on any aspect in the field of German-Canadian Studies.
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Gordon Global Fellowship
Agency: Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: $20,000
Targeted towards young and emerging leaders in Canada who have demonstrated a commitment to international issues; provides financial and other support that enables recipients to deepen their understanding of global policy issues.
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Government of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF)
Agency: DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Russia, Switzerland
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $36,500
To provide research opportunities to promising recent foreign doctoral graduates.
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Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Agency: The Simons Foundation
Discipline: Disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000
The Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation are offered by The Simons Foundation and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). The primary objective of the awards is to enhance Canadian graduate-level scholarship on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues.
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Graduate Student Scholarships
Agency: International Council for Canadian Studies
Discipline: Social sciences or humanities
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Up to $3,500
To facilitate the renewal of the community of Canadianists by supporting the work of young scholars, by enabling successful candidates to spend 4-6 weeks at a Canadian university or research site other than their own doing research related to their thesis or dissertation in the field of Canadian Studies.
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Grass Fellowships
Agency: Grass Foundation
Discipline: Natural and Life Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: Varies
Supports independent research by investigators early in their careers and increases research opportunities for persons planning careers in neurobiological investigation. Tenable at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA.
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Griffith University: International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
Agency: Griffith University
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Australia
Max Funding: Tuition and health insurance coverage
The IPRS is designed to attract and support highly ranked international applicants during the University's annual postgraduate research scholarship round. The IPRS covers tuition fees for the student and Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the student and their dependant/s. No other expenses are paid by this scheme, however award recipients may seek additional funding from alternative sources. In addition, the scheme also supports international applicants successful in gaining stipend scholarships.
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Hamilton Community Foundation: E.B. Eastburn Fellowship in the Natural or Physical Sciences, Including Medicine
Agency: Hamilton Community Foundation
Discipline: Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: McMaster University, Canada
Max Funding: $80,000 over 24 months
Provide an opportunity for a new scholar who has recently completed, or will soon complete, doctoral studies to pursue full time study and research in engineering or the sciences (natural or physical sciences, including medicine).
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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation: Dissertation Fellowships
Agency: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Discipline: Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Dissertations with no relevance to understanding human violence and aggression will not be supported. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $20,000
These fellowships of $20,000 each are designed to contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a timely manner and are only appropriate for students approaching the final year of their Ph.D. work. This fellowship is not for support of doctoral research. Applications are evaluated in comparison with each other and not in competition with the postdoctoral research grant proposals. Applicants may be citizens of any country and studying at colleges or universities in any country.
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Health Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship
Agency: Health Canada
Discipline:
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: Varies
Supporting a culture of collaboration and knowledge exchange is an important part of CIHR's mandate. Knowledge Translation (KT) is a dynamic and iterative process that includes the synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically-sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the healthcare system.
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Heart and Stroke Foundation Of Canada: Doctoral Research Award
Agency: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Discipline: Cardiovascular or cerebrovascular fields.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
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Doctoral Research Award support highly qualified graduate students enrolled in a PhD program who are undertaking full-time research training in the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular fields.
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Heart and Stroke Foundation Of Canada: Nursing Research Fellowship
Agency: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Discipline: Nursing
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada; outside of Canada under exceptional circumstances.
Max Funding: $40,000
The Nursing Research Fellowship is an "in-training" award for persons undertaking academic preparation in some area of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular nursing. As this award is directed towards preparing nurses who intend to undertake independent research programs, preference is given to students who have completed their Masters thesis and are now enrolled in a doctoral program. However, exceptional applications from Masters students undertaking a thesis will be considered. For Masters degree candidates, the program must include a requirement for a research project or thesis. Applications for post-doctoral support will also be considered.
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Heart and Stroke Foundation Of Canada: Research Fellowship
Agency: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Discipline: Cardiovascular or cerebrovascular fields.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
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A Research Fellowship is an "in-training" award to support young investigators with a professional degree (PhD, MD, BM, DVM or equivalent) in initiating and/or continuing in the scientific method and chosen area of the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular fields.
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H. L. Holmes Award NRC
Agency: National Research Council of Canada
Discipline: Chemistry, physics, biology or mathematics as they relate to medical and biological processes.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $100,000/year for up to two (2) years
The H.L. Holmes Award has been established by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in honour of the late Dr. R.H.L. Holmes, a chemist who spent most of his research career in Alberta.
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Hugh Kelly Fellowship
Agency: Rhodes University
Discipline: Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geography, Geology, Human Kinetics & Ergonomics, Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Mathematical Statistics, Mathematics (Pure & Applied), Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physics & Electronics, Zoology and Entomology and Water Sciences (based within the Institute for Water Research).
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: South Africa
Max Funding: R5000.00 monthly cash stipend to supplement the Fellow's usual source of income.
The Hugh Kelly Fellowship is for a senior scholar with a well-established research record. The fellowship is open to those researchers who were awarded their PhDs more than five (5) years ago.
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ICETEX postgraduate scholarship
Agency: Government of Colombia
Discipline: various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Colombia
Max Funding: varies
The Colombian government, through the Colombian Institute of Credit and Technical Studies Abroad – ICETEX, is offering on a reciprocity basis postgraduate scholarships to international students in the best institutions of higher education and research in Colombia.
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IDRC: Agropolis International Graduate Research Awards In Urban Agriculture
Agency: Agropolis
Discipline: Health and Nutrition, Sociology, Gender Analysis, Economics, Geography, Urban Planning, Architecture, Waste and Water Engineering, Environmental Studies and Environmental Impact Assessment, Agronomy, Forestry, Fisheries, Horticulture, Animal Health and Production, Food Marketing, Agricultural Extension and Financing, Communications and Information Sciences.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: Up to $20,000 per year.
The objective of the AGROPOLIS program is to advance knowledge and inform interventions in critical problem areas of urban and peri-urban agriculture (UA). This new program supports innovative master's and doctoral field research, designed and implemented jointly with international, national or local research users. AGROPOLIS is intended for graduate academic programs which involve non-academic actors in the development of the design and implementation of the graduate students' research. It is designed for students who want their graduate research to have an impact on development. It will be of use to non-academic actors in development who wish to tap well-trained and supervised researchers for new information relevant to their work.
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IDRC: Canadian Window on International Development Awards
Agency: IDRC
Discipline: Research that explores the interrelationships between Canada and developing countries, to better understand issues of common concern.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: International applicants restricted to those from developing countries only.
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Up to $20,000 per year.
IDRC offers these awards annually to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing master’s or doctoral studies at a Canadian university. These awards are intended for field research in Canada and one or more developing countries. Countries around the world are grappling with economic, environmental, health, and social issues that are increasingly global in nature. Canada faces many complex problems that have international dimensions, while Canadian policies in areas such as trade, investment, and immigration may have profound effects on less developed countries. These awards support research that explores the interrelationships between Canada and developing countries, to better understand issues of common concern. Successful proposals will also identify the potential for Canada and the developing country to learn from each other in dealing with a shared problem.
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IDRC: Doctoral Research Awards
Agency: IDRC
Discipline: International Development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: International applicants restricted to those from developing countries.
Award to be taken up in: Canada; field research must take place in a developing country
Max Funding: $20,000
IDRC offers these awards twice a year in April and November to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing doctoral studies at a Canadian university. These awards are intended for field research in one or more developing countries. Candidates must conduct their research in areas corresponding to IDRC's research priorities.
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IDRC: John G. Bene Fellowship
Agency: IDRC
Discipline: An academic background that combines forestry or agroforestry with social sciences. Applicants from interdisciplinary programs (e.g. environmental studies) may also be eligible, provided their programs contain the specified elements
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $15,000/year; can be renewed for a second year.
IDRC's Fellowships and Awards program offers this fellowship annually to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada pursuing their master’s or doctoral studies at a Canadian university. Candidates must have an academic background that combines forestry or agroforestry with social sciences. We offer this fellowship to facilitate field research on the relationship between forest resources and the social, economic, cultural, and environmental welfare of people in developing countries.
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IDRC: The Bentley Cropping Systems Fellowship
Agency: IDRC
Discipline: Agriculture, forestry or biology
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $30,000
This Fellowship (a bequest from Helen S. Bentley and C. Fred Bentley) provides assistance to Canadian and developing-country graduate students with a university degree in agriculture, forestry or biology, who wish to undertake postgraduate, applied, on-farm research with cooperating farmers in a developing country. Projects should evaluate and/or promote the use of fertility enhancing plants, such as leguminous forages, shrubs, cover crops, and grain legumes in small farms. The intent is to seek ways to increase the yield of food crops, improve farmers’ livelihoods, and improve soil fertility. The research should seek cropping system changes that will lead to: sustainable and increased crop yields; production of more and improved animal feed; improved soil and water conservation; improved weed control, and/or biological fixation of nitrogen. Projects should be planned and executed in cooperation with an international agricultural research centre, or with a developing-country institution involved in agricultural research that has an applied on-farm orientation.
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INRS (Institute national de la recherche scientifique): Bourses
Agency: Institute national de la recherche scientifique
Discipline:
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding:
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Institute for Comparative Literature and Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
Agency: Columbia University
Discipline: Humanities and/or Social Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: $45,000, plus benefits
The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship through the International Network to Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) program at Columbia University, which was launched in 2010. The fellowship will cover a 10-month period beginning August 1, 2011, and comes with a stipend of $45,000 plus benefits.
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Institute for Work & Health: Mustard Fellowship in Work Environment and Health
Agency: Institute for Work and Health
Discipline: Social, behavioural, organizational or health sciences, including epidemiology, medicine and allied medical professions.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $50,000
The Fellowship supports the development of outstanding new researchers in the field of work and health congruent with the mission of the Institute. It aims specifically to build capacity for innovative multidisciplinary research concerning the relationships between work environments and worker health. As such, the Fellowship is open to a range of academic disciplines including social, behavioural and organizational sciences, as well as clinical and population health sciences.
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International Business Scholarships
Agency: Export Development Canada
Discipline: Business Studies, Economics, Management Studies, Environmental Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $13,000
30 scholarships awarded annually for Canadian full-time undergraduate students with an interest in international business, or combined studies in business with sustainable management or environmental studies.
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International Development Management Fellowship
Agency: Aga Khan Foundation Canada; CIDA
Discipline: Business, Management & Commerce, International Development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, India, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda
Max Funding: varies
Since 1989, Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) has been helping to develop young Canadian leaders in the field of international development through its Development Fellowship Program.Fellowships feature an eight-month placement in Asia or Africa, preceded by a four week management seminar in Ottawa facilitated by leading development practitioners. The month-long management seminar in Ottawa provides fellows with a thorough grounding in the skills required to contribute effectively to their host organizations by emphasizing an analytical approach and strategic thinking and planning. Workshops are taught by some of Canada’s foremost international cooperation professionals. Participants then carry out an eight-month internship where they gain first-hand, practical experience, while contributing to their host organization’s work.
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International Dissertation Research Fellowship
Agency: Social Science Research Council (US)
Discipline: Humanities, Social Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Offers support to graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research outside of the United States, that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies.
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International Fulbright Science and Technology Awards
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: United States
Max Funding: varies
Intended for Canadian students who wish to enroll in a PhD program in Science, Technology, or Engineering at a US institution.
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International Incoming Fellowships
Agency: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), People Program - Marie Curie Actions
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Funds advanced training for Third Country (non-EU) researchers, including salary and related costs. Initial outgoing phase of 1-2 years takes place in EU country, with possible reintegration phase of 1 year in home country.
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International Microfinance and Microenterprise Fellowship
Agency: Aga Khan Foundation Canada; CIDA
Discipline: Business, Management & Commerce, International Development
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, India, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda
Max Funding: Varies
Since 1989, Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) has been helping to develop young Canadian leaders in the field of international development through its Development Fellowship Program.Fellowships feature an eight-month placement in Asia or Africa, preceded by a four week management seminar in Ottawa facilitated by leading development practitioners. The month-long management seminar in Ottawa provides fellows with a thorough grounding in the skills required to contribute effectively to their host organizations by emphasizing an analytical approach and strategic thinking and planning. Workshops are taught by some of Canada’s foremost international cooperation professionals. Participants then carry out an eight-month internship where they gain first-hand, practical experience, while contributing to their host organization’s work.
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International Outgoing Fellowships
Agency: European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), People Program - Marie Curie Actions
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Funds advanced training for EU researchers, including salary and a contribution to research-related costs. Initial outgoing phase of 1-2 years takes place in non-EU country, followed by a mandatory reintegration phase of 1 year in an EU country.
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International Youth Internship Programs
Agency: CIDA - Youth Programs
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Low Income Countries
Max Funding: $15,000
To provide recent Canadian university graduates with international experience, skills and knowledge that will prepare them for future employment in a knowledge-based economy.
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IODE War Memorial Scholarships
Agency: Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada or Commonwealth
Max Funding: $15,000
As World War I ended, The National Chapter of Canada IODE initiated a living memorial to 60,000 Canadians whose lives were sacriï¬ced. This War Memorial, approved at the 1918 Annual Meeting in Montreal, provided bursaries for university studies in Canada to children of men killed or permanently disabled in the Great War. Immediately, a campaign to raise $500,000 began, and by 1920 the ï¬rst bursaries were awarded. Each province was assigned one award of $250 a year for four years (later increased to $300). Where there was no candidate, the bursary went to another province.
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IPMI Students Awards For Precious Metal Research: IPMI Graduate Student Award
Agency: Gemini Industries
Discipline: Precious metals research
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Various
Award to be taken up in: Varies
Max Funding: $5,000
The International Precious Metals Institute is now accepting nominations from faculty members for its 2011 Student Award Program. The awards will be made to students who have started or plan to do research or development projects in the field of precious metals
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Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award
Agency: Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation
Discipline: Languages, Social Sciences, Humanities and Performing Arts, or any interdisciplinary program, for example, Canadian Studies, European Studies, Gender and Women Studies and IDS are encouraged to apply.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $4,000
The Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation established The Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award in 2003 to foster research into the meaning and underlying principles for “good human conduct.” The Foundation is interested in stimulating scholarly work that defines “good human conduct” with which all persons could agree, to explore its sources, and develop pragmatic educational strategies and ways of teaching children, to show by action, respect and acceptance of others by peoples of the world regardless of circumstances or background. The spirit of the research may be illustrated by the words of Confucius: “Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you.” Researchers are encouraged to demonstrate the importance of acceptance and mutual respect of others and the impact this behavior has on our society.
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ISER Books Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Memorial University of New Foundland
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: Unspecified
Available on a competitive basis to researchers from Memorial University of Newfoundland or elsewhere to support the development of a doctoral dissertation into a manuscript suitable for publication by ISER Books. The doctoral degree must have been completed within the three-year period immediately preceding the application deadline date. ISER Books Post-Doctoral Fellowship is tenable for one year and the award holder must be in residence at Memorial University during the tenure of the fellowship.
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IWK Health Centre: Graduate Student Research Scholarship
Agency: IWK Health Centre
Discipline: Women's and children's health
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: 75% of the MRC grant paid studentship award (using MRC guidelines, the award would be $13,388 (i.e. $17,850 x .75))
In 1994, participants at the IWK Research Planning Retreat recommended that the IWK support a graduate student program. With the amalgamation of the IWK and Grace hospitals in 1996, the scholarship program was incorporated into the new IWK Research programs. In November 1998, with a recommendation to expand the program to three scholarships annually, the Robbie Thompson Scholarship was added. The goals and objectives of the IWK Graduate Student Scholarship are to foster the development of partnership between IWK researchers and Dalhousie and other universities, to encourage graduate student interest and research in women's and children's health and to facilitate the recruitment of highly qualified graduate students for supervision by IWK staff or employees.
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Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarships/Postdoctoral Fellowships
Agency: Killam Trusts
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $20,000 for Master's candidates and $25,000 for Doctoral candidates. Postdoctoral fellowships are valued at $44,000 annually.
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarships: These awards are offered in support of studies in programs requiring a thesis and leading toward either a Master's or Doctoral degree. Approximately 60 scholarships are awarded annually. The scholarships are tenable for two years for Master's candidates and up to four years for Doctoral candidates, subject to satisfactory progress. For students not already studying at Dalhousie, a travel allowance to move to Halifax is included. The awards are valued at $20,000 for Master's candidates and $25,000 for Doctoral candidates. The scholarships are open to students in all disciplines in which Dalhousie offers graduate degrees. Izaak Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships: Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded to persons who have completed a Ph.D. program within the last two years. Approximately two new fellowships are awarded annually. The award is tenable for two years, subject to satisfactory progress. The awards are tenable only at Dalhousie University; however, students who have received their doctorate from Dalhousie University are not eligible. The fellowships are valued at $44,000 annually and include a travel allowance for transportation to and from Halifax, a one-time research allowance ($3,000) and a conference travel grant ($1,000).
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Japanese Government Scholarship: Monbukagakusho Scholarships (Research Student)
Agency: Monbukagakusho, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: USA or Canada
Award to be taken up in: Japan
Max Funding: Varies
This scholarship offers applicants the opportunity to spend 18 or 24 months conducting independent research under a Japanese professor. Any field of study is eligible for the scholarship, but applicants must find a Japanese professor willing to supervise their research. However, this does not guarantee that the applicant will be placed with that professor.
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J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship
Agency: J. H. Stewart Reid Memorial Trust
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000
The J. H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship Trust was founded to honour the memory of the first Executive Secretary of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. A minimum scholarship of $5,000 is awarded annually to a student registered in a doctoral program at a Canadian university.
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Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Agency: Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
Discipline: Type 1 diabetes research
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
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The primary purpose of this fellowship programs are to attract the best and brightest young scientists into the type 1 diabetes research community, and to provide them the opportunity to receive full-time research training in high priority areas that respond to JDRF's research goals. The Postdoctoral Fellowship award is for two years (2), during which it is expected that fellows will receive critical research training and position themselves to work at the leading edge of their chosen field.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation Of Canada: Graduate Scholarship for Canadian Women
Agency: Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,500 (two prizes)
Every Kappa sister should have the opportunity to complete her education. That is the philosophy behind the scholarship efforts of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
Most scholarships are available to all applicants. Some do have restrictions or preferences as requested by donors. Applicants will be considered for all scholarships for which they are eligible. Contact KKG Foundation for detailed information. Kappa Kappa Gamma
Foundation of Canada
PO Box 1273, 2384 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario Canada M4P 3E5.
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Kidney Foundation Of Canada: Allied Health Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Kidney Foundation of Canada
Discipline: Nephrology/Urology
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $31,000
The Kidney Foundation of Canada offers a limited number of fellowships designed to provide for full-time academic and research preparation at the doctoral level. The objective of this program is to promote and enhance the development of nephrology/urology allied health investigators in Canada. The award is for up to $31,000/year and is tenable in Canada or abroad (for programs outside Canada, the applicant must provide a statement indicating the intention to return to Canada).
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Kidney Foundation Of Canada: Allied Health Scholarship
Agency: Kidney Foundation of Canada
Discipline: Nephrology/Urology
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: Full-time: $5,000 Part-time: $2,500
The Allied Health Scholarship is designed to assist the student with a demonstrated interest in nephrology/urology in pursuing education at the Masters or Doctoral level. This is to promote and enhance the development of nephrology allied health investigators in Canada. Open to nephrology nurses and technicians, social workers, dietitians, transplant co-ordinators and other allied health professionals who demonstrate commitment to the area of nephrology, or organ donation.
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Kidney Foundation Of Canada: Biomedical Postdoctoral Fellowship
Agency: Kidney Foundation of Canada
Discipline: Nephrology/Urology
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $50,000
Biomedical Research Grants provide financial support to medical researchers to assist in defraying the operating costs of research, which may include the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment and the payment of laboratory assistants.
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Lady Davis Fellowship Trust: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Agency: Lady Davis Followship Trust
Discipline: Please contact Departments of Technion for list of subjects related to your interests.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Israel
Max Funding: $1,250
The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust was established 33 years ago to provide the opportunity for leading scientists and scholars, Post-doctoral Researchers and Doctoral Students from abroad, regardless of nationality, gender or field of scholarship to teach, study and participate in research in Israel at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and at the Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa.
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Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants (LACREG)
Agency: International Development Research Centre, administered by AUCC
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Award to be taken up in: Canada, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Max Funding: $15,000
To strengthen international partnerships and consolidate emerging networks among academic researchers form Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean.
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Lewis Perinbam Award In International Development
Agency: World University Service of Canada
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $2,500
The Award recognizes significant volunteer efforts that improve people’s lives in the developing world, that engage and inspire Canadians and others to undertake volunteer action, and that identify new ways of thinking and/or addressing difficult development challenges.
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London Goodenough Association Of Canada (LGAC) Scholarship Program
Agency: London Goodenough Association of Canada
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: £4,500
The LGAC will award six or more scholarships with a value up to £4,500 each, including awards funded by individual donors, corporate sponsors and foundations, such as the Molson Foundation, sponsor of the LGAC / Molson Scholarship for Francophone Canadians. Scholarships are awarded principally on the basis of academic excellence, and take into account the expected contribution that winners will make to the extracurricular life at Goodenough College. Candidates must be full-time students enrolling in an accredited graduate program in London or undertaking thesis research in London while enrolled elsewhere. Scholarship winners are required to reside at Goodenough College for a full academic year, although up to two awards of a minimum of six months residency to support thesis research will be considered. Scholarships will not be renewed. Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
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L'Oreal Canada for Women in Science Fellowships for Research Excellence
Agency: UNESCO and L'Oreal
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $20,000
To support major research projects undertaken by Canadian women scientists at the post-doctoral level in Canada.
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Manning Innovation Awards
Agency: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation
Discipline:
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Principle Award: $100,000; Award of Distinction: $25,000; Innovation Awards: $10,000
The Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation has been recognizing and encouraging innovation in Canada since 1982. By means of a nomination, Canadian resident citizens, who have demonstrated recent innovative talent in developing and successfully marketing a new concept, process or procedure.
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Margaret Hallam Memorial Scholarship for Audiologist Entering the Second Year
Agency: Connect Hearing
Discipline: Audiology
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $3,000
Margaret Hallam was the first audiologist hired by Island Hearing. With this scholarship we celebrate her dedication to the care of her staff and clients as well as being a champion for audiology within the company. Her passion and energy will always be an example for us.
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Michigan Society Of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowships
Agency: Michigan Society of Fellows
Discipline: Social, physical, and life sciences, and in the professional programs.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: $51,500/year
The Michigan Society of Fellows, under the auspices of the Rackham Graduate School, was established in 1970 with endowment grants from the Ford Foundation and the Horace H. and Mary Rackham Funds. The most distinctive aspect of the Society is its multidisciplinary emphasis. Each year the Society selects four outstanding applicants for appointment to three-year fellowships in the social, physical, and life sciences, and in the professional schools. In 2007, the Mellon Foundation awarded a grant to add four Mellon Fellows annually in the humanities, expanding the number of fellowships awarded each year from four to eight. The newly appointed Postdoctoral Fellows join a unique interdisciplinary community composed of their peers as well as the Senior Fellows of the Society, who include many of the University’s leading scholars. Past Fellows of the Society have gone on to become distinguished scholars at institutions around the world.
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Mitchell & Janice Franklin Scholarship
Agency: Mind Care
Discipline: Medicine, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,500
To meet rising human resource needs in the field of mental health, a scholarship has been established by MindCare New Brunswick in honour of two New Brunswick philanthropists, Mrs.Janice Franklin and the late Mitchell Franklin. The goal of the Mitchell and Janice Franklin Scholarship is to foster excellence in mental health care within the Province of New Brunswick by increasing the human resource pool of skilled professionals. This non-renewable award of $2,500 is governed by the following terms of reference and qualifying criteria.
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NACDA (National Association of College Directors of Athletics): John McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards
Agency: National Association of College Directors of Athletics
Discipline: Athletics Administration
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: USA
Award to be taken up in: Varies
Max Funding: $10,000
The John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards is presented to senior-level (see option 2 on criteria form) minority students who intend to pursue a graduate degree in athletics administration. Each recipient will receive a $10,000 grant. Among the criteria will be (1) full-time status as a senior at the time of nomination OR an undergraduate degree with two years work experience, preferably in athletics administration; (2) minimum grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale); (3) official classification as a minority as defined by federal guidelines; (4) intention to attend graduate school to earn a degree in athletics administration; and (5) involvement on the college/university or community level. To be eligible, students must meet the federal guidelines for definition as a minority. This definition is from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which uses Equal Employment Opportunity Form EEO-1. The definition is as follows: (a) Black (Not of Hispanic origin) -- All persons having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa; (b) Hispanic -- All persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture of origin, regardless of race; (c) Asian or Pacific Islander -- All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands and Samoa; or (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native -- All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America, and who maintain cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition. Students who are not of the listed origins, but have married someone of the listed origins, are not eligible.
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Newfoundland And Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research: Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Healthy Aging
Agency: New Foundland and Labrador for Applied Health Research
Discipline: Applied Health Research
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $24,000
These fellowships are designed to support the final stages of a doctoral program while the recipient is actively working on a dissertation in the area of healthy aging.
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Newfoundland And Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research: Doctoral Research Grants on Healthy Aging
Agency: New Foundland and Labrador for Applied Health Research
Discipline: Applied Health Research
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
These grants will assist doctoral candidates to cover the costs associated with their research and dissemination of their research. Allowable costs include travel, data acquisition, interviewing and transcribing of interviews, computer software and hardware, and research assistance. Successful applicants will also be eligible for a CIHR-Institute of Aging Newfoundland and Labrador Gold Prize for Research on Aging. This prize recognizes excellent emerging researchers at different stages of career development in Newfoundland and Labrador and is awarded annually to the candidate receiving the highest rating (3.9 or higher) in the provincial competitions for a Doctoral Research Grant on Healthy Aging. The prize is valued at $1500 and supports travel to national or international conferences, workshops or meetings, and other activities that add value to the candidate’s career development.
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Newfoundland And Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research: Master’s Research Grants on Healthy Aging
Agency: New Foundland and Labrador for Applied Health Research
Discipline: Applied Health Research
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000
"To help Master’s candidates cover the costs associated with the research for their thesis or major project research on aging-related topics. Successful applicants will also be eligible for a CIHR-Institute of Aging Newfoundland and Labrador Gold Prize for Research on Aging. This prize recognizes excellent emerging researchers at different stages of career development in Newfoundland and Labrador and is awarded annually to the candidate receiving the highest rating (3.9 or higher) in the provincial competitions for a Master’s Research Grant on Healthy Aging. The prize is valued at $1000 and supports travel to national or international conferences, workshops or meetings, and other activities that add value to the candidate’s career development.
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Newfoundland And Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research: Post-Doctoral Fellowship on Healthy Aging
Agency: New Foundland and Labrador for Applied Health Research
Discipline: Applied Health Research
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $50,000
Applications are invited from Memorial University professors (current or retired) proposing to act as an academic mentor to a postdoctoral fellow working on aging or from researchers who have recently completed or are about to complete a doctoral degree and who are proposing to work in a postdoctoral program at Memorial. he Post-Doctoral Fellowship supports an individual of academic distinction who has completed a doctoral program. The fellowship will assist the scholar in developing his or her research program, and equip him/her for a career as an independent investigator.
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New Scholars Program
Agency: Elsevier Foundation
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Health, Medicine
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: varies
Provides grants for up to 3 years to doctoral candidates and young post-docs. Gives priority to the efforts to address the fundamental challenge of balancing childcare and family responsibilities with the demanding academic careers in science, health, and technology.
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Newton Fellowships
Agency: British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society (UK)
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Great Britain
Max Funding: 66,000 UK pounds sterling
Selects the best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world, and offers support for two years at UK research institutions. Long-term aim is to build a global pool of research leaders and encourage long-term international collaboration with the UK.
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Norah Stephen Oncology Scholar Awards
Agency: Cancer Care Nova Scotia
Discipline: Oncology
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $5,000
"Cancer Care Nova Scotia funds the Norah Stephen Oncology Scholar Awards, student research awards designed to foster an interest in the field of oncology. Each year, 12 awards of $5000 each are presented to students to pursue cancer-related research or clinical training and experience projects. To date, 80 students have received the award and 24 have continued on or have plans to continue on in the field of cancer. The Norah Stephen Oncology Scholar Awards are named in honour of retired board member Norah Stephen. A cancer survivor and advocate, Norah was a dedicated volunteer with the Nova Scotia cancer system for almost 35 years. Norah passed away in 2008 at the age of 94, but her inspiration lives on through the Norah Stephen Oncology Scholar Awards.
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Norm Bromberger Research Bursary
Agency: Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan
Discipline: Research in the area of co-operatives and credit unions.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $2,000
Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan awards The Norm Bromberger Research Bursary in support of research relating to co-operatives and/or credit unions. The bursary has been established in recognition of the outstanding contributions made by Norm Bromberger to the development of credit unions and co-operatives in Saskatchewan and across Canada. Bromberger was Research Director and then Chief Executive Officer of Credit Union Central, for a total of twenty-seven years of service with the credit union system of Saskatchewan. He also played a prominent role in developing Credit Union Central of Canada and established other co-operatively owed financial service organizations.
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Northern Resident Scholarship
Agency: Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
The Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) is sponsoring four scholarships, valued at $10,000 each, for students identified as long-term residents of Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, or the Provincial North, currently enrolled in masters or doctoral-level programs at a Canadian university.
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NSERC-JSPS Postdoctoral and Invitation Fellowship Program
Agency: NSERC
Discipline: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Japan
Max Funding: varies
Provide postdoctoral researchers and university professors or senior scientists with the opportunity to conduct research in the natural sciences or engineering in a university, national laboratory or institute in Japan. At Dal, contact Research Grants & Contracts for more info.
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NSERC: The NSERC Awards for Science Promotion
Agency: NSERC
Discipline: Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: Individual: $10,000; Group: $25,000
The NSERC Awards for Science Promotion honour people and groups that are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. The NSERC Awards for Science Promotion are an opportunity for Canada's science community to recognize, support and encourage outstanding science promoters. NSERC invites all Canadians with an interest in science, including teachers and university researchers, to contribute to the success of this annual effort by nominating the people who are making others aware of what science means to all of us.
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OAS Fellowships Program
Agency: Organization of American States
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: 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, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Award to be taken up in: 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, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Max Funding: 60,000 US dollars
Academic scholarships are awarded to persons to undertake graduate studies that lead to a degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) and/or graduate research at a university or higher learning institution in a Member State.
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O'Brien Foundation Fellowship
Agency: O'Brien Foundation
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $15,000
The Leonard and Kathleen O'Brien Humanitarian Trust was established in 1971 to provide postgraduate fellowships for deserving students who wish to pursue advanced study or research in any academic, artistic, or professional field at any recognized university or research establishment. The fellowships are administered by a Committee known as The O'Brien Foundation.
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Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program
Agency: Province of Ontario
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000 per semester, up to $15,000
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Peter Gzowski Scholarship
Agency:
Discipline: Adult and Community Education
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
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For a student who will be graduating or has graduated from a program at Adult and Community Education or another recognized basic education program and has been accepted to a program at Holland College. If there are no first year student candidates for the award, it can be given to a second year student who meets the criteria. Submission must include a completed application form and an autobiographical essay.
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Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada: Norman Barwin Scholarship
Agency: Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada
Discipline: Fields including, but not limited to, biology, Canadian studies, education, global health, history, law, medicine, nursing, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and women’s studies.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,500
The scholarship is open to Canadian Citizens or landed immigrants who are graduates of any recognized university, with an Honours degree or its equivalent. She or he must be enrolled at the time of application and must be working toward a higher degree (e.g. Masters or PhD) in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights. This could include disciplines such as biology, Canadian studies, education, global health, history, law, medicine, nursing, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and women’s studies. Other fields of study can also be considered relevant if the research project clearly addresses sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Research Fellow Program
Agency: Inter- American Development Bank
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: United States, Canada, Japan, Israel, South Korea, China, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Award to be taken up in: United States
Max Funding: varies
Provide students or recent university graduates with an opportunity to obtain experience in the Bank’s operations and studies, before they move on to continue with their education or professional career in the labor market.
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Research Support Opportunity in Arctic Environmental Studies
Agency: Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
Discipline: Research support opportunities are not confined to students engaged in weather-related studies.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Accommodation & facilities at Eureka Weather Station
The Meteorological Service of Canada (a division of Environment Canada) sponsors a unique research support opportunity by providing accommodation, facilities, and services at the High Arctic Weather Station (HAWS) at Eureka on Ellesmere Island, to graduate students at the masters or doctoral level. Preference will be given to master’s students and doctoral students at an early stage in their programs. Preference will also be given to proposals for which the HAWS location on Ellesmere Island is demonstrably advantageous. Research support opportunities are not confined to students engaged in weather-related studies.
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Rhodes Scholarship
Agency: Oxford University
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: Tuition, college fees, and a stipend covering living expenses for two and possibly three years of study.
Applicants for the scholarship should study the Oxford academic system carefully before determining the degree and subject they intend to apply for. The graduate and undergraduate prospectuses refer to all courses offered and can be accessed online through the University of Oxford website. Faculty and departmental websites can also be accessed through this portal, and they contain greater detail about possible academic programs. Successful applicants must also decide which college to apply for before their portfolio enters the University of Oxford's admissions stream. In terms of preparing an application for a Rhodes Scholarship, the essential decision is to determine the academic program you intend to pursue at Oxford and why.
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Rhodes University: Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Rhodes University
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: South Africa
Max Funding: R130 000 per year
The Fellowships are intended to foster existing academic research and scholarly or creative activities within Departments and Institutes at Rhodes University. The Fellow’s proposed work should complement existing programmes within the host department.
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Rhodes University: Hugh Le May Fellowship
Agency: Rhodes University
Discipline: Philosophy, Classics, Ancient, Medieval or Modern History, Classical, Biblical, Medieval or Modern Languages, Political Theory, Law
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: South Africa
Max Funding: R5000.00 monthly cash stipend to supplement the Fellow's usual source of income.
The Hugh le May Fellowship is available in alternate years to senior scholars who wish to devote themselves to advanced work in one of the following subjects: Philosophy, Classics, Ancient, Medieval or Modern History, Classical, Biblical, Medieval or Modern Languages, Political Theory, Law. Where there is no applicant of sufficient merit in any of the above disciplines, the Fellowship may be awarded to an applicant in another discipline within the Faculty of Humanities. he successful applicant will be expected to take up residence in Grahamstown for such period of one (1) year.
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Rhodes University: Rhodes Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Rhodes University
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: South Africa
Max Funding: R130 000 per year
The Fellowships are intended to foster existing academic research and scholarly or creative activities within Rhodes University departments and institutes. Ideally a Fellow's proposed work will closely complement existing programmes in the host department.
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Royal Bank Award Native Student Awards Program
Agency: RBC Royal Bank
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: 4000 for 2-4 years
The RBC Aboriginal Student Awards Program was launched in 1992 to assist Aboriginal students to complete post-secondary education, and provide an opportunity for RBC to strengthen its relationship with the Aboriginal community. Selected students are awarded up to $4,000 each academic year for two to four years to use towards tuition, textbooks, supplies and living expenses.
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SAE International Yanmar Sae Scholarship
Agency: Yanmar American Corporation
Discipline: Engineering or related science
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: International applicants restricted to those from the USA and Mexico only.
Award to be taken up in: Any ABET accredited institution
Max Funding: $1,000
This scholarship is sponsored by the SAE Foundation and through the generous support of the Yanmar America Corporation. Yanmar is the world's largest manufacturer of non-vehicle-use diesel engines. After more than half a century of producing and distributing diesel engines, Yanmar is now deeply committed to all aspects of agriculture, marine transportation, construction and general manufacturing industries. With the motto "to conserve energy is to serve mankind," Yanmar founder Magokichi Yamaoka was quick to recognize the value of the diesel engine over the kerosene engines which Yanmar originally built. Given the urgency of limited fuel supplies and environmental concerns over continued use of fossil fuel, Yanmar established this scholarship to help promote their philosophy.
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Senior Women Academic Administrators Of Canada: Graduate Student Award of Merit
Agency: Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $2,500
At least three awards, each in the amount of $2500, will be awarded annually to the women graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the university or general community while maintaining exemplary academic records.
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Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute: Canadian Studies Doctoral Research Fellowship
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Canadian Studies
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: India
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: International airfare, an allowance of 1,200 CDN$ per complete month towards expenses while in Canada, up to a maximum of 6 months.
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 6 months spent in Canada while doing research.
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Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute: Canadian Studies Programme Development Grant
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Canadian Studies
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: India
Award to be taken up in: India
Max Funding: Grants are provided to defray direct costs related to professional activities initiated by the institution.
The objective of the Programme Development Grant is to encourage scholarly inquiry and professional academic activities with the objective of contributing to the development and expansion of Canadian Studies at Indian Universities.
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Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute: India Studies Fellowships
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: India Studies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: India
Max Funding: Fellowship covers a round trip economy airfare from the fellow’s residence to the place of affiliation in India and a monthly allowance up to Rs 27,000.
The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute invites applications from Canadian students, faculty, librarians and artists for a course of research or training in India.
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Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute: Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: India
Max Funding: Living allowance of Rs 21,600 per month; research allowance of Rs 5,400 per month; One round-trip excursion airfare from the place of affiliation in Canada to the place of affiliation in India by the most direct and least expensive route
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships are awarded to scholars who have completed a Ph.D. and wish to do research in India. Applicants need not have an academic position. Awards will not be made if it has been greater than five years since completion of a doctoral degree.
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Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute: Student Language Training Fellowship
Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Discipline: For students seeking Indian language training
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: India
Max Funding: A living allowance of Rs 19,200 per month; One round-trip excursion airfare from the place of affiliation in Canada to the place of affiliation in India by the most direct and least expensive route
Student Language Training Fellowships are awarded to students enrolled in graduate degree programs outside India, who have taken training in an Indian language in Canada and wish to pursue advanced studies in that language in India. The award is tenable only at recognized educational institutions that award appropriate diplomas or certificates.
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Sheldon Chumir Internship in Ethics in Leadership
Agency: The Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
Discipline: Any field relevant to ethics in leadership.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Stipend for the nine-month period is $34,200.
Applications are invited from senior university or college students or graduates in any field relevant to ethics in leadership for an Internship with the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership. A completed or nearly completed Master's degree will be an asset. Interns work with the Foundation on research, program development and implementation, publications, public engagement, and related administrative support.The Foundation seeks Interns who display a deep understanding of ethics in leadership and public life together with imagination and creativity of thought, demonstrated experience in working with the community, strong organizational skills, superior writing skills and a personal commitment to the Foundation's mission.
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Sidney Sussex College Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Studentship
Agency: Council of Sidney Sussex College
Discipline: Law
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: £1,000 to £3,000. Maybe reduced to £1,000 if full funding is obtained elsewhere.
The Council of Sidney Sussex College offers annually, for men and women of any nationality, a number of Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Studentships for research or advanced courses in Law or cognate subjects in the University of Cambridge. The Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Studentships, which are subject to reviews of diligence and progress, are tenable for one year in the first instance but may be renewed annually, up to a maximum of three years. Their value depends on the candidate's needs in the light of support from other sources and on the availability of income from the Evan Lewis Thomas Fund.
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Sidney Sussex College Howard Research Studentship
Agency: Council of Sidney Sussex College
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: At least £1,000 a year, and a Student without income from other sources would receive full support.
The Basil Howard Research Studentship was established by the College Council on 13 November 1991 at the bequest of Basil Alvin Howard (matriculated 1913). The holder of the Studentship must be, or seek to be, a candidate for the degree of Ph.D. in the University of Cambridge. The Studentship is tenable in any subject and is open to men or women of any nationality.
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Sidney Sussex College Research Studentship
Agency: Council of Sidney Sussex College
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: At least £1,000 a year, and a Student without income from other sources would receive full support.
The Council of Sidney Sussex College is offering a Research Studentship commencing in October 2010. The holder of the Studentship must be, or seek to be, a candidate for the degree of Ph.D. in the University of Cambridge. The Studentship is tenable in any subject and is open to men or women of any nationality.
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Sir John Cox University Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies
Agency: Bank of Bermuda Foundation
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Bermuda
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: 120,000 Bermudian dollars
Awarded to young Bermudians pursuing full-time postgraduate studies at a university outside of Bermuda.
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Sisam / The Sisam Forestry Award
Agency: University of Toronto
Discipline: Forestry or forest-environment
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $1,000
Open to all full-time undergraduate and graduate students at any Canadian university for the best article dealing with forestry or forest-environment subjects, written solely by the applicant for the award, in English or French, not in report form, and published to reach a general audience beyond the university.
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Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
Agency: Smithsonian Institute
Discipline: Any area of the Smithsonian's research departments
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: Graduate Students: $6,500 (10 weeks); Pre-doctoral: $30,000; Postdoctoral & Senior Fellows: $45,000. Research allowance of $4,000.
Fellowships are offered by the Smithsonian Institution to provide opportunities for graduate students, predoctoral students, and postdoctoral and senior investigators to conduct research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff, and to utilize the resources of the Institution. These fellowships are offered through the Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships, and are administered under the charter of the Institution, 20 U.S. Code section 41 et seq. Fellowship awards under this program are contingent upon the availability of funds.
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Soil And Water Conservation Society Research Scholarship - Kenneth E. Grant
Agency: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Discipline: Managing land for sustainability, Measuring effects of conservation practices
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $1,000
In 1978, friends and associates of Kenneth E. Grant established a scholarship program in his name when he retired as administrator of the Soil Conservation Service. The Kenneth E. Grant Research Scholarship provides financial aid to members of SWCS for interdisciplinary graduate-level research on a conservation topic that will extend the SWCS mission of fostering the science and the art of soil, water, and related natural resource management to achieve sustainability.
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Soil And Water Conservation Society Soil Conservation Scholarships - Donald A. Williams
Agency: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Discipline: Natural resource-related field
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $1,000
The Donald A. Williams Soil Conservation Scholarship provides financial assistance to members of SWCS who are currently employed, but who wish to improve their technical or administrative competence in a conservation-related field through course work at an accredited college or through a program of special study. This scholarship is restricted to undergraduates.
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Soil And Water Conservation Society Student Leader Conservation Scholarships - Melville H. Cohee
Agency: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Discipline: Natural resource-related field
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $500
The Melville H. Cohee Student Leader Conservation Scholarship was started in the early 1990s to honor student members who succeed as leaders in their studies, volunteerism, and work. Nominations for this scholarship come from all over the world to compete against other student society members who have interest in conservation or other resource-related fields.
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Soroptimist Foundation Of Canada: Grants For Women
Agency: Soroptimist Foundation of Canada
Discipline: Any field aimed at improving the lives of women
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: $7,500
The Soroptimist Foundation of Canada annually offers several $7,500 grants to female graduate students in Canada to assist them with university studies which will qualify them for careers which will improve the quality of women's lives. Examples include but are not limited to: providing services, providing legal counselling and assistance, counselling mature women entering or re-entering the labour market, counselling women in crisis, counselling and training women for non-traditional employment, and positions in women's centres.
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Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability -Sustainability Scholarship
Agency: Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability
Discipline: Project must correspond to SGSL vision
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $5,000.00
The Coalition-SGSL recognizes that there is a shortage of personnel doing research on sustainability topics in the Gulf of St.Lawrence region. To encourage students to pursue this type of research, the Coalition-SGSL has a Scholarship fund. We offer a $5,000 scholarship annually to graduate students who undertake research in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence region. The scholarship winner is selected by Members of the Coalition-SGSL’s Scholarship Review Committee. The selection criteria include the student’s academic standing, the merit of the proposal and the relevance of the research with respect to the vision of the Coalition-SGSL which is “a future in which the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence is environmentally, economically and socially sustainable”. The winner must be prepared to present the results of her/his research at the Coalition-SGSL’s Annual General Meeting in June and provide regular updates for the members’ newsletter The SGSLC Messenger.
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The International Council for Canadian Studies: Europe Canada Awards
Agency: International Council for Canadian Studies
Discipline: Any research pertainning to Canadian Studies
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any European country.
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000
This award will support scholars in universities or research institutes in the European countries to undertake short term research, including collaborative research, contributing to the understanding of bilateral and multilateral relations between Canada and the countries of the European countries. The award will assist with direct costs related to the research project, and, when a research trip to Canada is warranted, will provide assistance towards international airfare and a weekly flat rate allowance for a period not exceeding five weeks.
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The International Council for Canadian Studies: Organization Of American States (OAS) Fellowship Program
Agency: International Council for Canadian Studies
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Mexico
Max Funding: Round-trip ticket, tuition fees, health insurance and a small allowance.
An OAS PRA Fellowship (Regular Training Program) helps Canadian graduate students study in Latin America for at least three months and no more than two years by providing, generally, a round-trip ticket, tuition fees, health insurance and a small allowance. The OAS offers additional fellowships providing similar benefits for work within and external to OAS member states.
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The Sir A. Dudley Spurling Postgraduate Scholarship
Agency: Butterfield Bank
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Bermuda
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Varies
Awarded to a Bermudian student commencing or pursuing a postgraduate degree at an approved university abroad. For more information about Butterfield scholarships, contact: Training and Development, Butterfield at (441) 295 1111.
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The Society For The Humanities Cornell University: Fellowship
Agency: Cornell University
Discipline: Humanities
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: $45,000
This interdisciplinary invitation is open to study of the broadest cross-cultural range of contexts and media that cross the boundaries of time and space, from East and West/South and North.
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Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: United States, Canada
Award to be taken up in: United States, Canada
Max Funding: 25,000 US dollars
Grants of four to nine months are available to Canadian and American scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research and/or teach at a host institution in the United States or Canada, respectively.
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Traditional Fulbright Student Award
Agency: Canada-US Fulbright Program
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: United States, Canada
Award to be taken up in: United States, Canada
Max Funding: 15,000 US dollars
Canadian and American graduate students who wish to enroll in a graduate program in Canada or USA respectively.
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Transportation Association Of Canada (TAC) Scholarships
Agency: Transportation Association of Canada
Discipline: Varies
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in:
Max Funding: Varies
The TAC Foundation's Scholarship Program builds upon a former TAC scholarship program by offering scholarships to postgraduates and undergraduates at colleges and universities across Canada.
The Program supports the educational needs of the Canadian transportation industry by providing financial assistance to promising students and professionals returning to school for studies in transportation-related disciplines.
Since the TAC Foundation began awarding scholarships in 2005, a total of 223 scholarships valuing $931,500 have been provided to 196 students at the undergraduate, postgraduate and entrance level in transportation related disciplines.
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UNESCO-L'Oreal For Women in Science International Fellowships
Agency: UNESCO and L'Oreal
Discipline: Life Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Worldwide
Max Funding: US $40,000
For female Canadian citizens pursuing doctoral or post-doctoral research. Funds up to two years of study at an overseas institution.
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University College London British Trade And Cultural Office BTCO / UCL Taiwan Scholarship
Agency: British Trade and Cultural Office
Discipline: Poltics, Climate Change/Energy, International Affairs, Law, Public Administration, Corporate Governance/Fighting Corruption, Finance, Economics, Science, Media Studies
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Taiwan
Award to be taken up in: UK
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The BTCO Scholarship scheme is part of the worldwide Chevening Scholarship scheme run the by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Applicants must apply online through Chevening Application site.
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University College London Frederick Bonnart-Braunthal Scholarship
Agency: University College London
Discipline: Any field exploring the nature of religious, racial, and cultural prejudices and ways of combating them.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: £15,000 per year
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University College London Graduate School Research Scholarships
Agency: University College London
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: Fees equivalent to the standard postgraduate UK/EU rate (2010/11: £3,460) plus a maintenance stipend of £15,590 per annum (2010/11) for full-time study.
UCL Graduate Research Scholarships aim to attract high-quality students to undertake research at UCL. Up to 15 UCL Graduate Research Scholarships (GRS) are available annually to prospective and current UCL research students from any country.
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University College London Karim Rida Said Foundation/UCL Joint Scholarship
Agency: University College London & Karim Rida Said Foundation
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Applicants limited to countries from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine.
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: Tuition fees and provide a maintenance allowance.
There is no restriction on the programmes that can be chosen for study. However, applicants will be expected to demonstrate how the Master's programme they chose will enable them to be of more use to their home country or the Middle East Region as a whole.
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University College London Lloyd's Register Scholarship
Agency: University College London
Discipline: Marine Engineering or Naval Architecture
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: GBP 10,000
The University College London offers a scholarship of GBP10,000 for a student enrolling or intending to enrol in an MSc in Marine Engineering or Naval Architecture. The scholarship is open to all UK and international students. Please note that before applying for a UCL Scholarship you should apply for a place for graduate study at UCL. If you have not already applied to UCL, please complete a Graduate Application Form and enclose it with your scholarship application. Applicants should write indicating their interest in being considered for this scholarship to the Scheme Contact
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University College London Overseas Research Students (ORS) Awards Scheme
Agency: University College London
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: £12,000 per year
The UCL Overseas Research Scholarships (UCL-ORS), aim to attract high-quality international students to UCL to undertake research.
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University College London Shell Centenary Scholarships And Shell Centenary Chevening Scholarships
Agency: University College London
Discipline: A subject that will be of significant value in aiding the sustainable development of their home country.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Scholarship available to international students from countries EXCLUDING Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
Award to be taken up in: UK
Max Funding: Tuition, accommodation, maintenance costs and a return airfare for the scholarship holder only.
In October 1997 The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company plc celebrated its centenary. In order to mark this in a lasting and meaningful way the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies established The Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund (TSCSF). This, through its contributions towards the cost of scholarships, supports educational advancement and co-operation worldwide by providing opportunities for graduate students from overseas to study in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. In TSCSF’s scholarship programme, applicants compete for scholarships offered at selected universities. The total number of scholarships supported has increased over the years as additional universities have been brought into the programme.
At Imperial College London four scholarships are now jointly funded by TSCSF, Imperial College and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and two scholarships are funded by TSCSF and Imperial College. Across the programme it is the intention that the scholarships be widely geographically distributed. In each year a large number of countries will be represented. Scholarships will be awarded to those academically qualified applicants thought best able to contribute to the sustainable development of their home country by becoming leaders, decision makers or opinion-formers.
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University Of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship Application
Agency: University of Manitoba
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Any
Award to be taken up in: Canada (University of Manitoba Only)
Max Funding: PhD: $16,000 Masters: $12,000
The Faculty of Graduate Studies offers $2.2M in new and continuing University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships (UMGF) each year to meritorious students for full-time study and/or research (which includes works that are considered creative endeavors) leading to a graduate degree. Awards are made on the basis of academic excellence, and are open to students who will be registered as full-time graduate students (Masters or Ph.D.) at the University of Manitoba regardless of nationality or discipline during tenure of the award. Students must be recommended by their department to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Only students with a minimum GPA of 3.75 (above B+) in the last two completed years of study at a recognized university based on a Bachelor, Masters, Graduate Diploma or Doctoral degree will be recommended. Competition for the UMGF is strong each year and there are always many more students recommended than there are available awards. Students recommended for the UMGF by their Department are automatically considered for the Manitoba Graduate Scholarship (MGS).
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University Of Western Ontario Schmeelk Fellowships
Agency: University of Western Ontario
Discipline: Any
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country:
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $10,000 per semester, renewable for up to $40,000; $1,500 travel grant.
A Schmeelk Fellowship is awarded to a Francophone graduate student (Master's or Doctoral) at The University of Western Ontario. The purpose of the Fellowship is to improve understanding between French-speaking and English-speaking Canadians in business and government. While the Fellowships are tenable in any graduate program at The University of Western Ontario, the research supported by the Fellowship will ideally address aspects of the relationship between business community and government in Canada. The annual value of the Fellowship is $20,000.
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University Of Windsor Humanities Research Group Visiting Fellowship
Agency: University of Windsor
Discipline: Humanities
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
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Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: No stipend attached to this fellowship.
Individuals engaged in interdisciplinary research are particularly encouraged to apply. The Fellowship will appeal to sabbaticants and those holding research grants, including Post-doctoral awards. Applicants must hold a doctorate or the equivalent in experience, research and publications. International applications are encouraged.
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Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
Agency: SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR, DFAIT
Discipline: Various
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Worldwide
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $150,000
Designed to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students with a high standard of achievement in the Social Science and Humanities, Science and Engineering, Health, as well as leadership skills.
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Victoria University/Northrop Frye Fellowship
Agency: Victoria University
Discipline: Humanties, Social Sciences
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
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Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: No stipend attached to this fellowship.
The Northrop Frye Centre offers the title of Visiting Fellow of the Northrop Frye Centre to established scholars visiting the area, who wish to work at the Centre and at Victoria University. The number of appointments is limited by the space available at the Centre; preference will be given to long-term visitors. The title may be held for up to one year. All Fellows will have access to the libraries and the Centre's facilities, and will be welcome in the academic community of Victoria University. Victoria's E. J. Pratt Library possesses the impressive Northrop Frye Collection, composed of manuscripts, notebooks, typescripts, correspondence and annotated books. The University of Toronto library system has additional resources of more than eight million volumes in all disciplines. Work proposed should have some connection with the Centre's concerns. Applicants should submit an outline of their proposed work and a curriculum vitae, at least three months in advance of their stay to the Director.
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Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowships
Agency: Walter C. Sumner Memorial
Discipline: Chemistry, Physics, or Electronics (including Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: $6,000
The Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowships are available to Canadian citizens engaged in or about to start doctoral studies in either Chemistry, Physics, or Electronics (including Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) at Dalhousie.
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W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Research
Agency: Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
Discipline: Northern Research
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Canada
Max Funding: Masters: $15,000. PhD: $40,000
Preference will be given to applicants who (a) have a clearly defined research project that includes significant research time spent in the Canadian north (b) demonstrate excellence in northern research (c) are able to show the relevance of the research to northerners and northern scholarship and (d) exhibit a willingness to communicate research results within the scientific community, and in northern or national meetings.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Fellowships
Agency: Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars
Discipline: Any field related to public policy and its change.
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
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Award to be taken up in: USA
Max Funding: From $26,000 to $85,000 per year.
The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illuminate policy issues of contemporary importance.
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Young Professionals in Media Fellowship
Agency: Aga Khan Foundation Canada; CIDA
Discipline: Journalism
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students
Applicant Country: Canada
Award to be taken up in: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Max Funding: varies
To develop leadership and management skills and promote learning for young Canadian journalists who have a desire and an aptitude to work effectively in today’s global media environment.
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Zonta International Foundation: Amelia Earhart Fellowship Awards for Women
Agency: Zonta International Foundation
Discipline: Aerospace-related sciences and aerospace-related engineering
Target Audience: Canadian Graduate Students, International Graduate Students
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Award to be taken up in: Any
Max Funding: $10,000
Established in 1938 in honor of famed pilot and Zontian, Amelia Earhart, the Amelia Earhart Fellowship is awarded annually to women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences and aerospace-related engineering. The Fellowship of US$10,000, awarded to 35 Fellows around the globe each year, may be used at any university or college offering accredited post-graduate courses and degrees in these fields.
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