The Africa Initiative's exchange program supports short-term academic placements for Africans and Canadians undertaking research on Africa across five thematic areas-conflict resolution and mediation, energy, food security, health, and migration-with special attention to the cross-cutting issue of climate change.
The Africa Initiative's exchange program supports short-term academic placements for Africans and Canadians undertaking research on Africa across five thematic areas-conflict resolution and mediation, energy, food security, health, and migration-with special attention to the cross-cutting issue of climate change.
The exchange program is building capacity by giving bright, highly-motivated students an opportunity to discover and impart new learning in a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary experience.
The specific objective of the Africa Initiative's exchange program is to support capacity building for field-based research on critically important areas to the continent among African and Canadian scholars.
The program is granted to five post-graduate students. Each student spends up to four months at the Wilfrid Laurier University or the University of Waterloo, Canada as a participant. The program covers all exchange-related costs including round-trip airfare, accommodations, health insurance and incidental fees, and an additional grant to cover subsistence costs.
Please note that the deadline for application is Friday 24th September 2010
For more information, please contact aiexchange@cigionline.org
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