{"id":13804,"date":"2019-01-30T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T15:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/?page_id=13804"},"modified":"2022-05-12T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T18:42:06","slug":"lac-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/get-involved\/lac-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American &#038; Caribbean Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14527&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;About&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Social Media Lab is an eligible host institution for the Global Affairs Canada 2019-2020 Student Exchange Program (SEP) for Latin American and Caribbean citizens wishing to study, conduct research or professional development in Canada. Please find and review the program that is applicable to you from the four available choices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educanada.ca\/scholarships-bourses\/can\/institutions\/elap-pfla.aspx?lang=eng&amp;utm_source=Scholarships&amp;utm_campaign=ELAP-EN&amp;utm_medium=CBIE-SaceListserv-EN&amp;utm_content=EN\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers funding for <\/span><b>student researchers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who remain registered as full-time students at their home universities. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$7,200 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for college, undergraduate or graduate students (Master&#8217;s and PhD) for a<\/span><b> minimum of four months<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or one academic term of study or research; or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$9,700 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for graduate students (Master&#8217;s and PhD) for a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">period of<\/span><b> five to six months<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of study or research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible countries are from the following regions:<\/span><b> Caribbean, Central America, South America and Mexico<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada-CARICOM Leadership Scholarships Program<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers funding for<\/span><b> student researchers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who remain registered as full-time students at their home universities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$7,200 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for college, undergraduate or graduate students (Master&#8217;s and PhD) for a<\/span><b> minimum of four months <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or one academic term of study or research; or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$9,700 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for graduate students (Master&#8217;s and PhD) for a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">period of<\/span><b> five to six months<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of study or research; or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$14,700 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for undergraduate and college students for a period of <\/span><b>eight months <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of study or research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible countries: <\/span><b>CARICOM (Caribbean community) <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educanada.ca\/scholarships-bourses\/can\/institutions\/flpp-pplpe.aspx?lang=eng&amp;utm_source=Scholarships&amp;utm_campaign=FacultyLeadership-EN&amp;utm_medium=CBIE-SaceListserv-EN&amp;utm_content=EN\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers funding for<\/span><b> visiting research faculty <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who retain their positions at their home universities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$2,700 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for faculty members for two to three weeks of course work or research as part of their professional development;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$2,700 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for international directors, managers or administrators for two to three weeks of course work, or for a practicum in the area of internationalization of post-secondary institutions or student mobility as part of their professional development; or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$9,700 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for faculty members for five to six months of study or research at the graduate level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible countries: <\/span><b>CARICOM (Caribbean community)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada-Chile Leadership Exchange Scholarship<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers funding for <\/span><b>student researchers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who remain registered as full-time students at their home universities. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$7,200 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for college, undergraduate or graduate students (Master&#8217;s and PhD) for a<\/span><b> minimum of four months <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or one academic term of study or research; or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><b>$9,700 CAN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for graduate students (Master&#8217;s and PhD) for a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">period of<\/span><b> five to six months<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of study or research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible country: <\/span><b>Chile.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Apply&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a research faculty member or a student from Latin America or the Caribbean<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interested in doing research with us, please review these scholarship opportunities to confirm that you qualified. Once you have confirmed that you are eligible for one of the four available programs, please<a href=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/contact\/\">\u00a0get in touch<\/a>\u00a0with us and we will work with you to develop a mutually acceptable social media related research proposal as part of your application.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_cta h2=&#8221;Special Notice&#8221; txt_align=&#8221;center&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy-pink&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deadline to apply to all programs is March 21, 2019, and the internal deadline for submission of all material to Toronto Metropolitan International is <\/span><b>Thursday March 7, 2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>All successful participants must arrive in Canada for the uptake of their award between <b>June 1, 2019 and February 1, 2020<\/b>.[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14527&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;About&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Social Media Lab is an eligible host institution for the Global Affairs Canada 2019-2020 Student Exchange Program (SEP) for Latin American and Caribbean citizens wishing to study, conduct research or professional development in Canada. 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