The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program (QES) was created to improve global talent exchange between Canada and other nations. Canadian universities are invited to submit multi-year project proposals seeking funding of up to $300,000 CAD for projects of up to four years. Each Canadian university may submit one proposal to the 2017 competition.

Anyone interested in applying to the QES 2017 call for proposals must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Vice-President Academic and Research by September 13, 2017 via lcudmore@upei.ca.

The LOI should be a one-page document outlining:

• Project objectives, activities, and expected results
• Anticipated project partners
• Anticipated number of outgoing Canadian interns and/or incoming international scholars
• Anticipated budget including contributions from other sources

Applicants will be notified by September 25, 2017 of the result of the pre-selection process. The deadline for Canadian universities to submit their selected application is October 18, 2017. For more information, please click here.