Opportunity
Academics Without Borders (AWB) is a Canadian nonprofit organization. Its mission is to help
low and middle-income countries improve their universities so that they can train their own
experts and conduct research to assist in their countries’ development. AWB’s projects are
involved in the full range of university activities from expanding and improving existing
institutions and programs to helping create new ones. AWB fulfills its mission through volunteers
who collaborate on projects that originate in and are owned by institutions in low and middle
income countries (LMICs).
AWB is looking to develop and support projects that enable volunteer experts to engage in
capacity-building activities at institutions of higher education in low or middle-income countries
(LMIC’s).
Full application details are available here.
Eligibility
Applications may be submitted by a faculty or staff member at one of the universities and
colleges in the AWB Network in collaboration with a partner institution of higher
education in a low or middle-income country.
Funding Available
Expenses covered by AWB may include:
● Economy air travel, airport transfers, in-transit costs for hotels and meals
● Medical and travel insurance
● Visa fees
● Required vaccinations and medications
● A stipend for the volunteer’s living expenses
● Other costs may also be considered to facilitate volunteer involvement with the project,
especially for projects implemented virtually.
Deadlines
● First Stage Deadline: Monday, November 10, 2025
● First Stage Decision: Monday, November 24, 2025
Submitting Your Application
- The process is in two stages.
1. Submission of a first stage application as outlined below and using the form linked below.
2. If the proposal meets the eligibility requirements, it moves to a second stage in which AWB
contacts the partner institution and invites a more fully developed project proposal.
First Stage Proposal Form: Click HERE
(AWB will only accept proposals that use the form.)
If this first stage proposal is approved, it will move to the second stage of the process. AWB will
send the AWB project proposal form to the partner institution to be completed and signed by a
senior administrator.
Please submit project proposals by Monday, November 10, 2025 to Corrie Young at
cyoung@awb-usf.org.
Internal Contacts
Sylvie Jasen, International Projects Coordinator