{"id":26610,"date":"2025-10-02T13:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ci\/?p=26610"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:14:26","slug":"academics-without-borders-call-for-projects-oct-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ci\/2025\/academics-without-borders-call-for-projects-oct-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics Without Borders &#8211; Call for Projects (Oct 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"p1\">Opportunity<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Academics Without Borders (AWB) is a Canadian nonprofit organization. Its mission is to help<br \/>\nlow and middle-income countries improve their universities so that they can train their own<br \/>\nexperts and conduct research to assist in their countries\u2019 development. AWB\u2019s projects are<br \/>\ninvolved in the full range of university activities from expanding and improving existing<br \/>\ninstitutions and programs to helping create new ones. AWB fulfills its mission through volunteers<br \/>\nwho collaborate on projects that originate in and are owned by institutions in low and middle<br \/>\nincome countries (LMICs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">AWB is looking to develop and support projects that enable volunteer experts to engage in<br \/>\ncapacity-building activities at institutions of higher education in low or middle-income countries<br \/>\n(LMIC\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Full application details are available <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1BYSbuuwjFll5Kd0WKig6kHTWTvN-IUuS\/view\"><span class=\"s1\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Eligibility<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\">Applications may be submitted by a faculty or staff member at one of the universities and<br \/>\ncolleges in the AWB Network in collaboration with a partner institution of higher<br \/>\neducation in a low or middle-income country.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Funding Available<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Expenses covered by AWB may include:<br \/>\n\u25cf Economy air travel, airport transfers, in-transit costs for hotels and meals<br \/>\n\u25cf Medical and travel insurance<br \/>\n\u25cf Visa fees<br \/>\n\u25cf Required vaccinations and medications<br \/>\n\u25cf A stipend for the volunteer\u2019s living expenses<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u25cf Other costs may also be considered to facilitate volunteer involvement with the project,<br \/>\nespecially for projects implemented virtually.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Deadlines<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u25cf First Stage Deadline: Monday, November 10, 2025<br \/>\n\u25cf First Stage Decision: Monday, November 24, 2025<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Submitting Your Application<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">The process is in two stages.<br \/>\n1. Submission of a first stage application as outlined below and using the form linked below.<br \/>\n2. If the proposal meets the eligibility requirements, it moves to a second stage in which AWB<br \/>\ncontacts the partner institution and invites a more fully developed project proposal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">First Stage Proposal Form: Click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1B-8Be5fDgjNHyBkysxl1cFFBc02wPYui\/edit\"><span class=\"s2\">HERE<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n(AWB will only accept proposals that use the form.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If this first stage proposal is approved, it will move to the second stage of the process. AWB will<br \/>\nsend the AWB project proposal form to the partner institution to be completed and signed by a<br \/>\nsenior administrator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Please submit project proposals by Monday, November 10, 2025 to Corrie Young at<br \/>\n&#x63;&#x79;&#x6f;&#x75;&#x6e;&#x67;&#x40;&#x61;&#119;&#98;&#45;&#117;&#115;&#102;&#46;org.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Internal Contacts<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ci\/people\/sylvie-jasen\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Sylvie Jasen<\/span><\/a>, International Projects Coordinator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019 development. 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