International Research and Experiential Learning (IREX) at uOttawa invites you to explore these opportunities and apply directly when the competitions are open and accepting applications. Please note that IREX does not provide support in the application process; students are encouraged to contact their academic supervisor for guidance.
International Research Funding Opportunities for Students
This catalog describes external funding opportunities to support research stays abroad that are open to undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows.
Overview
Opportunities
Description: A fully funded summer research program for Canadian students or permanent residents hosted by the University of Toronto, with an international component: a symposium held in the US.
Research fields: Science and engineering
Target group: Undergraduate students
Target countries: Canada, United States
Description: This scholarship program, offered by Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), provides funding for research, doctoral and postdoctoral studies.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Doctoral students, post docs
Target country: Argentina
Description: Awards for Canadian students who wish to study and/or conduct research in the United States at any university, research center, think tank or government agency.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target country: United States
Description: The Organization of American States (OAS) offers scholarships for study or research at one of its member states.
Research fields: All (medical sciences excluded)
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target countries: Latin America and Caribbean, North America
Description: The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers a summer research experience for students to work in teams on projects sponsored by industry.
Research field: Science and engineering
Target group: Undergraduate students
Target country: United States
Description: The American Psychological Association (APA) offers fellowships for a nine-week summer research experience in psychology.
Research field: Humanities and social sciences
Target group: Undergraduate students
Target countries: Canada,United States
Description: Funded by Global Affairs Canada and the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, this program offers the opportunity to pursue post-secondary studies or conduct research in the area of “China Studies” at leading institutions across China.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students
Target country: China
Description: The Government of the Republic of Korea, through the National Institute for International Education (NIIED), offers scholarships for study or research.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target country: South Korea
Description: This scholarship program offered by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is forpursuing advanced studies or research at Japanese universities.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target country: Japan
Description: This program offered by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) funds research stays of one to up to twelve months to conduct collaborative research under the guidance of hosts researchers in universities and other Japanese institutions.
Research fields: Humanities and social sciences, Science and engineering
Target groups: Doctoral students
Target country: Japan
Description: This program offered by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in partnership with The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), allows applicants to pursue research under the guidance of host researchers at a Japanese university or research institute over a period of two months during the summer.
Research fields: Humanities and social sciences, Science and engineering
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target country: Japan
Description: The Short-Term Research Awards (STRA)fund research stays of two-to-six months for research projects related to Taiwan.
Research fields: Humanities and social sciences
Target groups: Doctoral students, post docs
Target country: Taiwan
Description: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) grants fellowships for research in Türkiye.
Research fields: Science and engineering, medicine and health sciences
Target groups: Doctoral students, post docs
Target country: Türkiye
Description: The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) offers a fellowship to conduct a six to eight-week research project on essential subject matters concerning Canada or India under the supervision of Indian faculty members in their host Indian institutions.
Research field: All
Target group: Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students
Target countries: India
Description: Funding for Canadian or permanent resident students for a three-month research stay in Japan. Research must include methods in humanities and social sciences and be related to Japan.
Research field: Humanities and social sciences
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target country: Japan
Description: The fellowships fund students for research or internship stays in Germany for a maximum of six months in the following domains: Drug Discovery Sciences, Agricultural Science, Medical Sciences, Climate & Health.
Research fields: Medicine and health sciences, Science and engineering
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target country: Germany
Description: The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) jointly offer a fellowship for research exclusively at DLR institutes in Germany in the fields of aeronautics, space, energy, transportation, digitalization or security.
Research fields: Science and engineering
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students, post docs
Target country: Germany
Description: The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)funds research projects on German cultural studies. Research visits to Germany of one or two months are eligible for funding.
Research field: Humanities and social sciences
Target groups: Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students
Target country: Germany
Description: This research grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is intended to help fund a two-to-twelve-month research project with a scientific supervisor in Germany.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Doctoral students, post docs
Target country: Germany
Description: The Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)professional program, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), offers summer research internships in Germany at companies and non-university research institutions with strong ties to industry.
Research fields: Science and engineering
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target country: Germany
Description: The Canadian Initiative for Nordic Studies (CINS)at the University of Alberta offers a scholarship for pursuing graduate research or other study within a PhD program at a Nordic or Canadian post-secondary institution.
Research fields: All
Target group: Doctoral students
Target countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, or Greenland.
Description: A two-month summer research program in life sciences sponsored by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Scholarships are available to participants.
Research field: Science and engineering
Target groups: Undergraduate and master’s students
Target country: Switzerland
Description: The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) offersinitial funding to carry out a doctoral research project in Finland, completing a double degree, or carrying out a study visit.
Research fields: All
Target group: Doctoral students
Target country: Finland
Description: Scholarship awarded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Applicants can enrol in a master’s or doctoral program in France and receive funding for 12, 24 or 36 months.
Research fields: Humanities and social sciences, science and engineering
Target groups: Master’s and doctoral students
Target country: France
Description: Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD) offers this grant for up to two semesters of study or research at an Austrian University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule).
Research fields: All
Target groups: Undergraduate and master’s students
Target country: Austria
Description: Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD) offers this grant to young researchers who wish to pursue a research project of one-to-nine months in Austria.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Doctoral students, post docs
Target country: Austria
Description: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) offers research and study grants to foreign students.
Research fields: All
Target group: Doctoral students
Target country: Italy
Description: The Ontario/Baden-Württemberg (OBW) Summer Research Programallows students to spend two-to-three calendar months at a university in Baden-Württemberg engaged in research projects relevant to their studies in Ontario.
Research fields: Science and engineering, Medicine and health sciences
Target groups: Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students
Target country: Germany
Description: The Ontario/Rhône-Alpes (ORA) Summer Research Program offers students the opportunity to spend three months in the summer at a university in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes for research projects relevant to their studies in Ontario. Scholarships as also include a stipend by a French lab.
Research fields: Science and engineering, medicine and health sciences
Target groups: Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students
Target country: France
Description: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) grants fellowships for research in Türkiye.
Research fields: Science and engineering, medicine and health sciences
Target groups: Doctoral students, post docs
Target country: Türkiye
Description: The Rectorate of the University of Fribourg (Unifr) awards scholarships for a research stay at Unifr for three or five months.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Doctoral students, post docs
Target country: Switzerland
Description: A scholarship for students of Polish philology, Polish or Slavic studies to study or carry out research projects in Poland.
Research field: Humanities and social sciences
Target groups: Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students
Target country: Poland
Description: Research scholarships in any discipline at the doctoral or post-doctoral level in Switzerland.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Doctoral students, Post docs
Target country: Switzerland
Description: This program, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), partially sponsors a short research stay in Switzerland.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Undergraduate and graduate students
Target country: Switzerland
Description: Funded by the International Doctoral Research Centre (IDRC), the International Doctoral Research Awards (IDRA) support field research in the Global South.
Research fields: All
Target group: Doctoral students
Target countries: Global South low- and middle-income countries
Description: Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) funds projects on northern topics. Funds are a supplement to offset the additional costs of northern research.
Research fields: All
Target groups: Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students
Target countries: Canada, Finland, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States (Alaska).
Description: The Leakey Foundation offers grants for research related to human origins, including dissertation research and exploratory studies.
Research fields: Humanities and social sciences
Target group: Doctoral students
Target country: Worldwide