Funding
Opportunity: North American Research Linkages Program
Funding
Agency: Department
of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The
program 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.
Foreign
Affairs and International Trade Canada will offer grants of up to $20,000CDN
to assist in the establishment or the development of North American research
networks in support of projects that have policy relevance for the North
American agenda.
Priority
Themes:
·
Sustainable development (including energy and the environment)
·
Human capital (e.g. people-to-people linkages)
·
Security and public safety
·
Competitiveness and innovation
·
Social policy
·
Subnational governance
·
North American climate change
·
Comparative studies of Canada/US and Mexico/US border issues
·
Culture and identity
Application
Deadline: May 1, 2009
Eligibility
To be eligible, a proposal must meet the following requirements:
1.
A research team must be comprised of members from an academic
institution in each of the three countries.
2.
Each team shall be actively engaged and must demonstrate
experience in a research related to the linkages project;
3.
Show that this proposal's goal is to foster academic mobility and
exchange of information and not to finance research;
4.
Include a strategy/critical path to pursue linkages after the
initial activity; an important component in the evaluation of the proposal will
be the team’s proposed follow-up activities in ensuring sustainability of the
research network.
5.
Include a detailed budget indicating all expected expenditures and
potential sources of revenue other than the Canadian government.
For further
information, or to request an application form, please contact:
Le
Li
International
Research Facilitator
International
Research Office
Research Services
University of
Saskatchewan
Phone: 966-1687
Email: le.li@usask.ca