Funding, News and Announcements

British High Commission in Ottawa (United Kingdom—travel from Canada and travel to Canada)

• Dates: February 9 to March 26, 2024
• Level: PhD students or postdoctoral fellows.
• Themes: AI Safety: The understanding, prevention, and mitigation of harms from AI. These harms could be deliberate or accidental; caused to individuals, groups, organizations, nations, or globally; and of many types, including but not limited to physical, psychological, social, or economic harms.
• Eligible institutions: All universities in the UK
• No financial contribution is required from the Canadian institution.
• Award amount: CAD 6,000
• Call dates: February 9 to March 26, 2024
• Full details are available here.

National Research Foundation (NRF) Korea (Korea—travel to Canada)

• Dates: February 22 to March 26, 2024
• Level: Full time master’s and PhD students, or postdoctoral fellows
• Themes: All fields of Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary studies involving S&T and Humanities or Social Sciences
• Other requirements: Participants applying to Canada must be Korean citizens or permanent residents of Korea. Participants applying from Canada must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
• Eligible institutions: All universities in Korea
• No financial contribution is required from the Canadian institution.
• Award amount: $9,000 to $15,000 (approximately)
• Call dates:
• Travel to Canada: February 22 to March 26, 2024
• Travel from Canada: Open all year.
• Full details are available here.

For questions, contact amohan@mitacs.ca.