Funding, News and Announcements

The James M. Flaherty Program, funded by the Governments of Canada and Ireland, has announced the 2019 call for applications to its awards programs.

The James M. Flaherty Visiting Professorship supports established senior researchers and academics in Canada and Ireland who, on sabbatical leave from their academic appointments, wish to spend up to 12 weeks as visiting professors in a university department where they will collaborate in both research and teaching. For the current competition, awards (up to CDN$27k/€20k each) will support up to two Canadian professors travelling to Ireland, and up to two Irish professors travelling to Canada. Full details and links to the application form are available.

Early-career researchers or PhD students may apply for the Flaherty Research Scholarship, which supports research visits of 4-6 weeks in Ireland or Canada. For the current competition, awards (up to CDN$10k/€7k each) will support up to six Canadian researchers travelling to Ireland, and up to six Irish researchers travelling to Canada. Full details and links to the application form are available.

Any faculty member interested in the Flaherty Program Awards is invited to contact Shelley Brown (shelley.brown@dal.ca) for more information.

Internal Deadline: May 10, 2019 at 4:30pm
Agency Deadline: May 20, 2019 at 6pm AST