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Applications are now open for the Mitacs Globalink Research Award. The Mitacs Globalink Research Award funds research collaborations between a CUE student and faculty members at a university overseas.

This opportunity is of interest to CUE faculty members who:

• Supervise student researchers (senior undergraduate or graduate level); and have a colleague in one of the Mitacs selected partner countries who will supervise your student in their own institution for a short research project (12–24 weeks).

It is also of interest to student researchers who have independently identified a host professor in the Mitacs partner country.

About the Mitacs Globalink Research Award

1. CUE supervisor or student must identify a professor in one of the eligible partner countries (ie. Brazil, China)
2. Reach out to the international professor(s) about hosting a potential CUE student research project
3. CUE student researcher submits application with CUE authorization by deadline November 8, 2017
4. Results will be announced by the end of March 2018
5. Successful student researchers must begin the project within one year of award

The list of partner countries and program information is on the Mitacs Globalink Research Award web page | Expanded information about research abroad with Mitacs Globalink is on the Globalink web page .

For more information, contact Lainna ElJabi, Research Officer lainna.eljabi@concordia.ab.ca or contact Mitacs International at international@mitacs.ca