Funding, News and Announcements

L'Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) has launched a call for applications for its PRISA program. This program supports research collaborations between AUF member institutions, particularly those located in North and Latin America. 

The PRISA program supports innovative projects that:

• align with the 2017-2021 AUF Strategy; 
• contribute to achieveing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and gender equality; 
• feature initiatives between AUF members in the Americas; 
• encourage training of students and early-career researchers;
• create new partnerships between member institutions; and,
• support the development and dissemination of knowledge in French.

The maximum grant funding is 40,000 € and the maximum project duration is two years. Full program guidelines can be found here (in French). 

Any faculty member interested in submitting a proposal is asked to contact the International Research Manager (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) for further information and support in preparing an application. Please note, while applications must be submitted to the funder in French, an English version must be submitted to ORS for review. 

Deadline: November 15, 2018