Grants of CAD10,000 for Graduate Students to do their Researches in Urban Landscape

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

UNESCO

Area

America

Host Country

Canada

Deadline

15 Mar 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Specialities

Engineering

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

UNESCO is offering grants for graduate students to conduct their researches in the urban landscape filed in Montreal, Canada. This grant is intended for international students from the scientific cooperation network of the UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape of the University of Montreal and is to be used to conduct a 4-month (120 days) research project in Montreal, a member of the International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities – ICCAR.

About the Project:

The project should address a theme or an issue related to the urban landscape and closely linked to the mission of the UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape and the associated UNESCO programs.

Promote innovation and creation in the urban landscape (architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, urban planning) as well as intercultural and interdisciplinary dialogues;
Expand the knowledge of major urban issues (sustainable development, social and cultural inclusion, living conditions, well-being, identity, etc.) supported by UNESCO regarding the preservation, valorization, and development of cities;
Contribute to the development of strategic visions and creative planning solutions for cities;
Offer a unique research/action/creation experience on an international scale to one of the students of the UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape’s scientific cooperation network.

Grant's Amount:

The recipient will receive the welcome grant in two (2) installments. The first, for CAD$ 2 500, once confirmed, and the second, for CAD$ 7 500, at the beginning of their four-month stay in Montreal.

Eligibility Criteria:

The candidate must be a full-time student registered in a graduate program at a university of the UNESCO Chair’s scientific cooperation network, here

Allocation Criteria:

The excellence of the academic record;
Quality of the urban landscape research/action/creation project:

Innovative and creative aspects of the theme and approach;
Expected (or anticipated) structural effects responding to the urban issues supported by UNESCO.

The committee will pay particular attention to the relevance of the research/action/creation project to the mission of the UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape of the University of Montreal (CUPUM) and to the expected results. At the end of their project, the grant recipient will have to present their research project to the public (conference and/or exhibit or cinematographic creation) in Montreal and at their home university.

About UNESCO:

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Founded in 1945. Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms in order to increase universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the United Nations Charter. UNESCO pursues its objectives through five major programs: education, natural sciences, social/human sciences, culture and communication/information.

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