Funding, News and Announcements

The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute currently has open competitions for its grants and awards.  Dalhousie faculty may be particularly interested in the following opportunities:

• Shastri Research Grant:  Funding to support collaborative research initiatives between Indian and Canadian member institutions, entailing mobility as well as capacity building of scholars/researchers between India-Canada.  Grants are in the amount of $5,000; work is expected to take place between November 2017 and May 2018. Deadline: 20 Sept. 2017.   
• Shastri Scholar Travel Subsidy Grant: Assists scholars to participate in conferences and academic meetings through travel subsidies; Canadians may travel to India, and vice versa.  Grants of $1,000-$1,500 towards airfare are available. Deadline: 18 Sept. 2017. 
  
• Faculty Training and Internationalization program: for members/academics of all disciplines from SICI’s Canadian and Indian Member Institutions. This program aims at capacity building of the faculty members as well as internationalization of curriculum/teaching methodologies in the participating institutions. Awards are valued at $5,000.  Deadline: 21 Sept. 2017.  

Any faculty member interested in these opportunities is asked to contact the International Research Facilitator in Dalhousie Research Services (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) as soon as possible, for more information and support in preparing an application.