The��newly launched De Chastelain Scholarship Programme, supported by the Governments of Ireland and Canada, offers awards of up to CAD $16,500��to support short research visits (3–6 weeks) between Canada and Ireland.

The programme is open to��researchers and academics across all disciplines. While it is framed around peace and reconciliation, this is understood in its broadest sense — including the wider systems that underpin stable, thriving societies (e.g. governance, health, environment, culture, technology, and more).

Eighteen scholarships will be awarded each year, and through a single application process, awards are made to both Emerging Scholars��(within seven years of PhD) and Established Scholars, with a significant proportion reserved for emerging researchers.

Eligibility

• Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident
• hold a PhD,��or demonstrate an established academic or research practice of equivalent standing
• employed, enrolled, or otherwise formally affiliated with a recognised university

Funding

Each awardee will receive:

• CAD $3,000 / € 1,875��as a contribution towards all transport costs associated with the visit — including international flights, airport transfers, local transport.

• CAD $2,250 / €1,400 per week of scholarship��(for up to 6 weeks), as a contribution to address accommodation, meals, meetings, and other incidental expenses during the visit.

Deadlines

• Application and all supporting documents must be submitted online by the deadline:����Monday, 11th May 2026��at 2300 hrs GMT / 1800 hrs EST.
• If successful and awarded a scholarship, travel must be completed by��30th June 2027.

How to Apply

Applications for the��De Chastelain Scholarship Programme��must be made online via Award Force, an online application platform.����If you have not used Award Force in the past, you will need to register an account, before beginning your application.

To register and begin the application process through Award Force, please��.

• In the application you will be asked to upload the following:
  • Academic CV��(max 3 pages in PDF format by the deadline)
  • Host partner statement��(in PDF format on letterhead by the deadline)

Applicants must demonstrate how their proposed research or engagement activities will contribute to the goals of the De Chastelain Scholarship Programme, and will be required to outline how their proposal relates to one or both of the themes,��.

Additional Details

Full details on the program and application process are available here:

Internal Contact

Email mobility.programs@carleton.ca if you have questions.

Opportunities Available

For one student (faculty or administrative):

• At Master’s or PhD level
• For a 5-month research stay
• To take place between September 2026 and July 2027
• A letter of invitation from a host is not required for the application
• Applicants should specify their field of interest from programmes available

Funding

Selected candidates will receive a paid daily allowance and travel costs up to a certain amount. The subsistence allowance is 850 Euros per month and Travel is covered up to 1188 Euros.

Deadline

Applications must be submitted to �Ӱ�ԭ�� International by May 15, 2026.

How to Apply

Interested applicants must submit a short CV, a letter of motivation, and a proposed research plan. Please see the Erasmus+ Student Mobilty to Murcia (2026-27) Call��for additional details on eligibility, application requirements, and evaluation. Complete applications can be emailed to mobilty.programs@carleton.ca by the deadline.��

The successful candidate will need to submit additional documents to Murcia. See the Murcia website for more details.

If you have any questions, or for assistance, please contact �Ӱ�ԭ�� International at mobility.programs@carleton.ca.

Opportunities Available

For one staff (faculty or administrative):

• For 5 working days + 2 days of travel
• To take place between September 2026 and July 2027
• Teaching staff must commit to at least 8 hours of teaching
• Administrative staff must attend the international staff training week, to be scheduled between April and May 2027

Funding

Selected candidates will receive a paid daily allowance and travel costs up to a certain amount. The subsistence allowance is 170 Euros per day and Travel is covered up to 1188 Euros.

Deadline

Applications must be submitted to �Ӱ�ԭ�� International by May 15, 2026.

How to Apply

Interested applicants must submit a short CV/resume, a letter of motivation, and a proposed mobility plan. Please see the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility to Murcia (2026)Call for additional details on eligibility, application requirements, and evaluation. Complete applications can be emailed to mobilty.programs@carleton.ca by the deadline.��

The successful candidate will need to submit additional documents to Murcia. See the Murcia website for more details.

If you have any questions, or for assistance, please contact �Ӱ�ԭ�� International at mobility.programs@carleton.ca.

The Globalink program builds international networks and positions Canada as a top research and innovation destination for emerging talent around the world.

• All disciplines are eligible.
• Top-ranked senior undergrads travel from around the world.
• Faculty can submit multiple projects.

In order to be eligible for hosting interns as part of the Globalink Research Internship program, Faculty must:

1. Have one of the following statuses at an eligible institution: Full professor, Associate professor, Assistant professor, Adjunct professor, Emeritus professor.
2. Be able to supervise international students at your institution.
3. Be able to host interns within the stipulated dates of the GRI program’s required timeframe. Internships must begin between May 1 and July 31 and run for 12 consecutive weeks.

Deadline: June 10, 2026, at 1 pm PT

Apply via Mitacs website: ��

The contact email, should you have any specific questions or technical difficulties is: helpdesk@mitacs.ca.

You may also contact the �Ӱ�ԭ�� International office at mobility.programs@carleton.ca.

The Mitacs – Horizon Europe IMA is designed to support Canadian faculty and eligible small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the early stages of consortium-building and proposal development under Horizon Europe Pillar II. This offering will provide short-term funding to facilitate travel and in-person engagement with European collaborators – addressing a well-recognized barrier to meaningful participation in one of the globe’s largest research funding frameworks.

Applications must be submitted by two travelers, either a pair of faculty members from different post-secondary institutions or a faculty member and a representative from a Canadian industry SME. Applications must not include more than two travelers. There are no restrictions on academic disciplines or industry sectors however, fields must align with Horizon Europe calls for proposals and/or corresponding European research consortia.

Eligibility

Full-time faculty members. Applications must be submitted by two travelers, either a pair of faculty members from different post-secondary institutions or a faculty member and a representative from a Canadian industry SME.

Funding Available

Awards will be valued at up to CAD $5,000 per traveler (maximum $10,000 per award).����

Deadlines

Submitting Your Application

Download an application form and submit it through an online intake form on the .

If interested in applying, please reach out to Asli Eran or Sylvie Jasen at �Ӱ�ԭ�� International if you have questions.

To have your application signed by the Office of Research Services Representative, please send the completed application to Sylvie Jasen by April 1st.

Useful Links

For information on applying to Horizon Europe, visit the �Ӱ�ԭ�� International’s Horizon Europe webpage

Internal Contacts

Asli Eran, Research Facilitator, International Initiatives, �Ӱ�ԭ�� International

Sylvie Jasen, International Projects Coordinator, �Ӱ�ԭ�� International

Taruneet Kaur, Business Development Advisor, Mitacs

Academics Without Borders (AWB) is a Canadian nonprofit organization. Its mission is to help
low and middle-income countries improve their universities so that they can train their own
experts and conduct research to assist in their countries’ development. AWB’s projects are
involved in the full range of university activities from expanding and improving existing
institutions and programs to helping create new ones. AWB fulfills its mission through volunteers
who collaborate on projects that originate in and are owned by institutions in low and middle
income countries (LMICs).

AWB is looking to develop and support projects that enable volunteer experts to engage in
capacity-building activities at institutions of higher education in low or middle-income countries
(���ѱ���’s).

Full application details are available .

Eligibility

Applications may be submitted by a faculty or staff member at one of the universities and
colleges in the AWB Network in collaboration with a partner institution of higher
education in a low or middle-income country.

Funding Available

Expenses covered by AWB may include:
● Economy air travel, airport transfers, in-transit costs for hotels and meals
● Medical and travel insurance
● Visa fees
● Required vaccinations and medications
● A stipend for the volunteer’s living expenses

● Other costs may also be considered to facilitate volunteer involvement with the project,
especially for projects implemented virtually.

Deadlines

● First Stage Deadline: Monday, March 9, 2026
● First Stage Decision: Monday, March 23, 2026

Submitting Your Application

• The process is in two stages.
  1. Submission of a first stage application – for details and application form, click
  2. If the proposal meets the eligibility requirements, it moves to a second stage in which AWB
  contacts the partner institution and invites a more fully developed project proposal.

For more details on the application and for the application form Click

Please submit project proposals to Corrie Young at cyoung@awb-usf.org.

Contacts

Corrie Young
Associate Executive Director – Projects & Network
cyoung@awb-usf.org

]]> /ci/2026/colombia-sostenible-bip-call-for-applications/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colombia-sostenible-bip-call-for-applications Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:10:40 +0000 /ci/?p=26830 The call for “Sustainable Colombia”, a blended intensive program for summer 2026, is now open. The BIP includes a 2 month virtual course (March 16 – May 1) and a 2 week in-country field school (July 6-17). The program is offered by the Colombia Challenge Your Knowledge (CCYK) consortium and is available to CCYK partners, including the Canada and Latin America Research & Exchange Opportunities () consortium in Canada. As a member of CALAREO, �Ӱ�ԭ�� undergraduate students as well as faculty/staff may apply to the program by completing the Google form at . (Canadian applicants should not apply directly to CCYK). The internal application deadline is January 28, 2026.

Anyone may participate in the free virtual course. To be able to participate in the field school, the virtual course must be completed. There is a program fee of USD $500 for the field school. Please note that to participate in the field school, health insurance that includes repatriation is mandatory.

Funded by ICETEX, travel scholarships are available through CCYK for 2 students and 1 faculty/staff member for all of CALAREO. CALAREO will contribute an additional 2 scholarships. Scholarships will cover international and domestic transportation, accommodations, and meals. Applicants who do not receive a scholarship may still participate if they can self-fund.

Please see the CALAREO poster and the CCYK Call for Applications for detailed information on the program.

If you have any questions, please contact mobility.programs@carleton.ca.

The Ontario/Baden-Württemberg Faculty Research Exchange offers grants to support research visits to universities in the German state of Baden-Württemberg by faculty members at participating Ontario universities. While the objective is both to promote new collaborative research partnerships and to strengthen existing partnerships between researchers in Ontario and Baden-Württemberg, applications proposing new partnerships are particularly welcome.

The present competition is for grants to support research stays between May 1, 2026 and April 30, 2027. OBW Faculty Research Exchange grants will support researchers for a minimum of one month and a maximum of six months at the host university. Researchers who wish to stay longer than six months are still eligible to participate, but the maximum fundable period will be restricted to six months.

Visit the program webpage for more information.

Eligibility

• citizens and permanent residents of Canada
• full-time faculty members holding tenured or tenure-track appointments at an Ontario university
• must hold a PhD and must be engaged in full-time research and/or teaching for at least 2 years following receipt of doctorate
• must not have previously received funding under this grant

Funding Available

• Monthly stipend of $1,750 for living costs in the host country.
• Reimbursement of travel expenses, up to a maximum of $1,750

Deadlines

Complete applications must be submitted to the Program Coordinator at York University by January 15, 2026.

Submitting your application

Complete applications should be submitted by email and must be received by the Program Coordinator: apoleszczuk@ouinternational.ca.

Applications should consist of:

• the completed application form saved as a .pdf file or printed and scanned to .pdf, and
• all the required information listed on page 2 of the application form, collated into a single MS-Word or .pdf file.

Visit the to access the required forms and for additional details.

Internal contacts

�Ӱ�ԭ�� International

mobility.programs@carleton.ca.

As part of this year’s call, UArctic is pleased to launch a new round of project funding, offering up to $100,000 over five years��to support collaborative, community-driven research and education initiatives across the Circumpolar North.

Note: Funding availability for this call is subject to approval from Global Affairs Canada. Final award decisions will only be confirmed once funding has been approved. Funding cannot be applied retroactively or used for previously completed activities.

1. Indigenous and Northern Relationship Development Fund

Deadline:��April 24, 2026
Funding:��Up to $15,000
Project Period:��September 2026 – September 2028

This fund is designed to build or strengthen relationships between academic researchers and Indigenous or Northern partners. Projects may include meetings, workshops, or other activities that establish or deepen collaborative relationships, with an emphasis on respectful, ethical, and community-led engagement in line with Memorial University’s��Policy on Research Impacting Indigenous Groups.

• Open to researchers from any Canadian UArctic member
• Designed to build relationships between academic researchers and Indigenous or Northern partners
• Projects focus on relationships outcomes rather than research outcomes
• Projects must be completed 24 months from start of project activities

For more information, including funding guides:

TO APPLY:

2. Indigenous and Northern Collaborative Research and Education Engagement Fund (Stream A: Two-Year Projects)

Deadline:��April 24, 2026
Funding:��Up to $40,000 (maximum of five awards per year)
Project Period:��September 2026 – September 2028

This stream supports shorter-term collaborative projects that strengthen partnerships and knowledge exchange in Northern and Indigenous research and education. Projects should address priorities within Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy Framework��and reflect UArctic’s values of collaboration, inclusion, and respect for Indigenous knowledge systems.
Who can apply:

• The lead applicant must be from a Canadian UArctic member institution.
• Collaboration between multiple UArctic member institutions (including international partners) and partners is required
• Researchers from Northern and Southern institutions are encouraged to apply.
• Only one active project award may be held at a time.

Eligible activities include:

• Developing or strengthening UArctic Thematic Networks
• Creating joint courses or programs relevant to Northern communities
• Advancing online and flexible education initiatives
• Supporting networking and collaborative research across UArctic members

For more information, including funding guides:

TO APPLY:

3. Indigenous and Northern Collaborative Research and Education Engagement Fund (Stream B: Five-Year Projects) *NEW*

Deadline:��April 24, 2026 *five-year projects are awarded only in 2026
Funding:��Up to $100,000 (maximum of six awards)
Project Period:��September 2026 – September 2031

This stream supports longer-term, multi-partner collaborations designed to create sustainable research and education initiatives across the circumpolar North. Proposals should include at least three UArctic partners (with a Canadian lead) and align with UArctic values��and Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy Framework. Additional information is required for this stream; review the Funding Guide and Application Form for full details.

Who can apply:

• The lead applicant must be from a Canadian UArctic member institution.
• Collaboration between multiple UArctic member institutions (including international partners) and partners is required
• Researchers from Northern and Southern institutions are encouraged to apply.
• Only one active project award may be held at a time.

Eligible activities include:

• Developing or strengthening UArctic Thematic Networks
• Creating joint courses or programs relevant to Northern communities
• Advancing online and flexible education initiatives
• Supporting networking and collaborative research across UArctic members

For more information, including funding guides:

TO APPLY:

An on the funds will be held on January 28th, 2026. For help connecting with other Canadian UArctic member institutions or identifying potential partners, please reach out to Lisa Goulet, Membership Engagement Coordinator at: lgoulet@mun.ca

Applications for all three funds must be submitted through Memorial University’s online application portal by April 24, 2026 (23:59 CEST).

�Ӱ�ԭ�� Horizon Europe Pillar II

Horizon Europe is the European Union’s (EU) main research and innovation program and the world’s largest, with a total budget of €95.5 billion (2021-2027). Canada joined Horizon Europe in July 2024 as an associate country under Pillar II: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness. Pillar II grant sizes typically range from €4-15 million.��

Pillar II is organized into six clusters (i.e., themes); within each cluster are a number of calls for proposals with corresponding topics, which have unique criteria and deadlines. All applications must involve projects developed by a consortium (partnership of organizations across different nations, including a European member state and Horizon Europe-associated country).��

For more information on Horizon Europe, see the resources at: /ci/international-research-projects/horizon-europe-2024/��

Eligibility

All full-time faculty members of professional rank (Assistant, Associate, and Full) at �Ӱ�ԭ�� are eligible to apply.

Funding

The award provides up to CAD$10,000. Depending on the number of applications received and availability of funds, projects may be partially funded.

Duration

Grants are awarded for one year. No extensions will be granted.

Deadlines

How to Apply

Download the HE-PDG Application Form 2026. It is recommended that the form be completed either in Adobe Acrobat or Foxit, but not a browser. Please also read through the HE-PDG Guidelines 2026��before applying.

Save the completed application form, CV and letter of invitation to a consortium (if applicable) as one document. Submit through cuResearch on or before the deadline.

Internal Contact

For any questions, please contact:

Sylvie Jasen
International Projects Coordinator
�Ӱ�ԭ�� International
Email: sylvie.jasen@carleton.ca