The Killam Undergraduate Fellowships for Canadians
The Killam Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students from universities in Canada to spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student in the United States. 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). Canadian applicants interested in the direct exchange program must be registered at one of the participating Canadian universities and be planning to visit one of the participating American universities .
The Killam Fellowships Program provides a cash award of $5,000 US per semester ($10,000 for the full academic year), an all expense paid three day orientation in Ottawa, and a three day all expense paid seminar in Washington. In addition, the Foundation provides all Killam Fellows with a health insurance allowance of $500 US. All Killam Fellows are also eligible to apply for a mobility (in-country travel) grant in an amount not to exceed $800 US. 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 more comprehensive understanding of the culture of the United States.
The competition is presently OPEN!
The deadline for the open competition for the 2012-13 Killam Fellowships competition is January 31, 2012! 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.
Each September, the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America hosts the incoming class of Killam Fellows for a fall Orientation in Ottawa, and a spring seminar in Washington, DC.
This year, Fulbright Canada interviewed Canadian Killam Fellows, to find out why they chose to go to the United States with the Killam Fellowships Program.