The award helps to develop academic or professional expertise and to promote a knowledge of Japan. Grant 1 is for collaborative planning for sustainable development of marginalized regions of Latin America. Grant 2 is to study conflict resolution and negotiation for sustainable use of natural resources. The British Council in Canada provides travel grants to support links between Canadian and British academics and institutions. Contact OIR for details.
Priority is given to new professors and new collaborations.
The Ministry of Education of Quebec offers postdoctoral fellowships to researchers from Western Europe and Scandinavia, as well as Australia, Japan, South Korea, Israel and the United States. Priority areas are health, information technologies, new materials, environment and space science. These awards supplement existing joint research initiatives between Flanders and Quebec. Researchers' travel and living costs, as well as student stages are supported for up to three years. Priority areas are health, environment, new materials, information technology and biotechnology.