The
Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED)
program provides students, from member states of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN), with short-term exchange opportunities for study or
research in Canadian post-secondary institutions at the college, undergraduate
and graduate levels.
Only Canadian institutions can submit applications on behalf of candidates. They may choose to set their own internal deadline to receive supporting documentation.
The
Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED)
program aims to reduce poverty in the developing countries of ASEAN and to
achieve the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development.
Scholarships
and educational exchanges will contribute towards all Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), including Goal 5 (Achieve gender
equality and empower all women and girls) through, for example, women’s
studies, political science, anthropology, and economics; and Goal 13 (Take
urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts) through, for example,
environmental sciences/policy examining climate change mitigation and
adaptation, energy, peatlands and other land use effects and strategies, and
forestry.
SEED
scholarships are facilitated through institutional collaborations and student
exchange agreements between Canadian and ASEAN institutions. These agreements
are created between colleges, technical or vocational institutions and
universities. Students, hereby referred to as “candidates”, must
be registered as full-time students in their home institution at the time
of application and during the entire duration of their study or research
stay in Canada.
Canadian post-secondary institutions
Canadian
institutions are:
· responsible
for submitting applications on behalf of eligible candidates from
post-secondary institutions in ASEAN; and
· encouraged to
promote this scholarship opportunity to faculty and staff members, as well as
to partner institutions in ASEAN.
Canadian
institutions with successful candidates:
· should
identify a single person responsible for the administration of the contribution
agreement and another person with delegated signing authority; and
· will receive
contribution funding from Global Affairs Canada (legally referred to as
the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, or DFATD) to disburse
as scholarships to recipients.
Southeast Asian candidates
Candidates
interested in this scholarship program should contact their home institution
to:
· make their
interest known;
· find out if
there is an existing institutional collaboration and student exchange agreement
with a Canadian institution; and
· request
information about the application process and selection criteria specific to
the Canadian institution and provide any additional information, such as
transcripts, language test results, a research project and a registration form
for an exchange program.
Selected
candidates are encouraged to:
· ensure that
they fulfill the requirements of the Canadian institution including academic
requirements, language proficiency and, if applicable, institutional student
exchange program requirements;
· submit their
visa application as early as possible and follow the procedures as outlined by
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (generally a study permit is
required for course work and a work permit is required for research);
· initiate the
process for the transfer of credits to their home institution as soon as their
Canadian courses have been identified; and
· contact alumni
of the program through their home institution for advice and a local
perspective on the scholarship experience.
Post-secondary institutions in ASEAN countries
Post-secondary
institutions in ASEAN countries are encouraged to:
· communicate
with post-secondary institutions they are partnered with in Canada to confirm
or explore institutional collaborations and student exchange agreements;
· promote this
scholarship opportunity through their international offices;
· identify
strong academic candidates who meet the admission requirements for the Canadian
partner institution;
· provide the
candidates’ documents to the Canadian partner institution, which is responsible
for submitting the scholarship applications; and
· propose to
selected candidates to gain additional linguistic training, academic upgrading
and cultural preparedness before their departure.
Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) for students is available to undertake Research level programs at .
Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.
Funding for SEED scholarships is made available by Global Affairs Canada through its legal title: the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD).
The Canadian institution will receive funding from DFATD for all successful candidates in the form of a contribution agreement and will be responsible for providing the funds to scholarship recipients.
The scholarship value varies depending on the duration and level of study. The scholarship value for students is:
In addition to the funds allocated to the recipients by DFATD, the Canadian host institution may also claim CAD 500 per scholarship recipient to assist with administrative costs once the scholarship recipient arrives in Canada.
Canadian institutions will disburse scholarship funds to the scholarship recipient to contribute to the following costs:
Candidates must be citizens of an ASEAN member state (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)), Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, or Vietnam).
Candidates must be citizens of an ASEAN member state (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)), Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, or Vietnam).
Candidates:
Candidates:
Home institutions:
Canadian institutions:
Canadian institutions are encouraged to carefully read the instructions below before beginning the online application. Further information is available on the Apply for Scholarships with Momentum webpage.
If institutions experience difficulty filling out or submitting the form, they should send an email to scholarships-bourses@cbie.ca.
Canadian institutions must:
NOTE: Institutions will have the ability to save applications and complete them at a later time. Both saved and submitted applications will appear on the institution’s profile homepage.
The following documents must be uploaded and attached to the online application form in one of the following formats: .pdf, .jpg, .doc, .docx, .txt or .gif. Each document must be smaller than 5 MB in order for the application to upload successfully.
The following guidelines are followed for the review, assessment and selection of applications:
Only applications submitted directly by Canadian institutions will be considered.
Only fields of study or research that are aligned with, and contribute to, the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are eligible under SEED. Only candidates who demonstrate a commitment and capacity to use their research or studies in Canada to help combat poverty and narrow the development gap in the ASEAN region will be considered.
The scholarship administrator is not able to provide feedback for unsuccessful candidates.
These scholarships are subject to the availability of funding from the Government of Canada.
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