Canadian Research Opportunities

The Canadian Government, through its Embassy and Consulates in the United States, supports research, conferences, teaching, and program activity related to Canada and/or Canada-U.S. relations. Our grant program seeks to encourage comparative research and teaching, faculty exchanges, student mobility, and collaboration between American and Canadian researchers. We also seek to build stronger ties between American and Canadian universities and colleges.

We ask that you forward this notice to faculty and doctoral students who may be interested in our grant program. More information on each grant program is available below.

Research Grant Program assists individual scholars or teams of scholars in writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality with a focus on Canada or Canada-U.S. relations. Applications due: September 30, 2008 . http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/research-en.asp

Doctoral Student Research Award offers doctoral students an opportunity to conduct part of their dissertation research in Canada. The program is intended for students whose dissertations are related in substantial part to the study of Canada. Applications due: October 31, 2008 . http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/graduate-en.asp

Faculty Enrichment (Course Development) Program provides faculty members an opportunity to develop or update a course with substantial Canadian content that will be offered as part of their regular teaching load. Applications due: October 31, 2008 .
http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/faculty-en.asp

Conference Grant Program supports conferences that address important and timely issues about Canada or Canada-U.S. relations. It is designed to assist an institution in holding a conference and publishing the resulting papers and proceedings in a scholarly fashion. Applications due: June 30, 2008 . http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/conference-en.asp

North American Research Linkages Program is designed to facilitate North American collaboration within the academic communities of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. It aims to foster the development of permanent exchange networks by providing assistance to teams of researchers from all three countries in order to organize seminars, workshops, or other forms of research linkages. Applications due: May 1, 2008 . http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/narl-en.asp

Program Enhancement Grant encourages 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-U.S. relations. Applications due: June 15, 2008 . http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/enhancement-en.asp

Outreach Grant Program encourages and supports training and resource development that benefit K-12 teachers who teach about Canada, Canada-U.S. relations, and/or Canada's role in the international community. Applications due: June 30, 2008 .
http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/institution-en.asp#outreach

We are particularly interested in projects that have policy relevance for Canada and Canada-U.S. relations. Such topics include:

smart and secure borders

North American economic competitiveness

regulatory cooperation

Canada-U.S. trade and investment partnership

energy security and sustainability

environmental sustainability

emergency planning and management

Canada-U.S. security and defense cooperation

Canada in Afghanistan

global health policy

changing demographics in North America.

Also keep in mind the Library Support Program, which is designed to assist university libraries to strengthen their library holdings related to Canada in order to support teaching and research on Canada and/or Canada-U.S. relations. http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/newweb/sample2/LSP_en.asp?shownav=4

In 2007-08, the Canadian Studies Grant Program provided support to faculty, researchers, and graduate students at 80 universities, colleges, and institutions in 31 states. More than 100 projects were funded on a wide range of topics and in many disciplines. Click here for a list of grant recipients and their projects.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to discuss their interest in the grant program with a Canadian government officer in their area.

We would like to encourage faculty and students to sign up for Canada Watch, a weekly summary of the publications and commentaries from Canadian think tanks and research centers on a wide range of Canadian and Canada-U.S. issues NewsCan, a weekly summary of news from Canada; and/or the Canada-U.S. Business and Economic Monitor.

Alexander Leipziger
Research and Academic Relations | Recherche et relations académiques
Canadian Embassy | L'Ambassade du Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel: (202) 682-7727 Fax: (202) 682-7791
alexander.leipziger@international.gc.ca