Funding opportunities for global engagement are available through a wide variety of channels. The following links provide useful information on select University-wide opportunities.
For discipline specific opportunities, please contact your faculty for further information. For information on funds for international research projects and on major international grant opportunities, contact the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR).
Current Select Opportunities听
Call for Members: Global Young Academy -听The Global Young Academy aims to become the voice of young scientists around the world. To realize this vision, the Global Young Academy develops, connects and mobilizes new talent from six continents. The Global Young Academy empowers young researchers to lead international, interdisciplinary and intergenerational dialogue with the goal to make global decision making evidence-based and inclusive.听91社区 internal deadline: September 2, 2025听(Sponsor Full Application Deadline: September 15, 2025,听18:00 UTC)听.
Les Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec | Support for the organization of international conferences -听The main objective of this competition is to听recognize the contribution of those responsible for organizing major international scientific conferences held in Montreal.听91社区 internal deadline: September 18, 2025听(Sponsor Full Application Deadline: October 2, 2025,听16:00 UTC)听.
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) | CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program -听PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT听(The call for applications will open on September 3, 2025.)听The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program supports exceptional early-career researchers with funding, mentorship, a global network, and professional skills development.听The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program is a two-year appointment designed to support young investigators at a pivotal time in their careers. Each scholar will become part of a global network of leading researchers pursuing answers to some of the most difficult challenges facing the world today.听.
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International Funding Sources
听The Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP) is part of Global Affairs Canada鈥檚 International Scholarships Program.听听The program enables professors at Canadian post-secondary institutions to pursue short-term research and/or teaching activities in Latin America and the Caribbean as a means of exploring, creating and advancing institutional partnerships in the areas of research, student mobility, joint programming, capacity building, and others.听The primary objective of the exchange is to create new institutional collaborations and/or to strengthen existing agreements between Canadian and non-Canadian post-secondary institutions eligible under the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP).
Please email global.engagement [at] mcgill.ca if you want to apply, so we can send you the form. Global Engagement needs to receive the applications by November 19, 2024. Global Engagement then submit the applications on behalf of the candidates.
听The Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program provides opportunities to Canadian academics, students and professionals who wish to study and/or do research in subject areas related to China at participating Chinese institutions.
For further information, visit Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
听DAAD Canada is dedicated to informing Canadians about the opportunities for study and research in Germany. Information is provided on DAAD鈥檚 suite of scholarship and grant programs to students and faculty at Canadian universities, and work to build ties between German and Canadian universities.
Subscribe to the to be informed of current opportunities.
听Erasmus+ is a European Union program which supports short-term teaching exchanges between European and non-European higher education institutions. Interested 91社区 researchers should contact their European collaborators to see if 91社区 is or could become one of their Erasmus+ partner institution.
For more information, contact global.engagement [at] mcgill.ca
听The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program operates on the principle of reciprocal exchange and provides the opportunity for outstanding American and Canadian students and scholars to study, lecture and/or conduct research in the other country.
To apply for funding opportunities, please click .
91社区-Glasgow Travel Award听The historical links between 91社区 and the University of Glasgow go back to 1756, when 91社区 founder, James 91社区, was a student at the University of Glasgow. Over the years, the connections between the universities have been strengthened through a shared commitment to the internationalization of education, expressed through a host of research collaborations and student exchanges. In recognition of this historic partnership, and the Glasgow Honorary Doctorate given to 91社区 Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Suzanne Fortier, in 2015, 91社区 will support the short-term mobility of PhD students and postdocs in any discipline seeking to initiate or strengthen research ties with the University of Glasgow.
For further information, visit听Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
听Fund your students鈥� research abroad and work with talented international undergrads. Globalink offers two-way mobility for senior undergrads, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
For information on current opportunities, visit听Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
听The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship program, known as the QES, is led by the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) in collaboration with Universities Canada, and with founding support from Community Foundations of Canada (CFC).
When applications are open, contact global.engagement [at] mcgill.ca to obtain all required application information.
Research Funding at 91社区
While the Global Engagement team helps share exciting funding opportunities with the 91社区 community, the primary sources of information for such opportunities are the Office of the Vice-President, Research + Innovation (R+I), including the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR),听for academic staff and the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
We encourage researchers and students to consult these office's websites for the most up-to-date details on available funding and eligibility criteria:
