The Killam Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students from universities in the United States to spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student in Canada. Students may participate in the program either as a direct exchange student (registering at their home university, paying their home fees, and attending the host university as an exchange visitor) or as a self-placed visiting student (registering at the host university and paying host tuition fees). Applicants interested in the direct exchange program must be registered at one of the participating American universities and be planning to visit one of the participating Canadian universities .
The Killam Fellowships Program provides a cash award of
$5,000 US per semester ($10,000 for a full academic year), and includes a
three day orientation in Ottawa, and a three day spring seminar in
Washington. In addition, the Foundation provides all American Killam
Fellows with a health insurance allowance of $500 Cdn. All Killam
Fellows are also eligible to apply for a mobility (in-country travel)
grant in an amount not to exceed $800 Cdn. The idea of the mobility
initiative is to allow students to undertake an educational field trip,
providing the Fellows with the opportunity to gain a fuller
understanding of the culture in Canada. Killam alumni are also eligible
to apply for various
enrichment opportunities
such as the Fulbright Canada Alumni Internship Program,
the Killam Community Action Initiative, and the Local Ambassador
Program.
The deadline for the open competition for the 2014-15 Killam Fellowships competition will be January 31, 2014. If you are a student at one of our partner institutions and you are planning to apply to the direct exchange program , contact a study abroad advisor at your institution to identify the date in which your institution's internal competition ends.
