International Research Mobility Funding Opportunities

Inbound: International students/ researchers coming to SFU
Outbound: SFU students/ teachers going abroad

*Last updated: February 2022

Country/Region	Mobility Direction	Opportunity	For	Deadline
Anywhere in the world	Inbound Outbound	SSHRC Partnership Grants	Researchers Postdoctoral fellows	Closed for 2022
Anywhere in the world	Outbound	CIHR Doctoral Foreign Study Award	PhD students	Closed for 2022
Anywhere in the world	Outbound	CIHR Project Grant	Researchers	TBC
Anywhere in the world	Outbound	Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Program	Grad students	June 10 and October 10 of each year
Anywhere in the world	Inbound Outbound	Going Global Innovation	Researchers	Ongoing
Anywhere in the world	Inbound Outbound	CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program	Researchers	SFU Internal Deadline: October 20, 2022 External Deadline: October 25, 2022
Asia: Bangladesh, Nepal, Taiwan Europe: Turkey, Ukraine Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda	Inbound	Study in Canada Scholarships	Undergrad and grad students	Closed for 2022-2023
Brazil	Inbound Outbound	Canada-Brazil Awards - Joint Research Projects	Grad students Researchers	Closed between April 2020 and September 2022
Brazil	Inbound Outbound	SPRINT – São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration	Researchers	31-Jan-22 (closed)
Brazil, China, India, Israel, and South Korea	Inbound Outbound	Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP )	Canadian SME	Ongoing
China	Outbound	Canada-China Scholars' Exchange Program (CCSEP)	Undergrad and grad students Researchers	Closed for 2022-2023
China	Outbound	Chinese Government Scholarship Program	Undergrad and grad students Researchers	11-Feb-22
Eligible CARICOM countries	Inbound	Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program	Researchers	SFU Internal Deadline: 2-Mar-22
EU or associated countries	Outbound	Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships – European Fellowships	Postdoctoral fellows Researchers	TBD: Spring 2022
France	Inbound Outbound	France Canada Research Fund: New Research Collaborations	Researchers Grad students	SFU Internal Deadline: 9-Nov-21 (closed)
Germany	Inbound Outbound	Initiation of International Collaboration Grant	Researchers	Ongoing
Germany	Outbound	German Studies Research Grant	Undergrad and grad students	May 1, July 11, and November 1, 2021 (closed)
Germany	Outbound	DAAD Short-term research grant	Grad students and Postdocs	November and May of each year
Germany	Outbound	DAAD Bilateral Exchange of Academics	Researchers	Ongoing
Germany	Outbound	DAAD Research Stay Grant	Researchers	October and May each year
Japan	Outbound	Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program	Grad students and Postdocs	4-Feb-22 (closed)
Japan	Outbound	Tanaka Fund Program	Grad students	Currently on hold
Latin Americas and the Caribbean	Outbound	Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program	Researchers	Closed for 2022-2023
Latin Americas and the Caribbean	Inbound	Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)	Undergrad and grad students	SFU Internal Deadline: 4-Mar-22
Mexico	Outbound	Mexican Government’s Merit Awards for International Students (AMEXCID)	Graduate students and Postdocs	10-Dec-20 (closed)
NATO Countries and NATO Partner countries	Inbound Outbound	NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme (SPS)	Researchers	Unlisted
UK	Inbound	UKRI-Mitacs Globalink Research Award	UKRI funded PhD students	Postponed due to Covid
USA	Outbound	Fulbright Arctic Initiative	Researchers	TBD: Late 2022
USA	Outbound	Fulbright Canadian Scholars Awards	Researchers	November 15, 20221 (closed)
USA	Outbound	Fulbright Canada Research Chairs	Researchers	November 15, 2022
USA	Outbound	Organization of American States (OAS) Academic Scholarships Program	Graduate students	22-June-21 (closed)
USA	Outbound	Traditional Fulbright Student Award	Graduate students	TBD: May 2022
USA	Outbound	Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award	Researchers	TBD: May 2022
Southeast Asia	Inbound	Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED)	Undergrad and grad students	SFU Internal Deadline: 18-Feb-22
USA and Canada	Inound Outbound	Public Diplomacy Grant Program 2022	Undergrad and grad students	Upcoming SFU Internal Deadline: 1-Jul-22 Other Proposal Deadlines: March 7, May 4, and July 6 2022

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