DFAIT’s Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program is seeking applications from Canadian publicly funded institutions, on behalf of Masters or PhD students from Commonwealth countries in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, for funding to carry out research at a Canadian institution four to six months.

• Scholarships are available for graduate students to carry out research at a Canadian institution for four to six months

• Canadian institutions must submit applications on behalf of the candidate

• Applicants must be citizens of one of the following countries:

o Asia-Pacific: Bangladesh, India, Kiribati, Malaysia, Maldives, Nauru, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

o Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

• $7,500 CAN is available for graduate students for a period of four months of research or $10,000 CAN for graduate students for a period of five or six months research.

• This scholarship is tenable between August 2012 and March 15,2013

Deadline to Apply: April 23, 2012

Applying:

If you or your colleagues would like additional information or are interested in inviting a graduate student to come to Carleton as a visiting researcher and would like to submit an application on their behalf for one of these scholarships, please contact:

Christine Peachey, Manager International Projects
Email: christine_peachey@carleton.ca Phone: 613-520-2600 ext 8358