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Fulbright Canada 

We are delighted to inform you that the Fulbright US Scholars competition is open and we would like to introduce you to the opportunities in Canada.
For 2022/2023, Fulbright Canada is offering more than 50 Research Chairs at top Canadian Institutions. Our grants support research with colleagues across Canada for a 4 to 9 month period- applications are accepted through September 15th, 2021
These opportunities are for a start date of September 2022 or January 2023.

ALL AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES
•Below you will find all the Research Chair opportunities in different fields (click each area for more details)- most of these awards are for a 4 month period:
-Arts, Humanities, and Culture
-Food Studies
-Policy, Law, and Governance
-Business and Management
-Health Studies
-Language, Culture & Identity
-Education
-Indigenous Studies
-Science and Technology
-Environmental Studies
-Public Affairs in North America Studies
-Postdoctoral Research
-Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship on Global Economies
-All Disciplines

•There is also a series of Distinguished Chairs offered for 9 Months by Carleton University in Ottawa on the following topics:
-Arts and Social Sciences in Canada and North America
-Entrepreneurship
-Public Affairs in North America: Society, Policy, Media
-Environmental Science
-Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Eligibility requirements
• Be a U.S. citizen (Permanent residence is not sufficient)
• Hold a Ph.D., LLM, MFA, or equivalent professional/terminal degree
• Applicants who have resided abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the application deadline are ineligible. A period of nine months or more during a calendar year constitutes a full year.
• Recipients of a Fulbright Scholar award are eligible to apply for another award two years after the date of completion of the previous award.

Application Components
Project Statement - Up to 5 pages
CV/Resume - Up to 6 pages; up to 8 pages for Distinguished Scholar awards
Letters of Recommendation - Two letters
Bibliography - Required for Research and Teaching/Research awards, up to 3 pages
Syllabi/course outlines - Required for Teaching and Teaching/Research awards, up to 10 pages
Letter of Invitation - Only for the Traditional All Disciplines Awards
Language proficiency - English

Review Criteria
Applicant training, background, and experience:
The applicant possesses the training, credentials, and active professional standing, as appropriate for their project, discipline, and career path, and meets all stated requirements for the award.

Quality of the project:
The project is feasible, original, well-designed, innovative, and sophisticated, with sufficient resources and time allocated, and can be adapted if needed. In addition, the project can be understood by individuals outside of the applicant’s discipline.

Project’s potential impact, outcome, and benefits:
The project exhibits potential for impact, which is significant, broad, and sustainable in discipline, at their home institution and community, and to the applicant’s professional development.

Personal qualities:
The applicant displays an ability to be adaptable, culturally sensitive, collegial, and can serve as a cultural ambassador for the U.S.

Join the more than 600 Fulbright Canada alumni and apply for one of our awards!
Interested in more information on the awards?
•See the booklet with the full list of Awards
•You can see here the application details
•REGISTER for the Webinar to know more about our awards and how to prepare a successful application- Thursday, May 6th at 2 PM (register even if you are unsure if you can attend, that way we will send you a link with the recording).

P.S. Did know that:
•If you are interested in hosting a Canadian graduate student for 9 months for 2022/2023 they can apply to the Fulbright Student Award (US$20 thousand) for doing research in the USA. See more info here.
•If you are supervising a graduate student (US Citizen) that wants to conduct research in Canada for 9 months they are also eligible for the same benefit.

For more information please visit: https://www.fulbright.ca/

For advising questions please contact MSU's Fulbright Advisor, Joy Campbell on the Fulbright website