The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies

 

The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies, in collaboration with the Israeli Association for Canadian Studies, is pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for the Peter Lougheed Fellowship in Canadian Studies for the academic year 2024-2025. This fellowship aims to encourage research on topics with Canadian content and/or subjects of mutual interest to Canada and Israel.

Scope and Domain: The fellowship will provide a maximum scholarship amount of 6,500 CAD (Canadian Dollars) to support research projects with Canadian content. The fellowship is open to research in the following fields: Faculty of Social Sciences, Business Administration, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Law, Education, and Social Work.

*Research topics that lack Canadian content are not eligible for this scholarship.

Eligibility Criteria: PhD and master's students who are currently working on their theses at the Hebrew University are eligible to submit applications for the Peter Lougheed Fellowship in Canadian Studies.

Application Deadline and Decision: Applications for the fellowship must be submitted by February 29, 2024. Applicants will be notified of the approval or rejection of their requests during the second semester.

Application Process: For further details and to submit your application, please visit the Halbert Centre Application Website.

The scholarship is funded equally by the Halbert Centre and the Israeli Association for Canadian Studies. Therefore, any article or publication resulting from the research should include reference to the two contributing parties.

For further details and to submit your application, please visit the  Halbert Centre Application Website.

Applicants with questions are welcome to contact us via email at mscanada@mail.huji.ac.il.

* Approval is subject to financial confirmation

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Procedure for submitting applications: Applications should be written in Times New Roman, 12 point font, and 1.5 spacing, in one of the following languages: Hebrew or English. Each page must be numbered consecutively and should include the candidate's last name on the same line of page number.

Application Structure:

• The research application should include the following:

• Title 

• Summary 

• Theoretical background

• Brief survey of the scientific literature in the research subject 

• Proposed research implementation methodology

• Possible results of the proposed research 

• Brief bibliography (total length of the proposal should not exceed 10 pages).

 

If the implementation of the research requires staying and conducting field work in Canada, a detailed work plan of the stay in Canada must be submitted.

A short CV (in English) of up to two pages should be submitted along with the application.

A detailed research budget must be attached, which can include: travel (one transatlantic roundtrip, internal travel in Canada for research purposes), daily allowance and other expenses essential to carry out the research.
The proposed budget (if approved) will form the framework for the budgetary activity in the research. If deemed necessary, changes in the budget’s items may become possible following a justified request submitted to the Halbert Center’s academic committee and approved by it.

Two letters of recommendation must be submitted to us along with the application, one of which should be from the research supervisor, indicating the importance of implementing the research.

Reports: The final report (2-4 pages) describing the research methods and results will be submitted, together with the financial report, to the Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies up to one year after the completion of the research.