- AUCC Students for Development
- Rio Tinto-Richard Evans International Exchange Awards
- MacKinnon Initiative Award for Student Internships
- Faculty of Arts Internship Awards
- Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism Bursaries and Awards
- The Norman Zavalkoff Family McGill Israel Exchange Travel Fund Award
- The Canadian Association of Science Centers Science and Technology Internships
- S-U-R-E/ISEAD
- External Funding
AUCC Students for Development
The Students for Development Program is financed by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and brings together Canadian university students and partners in developing countries to contribute to governance capacity-building. The program is managed by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and grants financial awards to Canadian youth who are engaged in credited internships in developing countries.
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Rio Tinto-Richard Evans International Exchange Awards
Awarded to outstanding undergraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering's engineering degree programs and in the Desautels Faculty of Management to support formal international education exchange, internship or other university sanctioned educational travel opportunities.
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MacKinnon Initiative Award for Student Internships
The MacKinnon Initiative Awards were established to help students gain practical hands-on experience through an internship in their field of study. These Awards lend financial support to one Desautels Faculty of Management student and one Faculty of Arts student who wish to pursue an unpaid internship with a non-profit organization, preferably in the developing world.
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Faculty of Arts Internship Awards
Each year the Faculty of Arts offers students the opportunity to apply for Arts Internship Awards. These awards help students off-set the costs of travel, accommodation and other expenses associated with their internships. Established through the generous support of McGill alumni, the Awards are administered through the Dean's Office in conjunction with the Faculty of Arts Internship Office.
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Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism Bursaries and Awards
The Internship Program provides students with an opportunity to apply their legal education in a concrete setting and further develop a demonstrated interest and commitment to the defense of human rights. Students participate in the Program as volunteers, with partial funding from the Faculty of Law.
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The Norman Zavalkoff Family McGill Israel Exchange Travel Fund
This is an annual travel award granted with the intent to support an exchange of graduate or postdoctoral students enrolled in the IWRM Masters program of McGill University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research. Applications are due by November 15th, 2010. For more information, please open the document below.
The Canadian Association of Science Centers (CASC) Science and Technology Internships
This program allows certain organizations and the interns they that hire to obtain funding in support of research and development projects.
The deadline for applications has been extended to December 1, 2010. Please visit the CASC's website for more information.
ISEAD: S-U-R-E
For more information, please visit the following websites:
http://www.mcgill.ca/isead/activities/research-internships
http://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/sure/
External Funding
Les Offices Jeunesse Internationaux du Québec (LOJIQ) offer mobility grants applicable to a vast majority of countries in the world. These grants help offset the costs of plane tickets and travel insurance for students. The type of grant and participation requirements may vary based on the internship destination. For more information on the participating countries, the eligibility requirements and the application process, please visit the LOJIQ website, under “Étudiant”: http://www.lojiq.org/.
For research internships, students must go through the process independently.
It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the eligibility conditions by visiting the LOJIQ website.