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External Awards: Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

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The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) has opened the 2011 Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants (LACREG) program, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Projects must address one or more of the Centre’s following research themes:

  • agriculture and the environment
  • science, technology, and innovation
  • social and economic policy
  • health and health systems

The LACREG program applies to collaborative research between Canada and the following LAC countries: Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago , Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Value: Support through this program will be cost-shared on a 2:1 ratio by the program and the partner institutions, respectively. The maximum value of each grant under this program will be $15,000 CDN.

Download the application guidelines and forms. Applications are due by Thursday, October 6, 2011.

For additional information please email lac@aucc.ca

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