IDRC Research Awards 2019

DETALLES DE LA OPORTUNIDAD

Recompensa total

0 $

Organización sin ánimo de lucro

International Development Youth Forum

Área

En línea

Fecha límite

05 sept. 2018

Nivel de estudio

Postgrado

Tipo de oportunidad

Competiciones , Premios

Oportunidad de financiación

Financiación completa

Países elegibles

Esta oportunidad está destinada a todos los países

Región elegible

Todas las regiones

Application Deadline: September 5, 2018

Benefits

The selected candidates will be granted a one-year paid program to undertake research and gain hands-on experience in research and program management.
For payroll purposes, awardees are considered full-time employees of IDRC.
Benefits include employer contributions to Employment Insurance, Employer Health Tax, the Canada Pension Plan, and paid vacation leave. Some travel and research expenses are also supported, up to a maximum of CA$15,000.

Eligibilities

This call is open to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries who have recently completed or are pursuing, a master’s or doctoral degree at a recognized university.
- Please note the additional eligibility requirements outlined immediately below.
Positions are available at IDRC’s head office in Ottawa, Canada AND there is one position available at IDRC’s Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya. Eligibility criteria differ for each location.
For the eleven positions located at IDRC’s head office in Ottawa, this call is open to:
- Canadians and permanent residents of Canada pursuing a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university OR who have completed (within the last three years) a master’s or doctoral degree at a recognized university.
- Citizens of developing countries pursuing a master’s or a doctoral degree at a Canadian university and who, prior to applying, have a student visa with a work permit valid in Canada until December 31, 2019, OR who have completed (within the last three years) a master’s or doctoral degree at a recognized university and who already have a work permit valid in Canada until December 31, 2019.
For the position located at IDRC’s Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, this call is open to:
- Citizens of Kenya pursuing a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university OR who have completed (within the last three years) a master’s or doctoral degree at a recognized university.
- Citizens of Kenya pursuing a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university OR who have completed (within the last three years) a master’s or doctoral degree at a recognized university.
Other eligibility requirements
- Your proposed research must focus on one or more developing countries.
- These awards may be part of an academic requirement.
- NB: Successful award recipients cannot receive any other Canadian government scholarship, award, subsidy, bursary, or honorarium, or hold any federal government contract in support of a research/work project for the duration of the award; this includes any other IDRC award and any award managed by another institution but supported in whole or in part by IDRC, such as the Queen Elizabeth Advanced Scholars program.
- In addition, each program has specific eligibility criteria that must be satisfied.
Research country exceptions
- In principle, IDRC supports research in all developing countries. At this time, however, they do not offer awards for research that involves the following countries:
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of), Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Southern and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and South Caucasus.