ACSUS-Enders Graduate Fellowship in Canada-US Relations 2025 (up to $5,000) Deadline: 1 August, 2025

Applications are open for the ACSUS-Enders Graduate Fellowship in Canada-US Relations 2025. The fellowship aims to encourage in-depth inclusion of Canadian content in comparative research/projects that have policy relevance for Canada-U.S. relations as well as Canadian social, economic, political, security, and quality of life issues.

Topics particularly relevant to Canada-U.S. relations include trade and economics, defense and security cooperation, border management, energy, softwood lumber, environment and natural resource management, and agriculture. Other topics include comparative urban planning, health care delivery, multicultural educational policies, environmental law, etc.

Grant

• A grant award of up to $5,000 will be given to successful applicants.

Eligibility

• Open to students in any discipline or professional school who are in the process of preparing a graduate thesis or doctoral dissertation related in substantial part to the study of Canada, Canada-U.S. relations or comparative policies in North America.
• Students must be US citizens or permanent residents.

Conditions:

• The student must be enrolled in a full-time masters or doctoral program at an institution in the United States;
• The student must present their research at an Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. meeting.

Selection Criteria

Successful applicants will be selected according to the following criteria:

• clarity of the proposal and its methodology;
• proposal’s potential contribution to the enhancement of the Canada-U.S. relationship or
  to comparative policy making in North America (social, environmental, political);
• strength of the letter of support

Application

Applications including the following should be sent electronically to [email protected]:

• CV 
• one-page proposal outlining the thesis/dissertation project that states why research matches the fellowship
• letter of support from the student’s thesis/dissertation chair

For more information, visit ACSUS-Enders Graduate Fellowship.