Funding Opportunities

EduCanada Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program

Deadline November 6

The Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP) provides opportunities for Canadian faculty to do short-term research and teach in Latin America and the Caribbean. The program is offered by Global Affairs Canada to support Canada’s education relations and engagement in the region by advancing institutional partnerships in the areas of research, student mobility, joint programming, and capacity building.

• More info & application: global.ok.ubc.ca/faculty-mobility-for-partnership-building-program

Create New or Enhance Collaborations with KU Leuven (Belgium)

Deadline October 10

UBC has been invited to participate as a priority institution in KU Leuven’s Global Seed Fund competition, and is offering matching funds and in-kind support to principal investigators interested in establishing or continuing collaborations with KU Leuven partners. Match requests should be directed to Les Grad, Manager, Strategic Initiatives at leslie.grad@ubc.ca no less than one week in advance of the deadline.

• More info & application: kuleuven.be/global/international-partnerships/prioritypartnershipglobal/calls

Erasmus+

INTERNATIONAL STAFF TRAINING WEEK

Warsaw University of Life Sciences | Poland | October 27 to 31, 2024.

Erasmus+ will fund one successful UBC applicant to join a 5-day professional development program on the internationalization of higher education: International Strategy – Building Successful Partnerships. This opportunity is open to UBC administrative staff working in international relations and partnership roles, those responsible for internationalization, and/or Erasmus+ local coordinators.

• More info & application: global.ubc.ca/partner-ubc/erasmus

UBCO-Excellence Initiative

Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

INITIATOR GRANT

Building upon previous rounds of partnership seed funding (2018) and Fellowships and Project grants (2020), Initiator Grants are intended to support pilot projects to establish or broaden academic and research collaboration. Three Initiator Grants up to a maximum GBP £4,000 / CAD $6,900 each will be available in February 2022 to Exeter and UBC Okanagan collaborators, with the following objectives:

• To develop and expand relationships between Exeter and UBC Okanagan
• To support both research and education initiatives
• To enable grant holders to develop projects for Catalyst funding and/or competitive, larger-scale external grant applications.

Initiator Grant Guidelines
Initiator Grant Application

CATALYST GRANT

Building upon previous rounds of partnership seed funding (2018) and Fellowships and Project grants (2020), Catalyst Grants are intended to support larger-scale initiatives with the aim of securing external funding and/or producing high-level outputs and impact. It is anticipated that academic staff at both Universities, with excellent and complementary expertise and capability, will have already established a working relationship and track record that can be demonstrated as part of the application.

Applications up to a maximum GBP £20,000 / CAD $34,000 are invited, with the following objectives:

• To position the project group to win major external funding, publish significant research, and/or influence national/international policy.
• To address research questions and/or to develop innovative teaching and learning initiatives with the potential for high-impact that could not be as effectively carried out by a partner on its own.
• To facilitate further development of novel research and/or teaching and learning concepts to the point of submission of bid(s) for significant external funding.
• To expedite ground-breaking interdisciplinary research and/or teaching and learning initiatives, taking them to the next level.

Supporting Documents:

• Catalyst Grant Guidelines
• Catalyst Grant Application
• Funded Projects

Reichwald Germanic Studies Award for Research & Creative Activity

The intent of the Reichwald Germanic Studies Award for Research and Creative Activity is to promote and facilitate faculty research and creative activity related to any area of German society. The research or creative activity must be related to German society, but need not take place in Germany. Follow the link below to view the full details and program terms.