REMINDER: The application deadline is January 18, 2010.
Canada-Latin America
and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants (LACREG)
2009 Competition
Launch
The
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) is pleased to
announce the launch of the 2009 Canada-Latin
America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants (LACREG) program. This
program has been managed by the AUCC with financial support from the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) since 1995.
The
purpose of this program is to strengthen international partnerships and
consolidate emerging networks among academic researchers from Canada and Latin
America and the Caribbean. It is designed to support small collaborative
research activities which will contribute to the creation, dissemination and
sustained application of knowledge in the development process in at least one
area of IDRC thematic priority.
Eligibility:
Applicants
from Canada and eligible Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are
encouraged to apply.
The
LACREG program applies to collaborative research between Canada and the
following LAC countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Value: Support through this
program will be cost-shared on a 2:1 ratio by the program and the partner institutions,
respectively. The maximum value of each grant under this program will be
$15,000 CDN.
Deadline: January 18, 2010
Note
that a number of changes have been brought to this year’s guidelines so
please read them carefully. For program guidelines (available in English,
French, Portuguese and Spanish), visit the AUCC website at the following
address:
http://www.aucc.ca/programs/intprograms/2009-10_e.html
Program
guidelines and application form:
http://www.aucc.ca/_doc/programs/intprograms/LACREG/2009/2009_lacreg_guidelines_e.doc
Comments
from the 2008 Selection Committee:
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/programs/lacreg_general_comments_2008.pdf
Former
recipients are willing to share their proposals. For further
information, or to indicate your interest in this opportunity, please contact:
Le
Li
International
Research Facilitator
International
Research Office
Research
Services
University
of Saskatchewan
Email:
le.li@usask.ca