Opportunity Summary
NEW: EduCanada is expanding the Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP)’s eligibility to include all 27 European Union Member States, in addition to the existing eligible countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP) provides up to $10,000 CAD for Canadian faculty to undertake short-term research and/or teaching trips (trips must be between 3 and 8 weeks long) to advance new and existing partnerships.
The program is funded by Global Affairs Canada through the Academic Relations program to support Canada’s education relations and engagement by advancing institutional partnerships in the areas of research, student mobility, joint programming, and capacity building.
Applications are submitted by Queen's University on behalf of candidates.
NEW: This year Queen's can only submit five applications. Priority will align with EduCanada guidelines: first-time candidates, institutions developing new partnerships, and institutions with limited previous experience in international collaborations.
Eligibility
- a candidate must be a full-time professor at a Canadian post-secondary institution;
- a host institution must be located in one of the following eligible countries:
In the Americas:
- Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the 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
In the European Union:
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Application and Documents
To be considered for the Faculty Mobility Program, Queen’s must apply on behalf of the candidate(s) by completing and submitting an online application form and providing the supporting documents as requested.
Please send each of the following five documents as individual attachments in a single email to global@queensu.ca with the subject line ‘(LAST NAME) Faculty Mobility Application’:
- Queen’s ELAP Faculty Mobility Application Form.
- Budget Form.
- Applicant’s CV (maximum 6 pages).
- Letter of invitation from host institution (on official letterhead)
- Signed privacy notice statement.
Deadline
We have set an internal Queen's deadline of December 2, 2026.
If you have any questions, please email us at global@queensu.ca.
The EduCanada administrator will communicate successful results to Canadian institutions in March 2027.
Important note for selected candidates: Reductions of the proposed duration of travel by more than seven days may result in the cancellation of the award.