Canadian scholars in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, economics, and law. The maximum duration of sponsorship for a TransCoop project is three years. The TransCoop Program offers opportunities to researchers from universities and non-university research institutions in all three countries.
Priority is given to new research initiatives central to the disciplines cited above.
However, joint projects may also address topics from within the natural sciences, including engineering and life sciences, which are closely related to the humanities or social sciences. It is, however, a prerequisite that home institutions continue paying the salaries of scholars and their assistants. Canadian sources which should usually be applied for prior to and identified in the joint TransCoop-application. In the past these have included national science organizations, foundations, universities, private sponsors, etc. The TransCoop Program was established in 1990 by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.