Application period for 2026/2027 is now open. External deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. EST, November 18, 2025. Institutions must submit all applications through a central institutional account and the Office of International Affairs requests that all interested McMaster full-time professors submit the following documents to Adelina Sylaj, sylaja@mcmaster.ca by no later than November 10, 2025:
Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP), part of Global Affairs Canada’s International Scholarships Program, is a three- to eight-week program valued at a $7000 maximum that enables full-time professors at Canadian universities to engage in short-term research and teaching activities in Latin America and the Caribbean in the areas of research, student mobility, joint programming, and capacity building to create new institutional collaborations or strengthen existing agreements under the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)
Host institutions must be located in one of the following ELAP-eligible countries:
- 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
All interested McMaster full-time Professors must submit the following documents:
- Completed OIA Grant Approval Form
- Required Proposal Details for GAC Portal
- Completed Budget Form
- Outlines how the scholarship will be used to cover eligible expenses for the candidate with respect to the proposed activities
- CV of the candidate (maximum 6 pages)
- Academic experience
- Partnership-building experience
- Professional experience
- Most recent and relevant publications
- Knowledge dissemination activities
- Other relevant achievements
- Letter of invitation from the host institution
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- Explains the potential for the activities to create or advance a partnership between both institutions
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- Signed privacy notice statement
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- A copy of the privacy notice statement for Canadian participants signed by the candidate and dated within the last 6 months
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Do I need to be a full-time professor at McMaster?
Yes. Please visit the webpage for more information.
Do I need my dean’s approval?
Yes. Please fill out the Dean’s Approval Form and have it signed by the Dean or Associate Dean appropriate to your proposed work.
Can I use this funding for postdocs or graduate students?
No. This grant is only for full-time Professors intending to conduct research, teach or research and teach in ELAP countries.
Should the partner be a post-secondary education institution?
Yes. From the webpage: The primary objective of the exchange is to create new institutional collaborations and/or to strengthen existing agreements between Canadian and non-Canadian post-secondary institutions eligible under the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP).
Do I need to have an existing relationship with the institution?
No. This grant is intended to help strengthen existing partnerships and build new ones through teaching and research.
When do I need to arrive in the host country?
From the webpage: Recipients can travel no earlier than April 1, 2026, of the application period. All funds provided by DFATD related to the project must be expensed by March 31, 2027, however, the actual project end date may extend beyond this date.