Global Affairs Canada Scholarships (inbound - ELAP and SICS) 2025-2026

Global Affairs Canada has opened its call for international scholarship applications for the 2025-26 academic year.  Researchers may be contacted by students from eligible countries seeking a supervisor for a research stay. 

There are scholarships for STUDY (usually undergrads) and RESEARCH (usually graduate students). Students cannot apply directly and must be nominated by their home institutions; applications are submitted by Lakehead University, with selection decisions made by Global Affairs Canada.  

Please note that visiting research students are expected to work on their research full-time for 4-6 months under the Lakehead researcher's supervision.

ELAP - Emerging Leaders of the Americas Internal Deadline: March 6 (External March 18)

• 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;
• Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama;
• North America: Mexico;
• South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

SICS - Study in Canada Scholarship - Internal Deadline: March 6 (External March 18)

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

IMPORTANT - The students' home institution may have internal selection processes/competitions and earlier deadlines as well.

To be eligible, study students must be from institutions where Lakehead has an MOU / Exchange agreement. For research students, an MOU is not mandatory.  In a few cases, an undergrad may be nominated for a research stay if the Lakehead researcher has a genuine collaboration with the student's home institution.

For questions, please contact Jill Sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.