Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP)

The Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP) is funded by Global Affairs Canada through the Academic Relations program to support Canada’s education relations and engagement by advancing institutional partnerships in the areas of research, student mobility, joint programming, and capacity building.

Expanded Opportunities for 2027-2028: Canada is expanding the Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP)’s eligibility to include all 27 European Union Member States, in addition to the existing eligible countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

With this expanded eligibility, FMPBP provides enhanced opportunities for Canadian faculty to do short-term research and teach across a wider selection of countries in two regions, while fully maintaining eligibility for all existing partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean. The primary objective of the program is to increase, diversify and strengthen institutional collaborations between Canadian post-secondary institutions and their counterparts in the European Union and those eligible under the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP).

Each Canadian post-secondary institution may submit up to five applications. If more than five applications are received by the internal deadline, all applications will be reviewed and ranked by the Senate Research Committee, and five applications will be selected for submission to Global Affairs Canada.

Office Of International Activities (OIA): Those who wish to learn more about the program, the processes or explore partnership options for this opportunity should contact the Director of International Activities, David Rowland at rowlandd@brandonu.ca at least one month prior to the internal deadline. Applicants requesting a preliminary review of their complete application by the OIA must do so by November 23rd.

Internal application deadline: December 7, 2026.

Submit the complete application package as outlined below to FMPBP@brandonu.ca.

Eligibility:

  • a candidate must be a full-time professor at a Canadian post-secondary institution
  • a Canadian post-secondary institution must be a Designated Learning Institution (DLI)
  • a host institution must be located in one of the following eligible countries:
    • Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, 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
    • European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Value & Duration: $10,000 for 3-8 weeks to teach and/or conduct research in eligible countries.

Application Package:

    • Outlines how the scholarship will be used to cover eligible expenses for the candidate with respect to the proposed activities
    • The budget form provided must be used and cannot be altered
  • 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
    • On official letterhead
    • Explains how the proposed activities will create or advance a partnership between both institutions
    • A copy of the Privacy notice statement signed by the candidate and dated within the last 6 months
    • Signed by the applicant and the applicant’s Dean.

Applications are evaluated based on:

  • Potential for the activities to create and/or advance institutional partnerships between the home and host institutions (50% of score)
    • institutional scope of the proposed collaborative activities
    • alignment of the proposed activities with the Canadian institution’s internationalization efforts and priorities
    • the Canadian institution’s preparedness for establishing a partnership
  • Evidence that the planned partnership-building activities will be carried out successfully (25% of score)
    • the candidate’s relevant experience, leadership, and language abilities
    • feasibility and accuracy of timeline and budget
  • Overall quality of proposed activities (25% of score)
    • clear articulation of activities and expected outcomes
    • foreseeable impact both in Canada and in the host country

Priority may be given to first-time candidates and faculty developing new partnerships.

Please consult the FMPBP program description for additional details.