Scholarships

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This page offers information on NACS/ANEC's own scholarships and those offered by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and International Council of Canadian Studies.

The NACS/ANEC Student Scholarship (Travel)

The Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS/ANEC) offers up to three (3) student scholarships each year in Canadian Studies, for students studying for a master's degree at a Nordic university, for travel to Canada for research purposes. Each scholarship is for 1200 euro, towards travel and living costs. Three-quarters of the grant will be paid in advance of the research trip, and the remaining one-fourth following submission to NACS of a research report after the thesis has been accepted. Recipients of scholarships will be given one year's initial membership in NACS free of charge, and will be expected to present a report on their research at a suitable NACS event within a year of completion and for publication in the NACS Bulletin.

NB: These scholarships may not be used towards the costs of studying at a Canadian university.

Applications should preferably be written in English. No standard format is required; your application must include a brief CV, project plan, itinerary and estimate of costs, and a letter of recommendation from your supervisor or an equivalent faculty member.

Applications can be sent to:

NACS/ANEC
Keith Battarbee
Department of English
University of Turku
FI-20014 TURKU
Finland

E-mail: keith.battarbee@utu.fi

Decisions are normally taken within a few weeks of receipt of application.
Enquiries for further information should be addressed to Keith Battarbee.

Past recipients of the NACS/ANEC Student Scholarships:

2008-2009

2007-2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

NACS/ANEC Canadian Studies Summer School grants

The purpose of the NACS/ANEC Canadian Studies Summer School grants is to assist students and young faculty to attend summer schools in Canadian Studies. Two grants of each 300 € will be awarded every year; one will be reserved for applicants from the Nordic Countries, the other for applicants from the Baltic Countries.

Applications should preferably be written in English. No standard format is required; your application must include a brief CV and a letter of recommendation from your supervisor or an equivalent faculty member.

Applications can be sent to:

NACS/ANEC
Keith Battarbee
Department of English
University of Turku
FI-20014 TURKU
Finland

E-mail: keith.battarbee@utu.fi


Enquiries for further information should be addressed to Keith Battarbee.

Foreign Affairs and Trade's Programs

Through the Understanding Canada programs, Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) offers a number of possibilities for support for both individuals and organizations.

Programs for Individuals

Faculty Enrichment Program

The FEP is designed to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada abroad by assisting academics in higher education institutions to develop and teach courses about Canada in their own discipline, as part of their regular teaching workload. The program enables academic FEP award holders to gather the necessary information and material on Canada to devise a new course on Canada, or to modify or extend significantlythe Canadian component of an existing course.

(Note: The deadline for FEP submissions in 2009 is November 24, 2009; applications should be sent to the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen ; address as in the link above)

Faculty Research Program (FRP)

The FRP is designed to assist individual academics in higher education institutions to undertake short term research about Canada or on an aspect of Canada's bilateral or multilateral relations. The purpose is to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada through publication abroad of pertinent articles in the scholarly press.

(Note: The deadline for FRP submissions in 2009 is November 24, 2009; applications should be sent to the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen ; address as in the link above)

Doctoral Student Research Award (DSRA)

The DSRA 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. Available to all countries.

(Note: The deadline for DSRA submissions in 2009 is November 24, 2009; applications should be sent to the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen ; address as in the link above)

International Research Linkages (PIRL)

PIRL facilitates international collaborative research by providing assistance to teams of researchers from Canada and one or more countries in order to organize seminars or other forms of research linkages. Available everywhere in the world.

The Canada-Asia-Pacific Award in Canadian Studies (CAPA)

This program will support scholars in universities or research institutes in the Asia-Pacific region to undertake short term research, including collaborative research,contributing to the understanding of bilateral and multilateral relations between Canada and this region. The CAPA's are available everywhere in the Asia-Pacific region.

Canada-Europe Award in Canadian Studies (CEA)

This program will support scholars in universities or research institutes in the European region to undertake short term research, including collaborative research, contributing to the understanding of bilateral and multilateral relations between Canada and this region. The CEA are available everywhere in Europe.

The Canada-Latin America Caribbean Award in Canadian Studies (CLACA)

This program will support scholars in universities or research institutes in the Latin America and Caribbean region to undertake short term research, including collaborative research,contributing to the understanding of bilateral and multilateral relations between Canada and this region. The CLACA's are available everywhere in Latin-America and the Caribbean.

Programs for Organizations

North American Research Linkages Program

This program is designed to facilitate North American collaboration within the academic community. It aims to foster the development of permanent exchange networks by providing assistance to teams of researchers from Canada, the United States and Mexico in order to organize seminars, workshops, or other forms of research linkages.

Assistance Program for Canadian Studies Associations

This program is designed to assist Canadian Studies associations worldwide with their role towards Canadian Studies. The objective is to support the associations in keeping their membership informed, maintaining or acquiring multidisciplinarity, recruiting new members, reaching a larger public, and publishing their newsletter and learned journal. Eligibility to this program is determined on a case by case basis by the International Education and Youth Division (PCE). For more information contact your local Canadian Mission.

Program Development Grant (PDG)

The Program Development Grant is designed to encourage scholarly inquiry and multidisciplinary professional academic activities that contribute to the development or expansion of a program dedicated to the study of Canada or Canada bilateral and multilateral relations. We are particularly interested in innovative projects that promote awareness among students and the public about Canada and Canada bilateral and multilateral relations. We strongly encourage projects that lead to institutional linkages and research collaboration in priority areas with Canadian institutions as well as student mobility.

Canada Conference Grant Program

The Canada Conference Grant Program supports conferences that address important and timely issues about Canada, its relationship with a country or a region, and/or its foreign policy. The program is designed to assist a teaching or research institution or other organization in holding a conference and publishing the resulting papers and proceedings in a scholarly fashion.

Student Mobility Support Program

The Student Mobility Support Program is designed to support short term initiatives involving exchanges, study tours, internships, scholarships, etc., in Canada, and is intended for international students to advance their understanding of Canada in those areas of interest to Canada or in areas of shared policy challenges between Canada and the international student's country.

University Library Support Program (LSP)

The LSP is designed to assist university libraries in strengthening their Canadiana library holdings in order to support teaching and research on Canada. Support is available through the following two programs:

  1. Matching Grants - Available everywhere in the world.
  2. Book Donation Program --- Available in countries where Canadian Studies are emerging and where institutions may not be in a position to contribute towards the purchase of Canadiana (e.g. China, the Baltic countries, Central and S.E. Europe, Latin America, etc.).

Book Display Program (BDP)

The Book Display Program (BDP) provides conference applicants who have been selected with publications on Canada to be displayed at their event. The publications have to be related to the theme of the conference. Consultations between the organizers and the local Canadian mission will determine where the collection of books will be housed following the conference.

ICCS/CIEC Graduate Student Thesis/Dissertation Scholarship

Ten awards of Can$3,500 max. to go to Canada and study for 4-5 weeks at a Canadian university.

For further information, please contact:

International Council for Canadian Studies
250 City Centre Avenue, Suite 303
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada K1R 6K7
(613) 789-7834
URL: www.iccs-ciec.ca/

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