Canadian Studies Faculty Enrichment Fellowship 2011

Canadian Studies Faculty Enrichment Fellowship

This programme of support is designed to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada abroad by assisting academics in higher education institutions to develop and teach courses about Canada in their own discipline, as part of their regular teaching load. The programme enables academic award holders to come to Canada and gather the necessary information and material to devise a new course on Canada, or to modify or extend significantly the Canadian component of an existing course(s). Comparative courses may be regarded as “courses on Canada” with substantial Canadian content (33% or more). Funding for the Faculty Enrichment Fellowship comes from the International Academic Relations Division of Foreign Affairs Canada.

Although we welcome applications from all disciplines lending themselves most readily to Canadian Studies course development we are particularly interested in projects that have policy relevance for Canada and Canada’s foreign policy. Topics that are highly relevant to Canada’s foreign policy include Democracy & Rule of Law, Economic Development, Environment, Managing Diversity, North American Partnership, Peace and Security and Higher Education.

(Purely scientific subjects such as physics, chemistry, medicine, engineering, etc., which would not lead to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada per se are not eligible, nor are proposals which focus exclusively on technological or methodological issues).

VALUE:

The award will consist of a contribution towards international air fare (economy class) and an allowance of CAN $900 per complete week of stay to assist with costs of domestic travel and living expenses for a maximum of four weeks.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must:

·         be a Citizen and permanent resident of India

·         teaching members of the academic staff of a recognized institution of higher education or equivalent degree-granting institute in a participating country (part-time lecturers and teaching assistants are not eligible);

·         be proficient in either English or French.

·         In addition, while not mandatory, applicants should provide evidence of their interest in or involvement with Canada prior to the application, if such has been the case. This may be demonstrated by courses they have already given, research they have undertaken, extra-mural activities, or active membership in an association for Canadian Studies in their region or country.

·         Recipients of an award under this program are not eligible to apply in consecutive competitions. There will normally also be a period of 3 years between awards, unless the second course proposal is on a different topic and the course from the first award is still being taught. For example, a 2004-05 recipient cannot apply in the 2005-06 competition, but can apply in the 2006-07 competition if the new course proposal is on a different topic and the course derived from the first award is still being taught; to upgrade and update the course derived from the 2004-05 award, one will only be eligible to apply in the 2007-08 competition.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute will award grants to successful candidates on condition that the candidate must give a written undertaking on his/her own behalf that:

·         he/she will be employed as a teaching member of the academic staff at the institution where he/she is currently employed for at least one full academic year following the period of the award;

·         he/she will begin to teach the new course or part-courses related to the award no later than the academic year following the period of the award;

·         as much as possible, he/she will offer the course developed as a result of this award at least three times during the six academic years following the period of the award;

·         he/shewill make all arrangements relating to the research project, including: 1. international travel arrangements; 2. visa and passport (if needed); 3. accommodation and travel within Canada; 4. medical insurance while in Canada; 5. visit plans, including inter alia appointments with Canadian academics and other resource persons, access to libraries and other study centres, etc.;

·         the course on Canada to be given as a result of the award will be new or a considerably modified or extended version of a course previously taught by the applicant and will treat one or more aspects of Canadian Studies in a substantive way;

·         the period to which the award will apply will be used exclusively for study designed to enhance the award holder’s capability to teach about Canada; the award will not be used to pursue research in conjunction with another project; and, where supplemental funding is obtained from elsewhere, the time devoted to professional development under this program will be at least proportional to the ratio of the value of this award to that of the total income received;

·         he/she will remain in Canada throughout the period to which the award relates;

·         a report detailing the professional activities undertaken during the visit to Canada including the new course outline developed as a result of the award will be sent to the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute within 60 days of the completion of the trip or no later than March 1st of the following year. Failure to provide such documentation by that date may result in forfeiture of the final payment of the award.

DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS:

Successful candidates will be sent a Grant Agreement detailing the value and conditions of the award. It must be signed and returned to the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute within 30 days.

A first installment of 95% of the award will be paid to successful applicants upon receipt of the signed Grant Agreement and arrival in Canada. The remaining 5% of the award will be paid upon return from Canada and upon submission to the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute of the visit report and new course outline, as per the terms and conditions of the award.

SELECTION:

Applications will be reviewed by a pre-selection jury. The jury will include representatives of the academic community in India (including if possible a representative of the national or multinational association for Canadian Studies) and, when possible, Canadian academics. At the discretion of the pre-selection jury, an applicant may be invited to submit additional information or an amended application.

Pertinent criteria will be:

·         academic excellence of the proposal;

·         relevance of the proposal to identified priorities and Canadian Studies ;

·         feasibility of the project;

The International Council for Canadian Studies in Ottawa will confirm the recommendations of the pre-selection jury.

GUIDELINES:

Applicants must include the cover page (above) with their applications and complete the checklist to ensure that all documents have been included. The reference letter template should be used by referees to ensure that they provide the desired information we need.

Application must be submitted to Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. An application dossier, in either English or French, will consist of a filled out application form accompanied by a concise curriculum vitae.

APPLICATION FORM

The Application Form can be downloaded from our website: www.sici.org.in OR www.sici.org

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

The last date of receiving Application Form is: 21 OCTOBER, 2011 (5.00.P.M.).

ADDRESS TO WHICH APPLICATION IS TO BE SENT:

The Nine Copies (9) of the application form should be sent to:

Attention: Dr. Prachi Kaul

Programme Officer

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute

5 Bhai Vir Singh Marg

New Delhi, India 110 001

CONTACT:

For more information, please contact Dr. Prachi Kaul at the India Office.

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute

5 Bhai Vir Singh Marg

New Delhi, India 110 001

Phone: 11.2374.6417, 2374.3114, 2374.2677

Fax: 11.2374.6416

E-mail: sici@sici.org.in

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.sici.org.in/annoucement-csfp.php