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International Research Mobility Funding Opportunities 

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

*Last updated: January 2023

Country/Region

Mobility Direction

Opportunity

For

Deadline

Anywhere in the world

Inbound
Outbound

SSHRC Partnership Grants

Postdoctoral fellows
Researchers

February 10, 2023

Anywhere in the world

Outbound

CIHR Doctoral Foreign Study Award  

PhD students

Closed for 2022

Anywhere in the world

Outbound

CIHR Project Grant

Researchers

Registration deadline: February 8, 2023 Application deadline: March 8, 2023

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

Closed for 2023-2025 cohort

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

SPRINT – São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration

Researchers

TBC

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

January 20, 2023

China

Outbound

Chinese Government Scholarship Program

Undergrad and grad students
Researchers

February 10, 2023

Eligible CARICOM countries

Inbound

Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program

Researchers

Closed for 2022-2023

EU or associated countries

Outbound

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships – European Fellowships 


Postdoctoral fellows
Researchers

Closed (next call April 2023)

France

Inbound
Outbound

France Canada Research Fund: New Research Collaborations

Researchers
Grad students

Closed for 2022

France Inbound
Outbound
The Mourou-Strickland Program Researchers February 5, 2023

Germany

Inbound
Outbound

German Research Foundation: Initiation of International Collaboration Grant

Researchers

Ongoing

Germany

Outbound

DAAD: German Studies Research Grant

Undergrad and grad students

May 1 and November 1 of each year

Germany

Outbound

DAAD: Short-term research grant

Grad students and Postdocs

January 13, 2023

Germany

Outbound

DAAD: Bilateral Exchange of Academics

Researchers

Ongoing

Germany

Outbound

DAAD: Research Stay Grant 

Researchers

January 13, 2023

Japan

Outbound

Tanaka Fund Program

Grad students

January 8, 2023

Latin Americas and the Caribbean

Outbound

Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program

Researchers

Competition cancelled for 2023-2024

Latin Americas and the Caribbean

Inbound

Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) 

Undergrad and grad students

Closed for 2022-2023

Mexico

Outbound

Mexican Government’s Merit Awards for International Students (AMEXCID)  

Graduate students and Postdocs

Closed

NATO Countries and NATO Partner countries

Inbound
Outbound

NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme (SPS)

Researchers

Unlisted

USA

Outbound

Fulbright Arctic Initiative

Researchers

Closed

USA Outbound Fulbright Canadian Scholars Awards Researchers Closed 
USA Outbound Fulbright Canada Research Chairs Researchers Closed

USA

Outbound

Organization of American States (OAS) Academic Scholarships Program  

Graduate students

Closed

USA

Outbound

Traditional Fulbright Student Award

Graduate students

Closed

USA

Outbound

Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award

Researchers

Closed

Southeast Asia

Inbound

Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) 

Undergrad and grad students

Closed for 2022-2023

USA and Canada Inound 
Outbound
Public Diplomacy Grant Program 2022 Undergrad and grad students TBC