Download guidelines and application forms here The Foundation makes a number of grants and awards to academics and students in Britain each year and these are outlined below. Details have been updated and slightly revised for 2010. Programs for Ontario Bicentennial Travel Awards and (a new award) Foundation Independent Scholars Awards for Canadian Studies will now appear below. Updating and revision is in process for the Foundation UK Doctoral Studentships program. We regret we are unable to offer assistance to academics or students to attend conferences. If you would like to apply for one of these awards, please contact the website or person for each of the programs or download guidelines and applications where shown. Applications should not be sent to the Canadian High Commission in any circumstances.
The purpose of the CUUPP is to facilitate collaboration between universities in the two countries. It aims to enable the institutions to share their experiences in common fields of interest and endeavour and to share complementary expertise and facilities. It is also hoped that they may take advantage of similar democratic and university structures to combine their human and financial resources in addressing common problems, and in facing the challenges of the twenty-first century. Through these partnerships, the Foundation hopes to encourage and support the initiation, development and diversification of partnerships between British and Canadian universities, in association with government, the private sector and NGOs in both Britain and Canada. The grants will usually be less than £1000 and will be developmental rather than sustaining. Deadlines for applications: 31 January, 31 May and 31 October each year. Contact: Hellyerm@aol.com
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This information is directed to UK Universities which teach, research, and/or publish about Canada regarding Postgraduates who are British citizens and passport holders, undertaking research projects about Canada as part of their Masters, Doctorate, or other higher degree. These travel awards, each for £750, contribute towards the cost of a study visit to Canada, and may be applied for by any one of the following deadlines: 31st October; 31st January; or 31st May. Contact: Hellyerm@aol.com
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This program is open to recognised Canadian Studies Centres, Programs, Consortia, and, BACS and its Specialist Groups. Development Grants are designed to encourage scholarly enquiry and professional academic activities which will contribute to the development and/or expansion of a Canadian Studies Program. Among the activities included for grant consideration are professional travel, symposia, public lectures, publication of associated proceedings, lectureships, scholarly liaison between British and Canadian academics, as well as newsletters and program delivery assistance. Grants will be made to successful UK applicant institutions for funding to develop Canadian Studies as part of their institution's regular work. Contact: Hellyerm@aol.com
This Fund has been established to assist with direct payments to publishers to facilitate publications such as monographs, edited collections of papers and edited conference proceedings, specifically on Canadian topics. Applicants must be either established Canadian Studies groups in Britain (these include Centres,Programs, Consortia, BACS Specialist Groups, and BACS Council for official BACS Publications) or individuals permanently resident in the UK with a track record of at least two years' recognised work in Canadian Studies in Britain. All publications will have been peer-reviewed. The maximum sum available for any one publication will be £1,000, although it is anticipated that the average grant will be in the region of £500. Applications may be made to the Foundation by any one of the following deadlines: 31st October;31st January or 31st May. Contact: Hellyerm@aol.com
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UK Doctoral Studentships
This fund seeks to provide financial support for well-qualified and talented British and Canadian citizens, who are permanent residents in the UK, to conduct doctoral research, at a UK University, containing a substantial Canadian element and with relevance to Canadian Studies in the UK. Host institutions will be expected to provide 'matching funding' to make up the balance of the home/EU tuition fees. Maximum grants are £2,000 per annum full-time and £750 per annum part-time. Phd degree-granting institutions may apply and students may be in his or her first, second, or third year of doctoral study (part-time up to fourth year of study). Contact: Hellyerm@aol.com
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Foundation Ontario Bicentennial Travel Awards
The Ontario Bicentennial Travel Awards, each valued at £750.00, have been endowed by the Government of Ontario and are administered by the Foundation. They are designed to assist UK academics in British universities who are researching either historical or contemporary aspects of Ontario with a view to teaching in a university and or publishing about Ontario in an academic journal, monograph, or book. Applications may be made to the Foundation by any one of the following deadlines: 31st October;31st January or 31st May. Contact: Hellyerm@aol.com
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Independent Scholars Awards for Canadian Studies in the UK
These awards are administered as flexibly as possible to assist the independent scholar to make a significant contribution to the continued development of Canadian Studies in Britain. This may involve research undertaken and shared, assistance with costs of publishing rersearch, assistance with participation in a conference or seminars etc. An Independent Scholar may be a newly qualified academic still trying to find their first appointment or scholars who have not been employed in a UK higher education institution for many years but are still actively researching, publishing, and/or giving conference papers and contributing to seminars. They may have retired from higher education , on pension, but still academically active or they may have lost their university appointment as a result of economic cut-backs. The awards are designed to recognize this important source of academic knowledge, expertise and activity and provide a limited source of funds to assist their contribution to Canadian Studies in the UK.
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OTHER AWARDS
For information about grants which the Canadian Government may provide please see website: www.international.gc.ca/education
The Foundation holds funds from the ICCS "in trust" for programs administered by the Canadian High Commission. These programs include:
Faculty Enrichment Program (FEP)
Faculty Research Program (FRP)
and
Matching Library Support Program
Contact: www.iccs-ciec.ca Uk contact: academic.london@international.gc.ca