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Program funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Please carefully review the eligibility criteria. Some restrictions apply.

The purpose of this program is to strengthen international partnerships and consolidate emerging networks among academic researchers from Canada and Latin America and the Caribbean. It is designed to support small collaborative research activities which will contribute to the creation, dissemination and sustained application of knowledge in the development process in at least one area of IDRC thematic priority.

Eligibility: Applicants from Canada and eligible Latin American and Caribbean countries are encouraged to apply.

The LACREG program applies to collaborative research between Canada and the following countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Value: Support through this program will be cost-shared on a 2:1 ratio by the program and the partner institutions, respectively. The maximum value of each grant under this program will be $15,000 CAD.

Deadline: November 30, 2008.

Further information at: www.aucc.ca/programs/intprograms/latincarib_e.html

2008-09-17

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