Mitacs-CALAREO Globalink Research Award

This opportunity currently supports travel and research between Canada and Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.

Research trips must be between 12 weeks and 6 months.

Carleton Applicants:

Carleton senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows, are invited to apply. Applicants must find a supervisor at their intended host institutions and work closely with their Carleton supervisor on the application form. Award recipients must remain registered full-time during the research visit and cannot take up the award where they have previously completed a degree and/or been employed, or in a country where they hold citizenship (unless they are also a citizen or permanent resident of Canada). Applicants cannot hold more than one GRA per academic lifetime or have previously held a Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program award.

Carleton faculty members looking to build or strengthen international partnerships are encouraged to nominate an undergraduate or graduate student, or a postdoctoral fellow from an eligible country for a co-supervised research project. Host and home supervisors must hold a faculty or adjunct position. If successful, recipients and hosts must follow the procedures for visiting researchers.

International Applicants:

Senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows from an eligible country, are welcome to apply. Applicants must first find a faculty member at Carleton interested in hosting them during their research visit. If successful, award recipients must remain enrolled full-time at their home institution during the research visit, in addition to following the procedures for visiting researchers.

Please note that research projects should fit within one or more of the following research themes:

• Accessibility
• Aging Technology
• AI and Big Data
• Human Computer Interactions
• Northern and Indigenous Communities
• Public Policy and Community Building
• Refugees and Migration
• Telecommunications and Information Technology
• Wellness and Sustainability
• World and Cybersecurity

The award provides CAD$6,000 to cover travel and accommodations or research expenses.

For Carleton students and postdoctoral fellows, the funds will be administered by their home supervisor. To facilitate payment, the supervisor must submit an approval form in cuResearch. For international visiting researchers, the funds will be administered by Carleton International upon arrival. The university will issue a cheque and the international award recipient must open a Canadian bank account.

Application process:

1. Please contact the International Projects Coordinator for a Mitacs GRA application package
2. The applicant completes the package, which includes a PDF form and a proposal document
3. Once completed with signatures from the supervisor(s) and intern(s), the application materials are sent to Carleton International for institutional signatures and preliminary review
4. Carleton International submits the application to the CALAREO Secretariat for submission to Mitacs for final review and approval (please note: the Mitacs review takes approximately 3 months)
5. Once approved by Mitacs, the award recipient receives a letter of approval and must submit two forms to Mitacs:
   • Code of Conduct and Ethics
   • Pre-departure
6. Following the submission of the required paperwork, Mitacs issues a Notice of Award and releases the funds to Carleton
7. The award recipient has one year to travel from the date of the letter of approval