USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Fulbright Canada Awards for US Scholars- 2020/2021 - applications until Sept 16

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From: Fulbright Canada <pcarvalho@fulbright.ca>
Date: June 20, 2019 at 7:47:48 PM GMT+1
To: Toyinfalola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu>
Subject: Fulbright Canada Awards for US Scholars- 2020/2021 - applications until Sept 16

Dear Dr. Falola,

 

I am contacting you from Fulbright Canada.

With this email, I would like to inform you that the 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is accepting applications from academics and professionals through September 16th, 2019. 

Our grants support research with colleagues at institutions across Canada. Please note that it is possible to apply to multiple Awards.

See below the prestigious Research Chairs at several top Canadian Universities:

• Research Chairs in North American (USA-Canada) Studies (3 Awards)  
• Research Chairs in Arts, Humanities, and Culture (6 Awards) 
• Research Chairs in Policy, Law, and Governance (6 Awards)  
• Research Chairs in Indigenous Studies (6 Awards)  

• Research Chairs in Environmental Studies (3 Awards)  
  
• Research Chairs in Mental Health & Food Security (7 Awards)
• Research Chairs in Education / Science and Technology (4  Awards)  

• Research Chairs - Field Open (2 Awards)    
  
• Postdoctoral Research Award in Northern Issues, University of Northern British Columbia

There is also a series of Distinguished Chairs (6 Awards) offered by Carleton University in Ottawa in the following topics:

• Interface between humans and technology
  
• Community Music
  
• Journalism and Communication
  
• Entrepreneurship
  
• Climate and Energy
  
• Environmental Science
  

Eligibility for these awards, require the candidate to meet these minimum requirements:

• Be U.S. citizen (Permanent residence is not sufficient).
• Hold a PhD (except for the Business Chair) or equivalent professional/terminal degree as appropriate. 
• Be proficient in English.
• Comply with all governmental regulations regarding visas, immigration, travel and residency.
• Application deadline:Sept, 16 2019
• Detailed Eligibility requirements are available here.
• The application portal is available here

Should you or your colleagues have questions about any of these Awards, I will be happy to answer any question you may have.  

For your convenience, I included the full list of Awards in attach.

We would very much appreciate if you can also share this information with colleagues that may be interested.

I am looking forward to hearing from you or your colleagues. 

P.S. Did know that: 

1- if you are interested in hosting a Canadian graduate student for 9 months for 2020/2021 they can apply to the Fulbright Student Award (US$15 thousand) for doing research in the USA. See more info here.

2- If you are supervising a graduate student (US Citizen) that wants to conduct research in Canada for 9 months they are also eligible for the same benefit. They can find more info here.

Thank you,

Paulo Carvalho

Recruitment specialist / Spécialiste du recrutement

Fulbright Canada

2015-350 rue Albert Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1R 1A4

613.688.5518  

Facebook: FulbrightCanada 

Twitter: @FulbrightCanada

Website: fulbright.ca

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