GGlobal Affairs Canada (Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy)
Partially funded
Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development Phase 2 (SEED-2)
Global Affairs Canada (Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy), Canada
Scholarship overview
SEED-2 expands the Canada-ASEAN SEED program. It supports short-term study or research at Canadian post-secondary institutions in areas that support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs, with the aim of reducing poverty and strengthening people-to-people ties with the Indo-Pacific.
Canadian institutions apply on behalf of candidates and must waive tuition.
Award Information
- Citizen of an ASEAN Member State (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam), a Pacific Island country, or Mongolia.
- Enrolled full-time and paying tuition at a post-secondary institution in an eligible country for the full exchange period.
- No pending Canadian citizenship or permanent residence application.
- Not in another Government of Canada-funded scholarship and not enrolled in a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate program.
- Not a recipient of a SEED Phase 1 scholarship.
- College/undergraduate, 4 months: $10,200.
- College/undergraduate, 8 months: $15,900.
- Graduate, 4 months: $10,200.
- Graduate, 5 to 6 months: $12,700.
- Covers visa or permit fees, airfare, health insurance, living expenses, ground transport and books and supplies.
- Institutional deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, March 24, 2026
- Notification: spring 2026
- Arrival window: August 1, 2026 to February 1, 2027
- Apply through the international office of a Canadian Designated Learning Institution; the institution submits through My EduCanada.
- The institution uploads each candidate's documents (under 5 MB per file).
- The institution emails its ranking of applications to [email protected].
Official links
Documents you will need
- Passport or national ID card
- Signed Privacy Notice Statement dated within 6 months
- One-page letter of intent naming the aligned SDG and how the candidate will help reduce poverty
- Letter of proof of full-time enrolment on letterhead, within 6 months
- One-page letter of support from an instructor, professor or international director
- Graduate students: one-page letter of invitation from the Canadian supervisor
How selection works
- Link between the proposed study and the 2030 Agenda
- Commitment to reducing poverty and narrowing the development gap
- Merit of the proposed study or research
- Benefit to the home and Canadian institutions
- The institution's ranking
