Applications

Thank you for your interest in CFGS' Fellowship Program. 

Applications for 2027-2028 funded fellowships are currently being accepted.

DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 20th, 2026

Non-stipendiary stays may be accepted throughout the year depending on space, and fit with our programming. Please see below for details or contact cfgs@uvic.ca. 

The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) welcomes applications from qualified UVic faculty and students interested in participating in our dynamic interdisciplinary research community. The CFGS promotes critical citizenship in a complex and rapidly changing global environment including the advancement and understanding of major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions.
 
UVic faculty and graduate students are invited to apply who are engaged in similar topics of a global dimension.  These topics may include, but are not limited to: global governance, international environmental challenges, social and ecological justice issues, and culture and identity.

New “themes” this year: While applications from potential CFGS “Fellows” are open to any theme related to CFGS’s four key pillars, preference will be given for applications for the 2027/2028 cohort themes:

1) Global Climate Change Governance;
2) Structures of Global Inequalities; and
3) The Legacies of Authoritarianism.

In your application, please note how your research fits into these themes. We especially encourage perspectives from the Global South.

Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. 

2026/2027 CFGS FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS

UVIC GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
Value: $6,000 per fellowship, plus office space at the CFGS.
Download 2027/2028 Application Here

VISITING GRADUATE STUDENT
Value: $6,000 per fellowship, plus office space at the CFGS
Download 2027/2028 Application Here 

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER FELLOWSHIP

Value: CFGS will be offering $7,500/year as matching funds for Faculty sponsorship of UVic’s Internal Aspiration Postdoctoral Fellows and $2,000/year as research funds top-up
to SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellows (or equivalent who have not held the Aspiration PDF) for
applicants in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Fine Arts.

Download 2027/2028 Application Here 

VISITING RESEARCHER FELLOWSHIP
Value: Applicants may be eligible for a travel bursary of up to $1500CAD. Otherwise this is a nonstipendiary appointment, with no cash value. Successful applicants must secure their own research funding to cover other costs associated with visa applications, health insurance, and accommodations. 
Download 2027/2028 Application Here

CFGS ASSOCIATE FELLOWSHIP 
Value: Enhanced opportunities for research networking, mentorship, and exchange through CFGS; access to the UVic libraries, CFGS boardroom, stationary, scanner, and photocopier.

If you are interested in being an associate, please contact cfgs@uvic.ca for more details.

CONDITIONS: One of the central objectives of the Centre is the creation of a community of scholars and of scholarship. The Centre is able to create and sustain this community only to the extent that our residents are present in the Centre on a regular basis and participating in its activities.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS ARE EXPECTED TO: Consider the Centre their primary office and conduct their work in the centre's quarters, participate actively in the programs and activities of the Centre, give at least one public seminar or lecture on the theme of their research, acknowledge the CFGS in all publications arising from the fellowship and notify the centre of any such presentations, books or articles for inclusion in our database.

SELECTION: Selection will be made by the CFGS Program Committee, based on the academic merit of the proposal, the views of the referees and the record of academic achievement.

*Each application is different. Please click on the links for specific details.

*Applicants are encouraged to contact:

Jodie Walsh, Operations Director, Research Coordinator, with any questions.

jodie@uvic.ca