Fully Funded Government Of Canada International Scholarships 2024-25

The Fully Funded Government Of Canada International Scholarships is open to all internationals. The Government of Canada offers several scholarship programs to support candidates from abroad who wish to study, conduct research, or gain professional development in Canada on a short-term basis. 

The Canadian Government Scholarships domiciled at the University of Alberta provide scholarship awards depending on the duration and level of study. The scholarship includes the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program, Canada-Asean Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED), and the Study in Canada Scholarships.

The values of the Fully Funded Government Of Canada International Scholarships vary depending on the duration and level of study. The table below summarizes the scholarship values for the different programs:

The Fully Funded Government Of Canada International Scholarships offers several scholarship programs to support candidates from abroad who wish to study or conduct research in Canada on a short-term basis. These programs include:

1. Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)
Undergraduate and graduate students from:

i) Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos

ii) Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

iii) North America: Mexico

iv) South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

2. Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) 
i) Undergraduate and graduate students from ASEAN member states

ii) Undergraduate and graduate students from:

• • Asia: Bangladesh, Nepal, Taiwan; 
  • Europe: Türkiye, Ukraine; 
  • The Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia;
  • Sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda

HOW ARE APPLICANTS SELECTED?

1) An undergraduate applicant applying for a research-based experience must provide a written institutional collaboration and student exchange agreement or a Letter of Invitation from the University of Alberta professor who has agreed to supervise you.

2. For graduate applications, an inter-institutional agreement is desirable but not mandatory.

3. Student applicants must be enrolled full-time in their proposed degree program at the time of application.

4. Must be proficient in the language of instruction at the Canadian institution (English or French) before their arrival in Canada, as the scholarship does not cover language training.