What Is the ELAP Faculty Mobility Program?
The Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program aims to increase the number of institutional collaborations and student exchange agreements between Canadian and non-Canadian institutions eligible under the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP). These agreements are created between colleges, technical or vocational institutions and universities in Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. The ELAP (Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program) Faculty Mobility program is a grant opportunity made available by Global Affairs Canada for Canadian faculty. It provides Canadian faculty with short-term (3-8 week) opportunities to teach or conduct research in Latin America and the Caribbean at the college, undergraduate, and graduate levels.
Applications to the ELAP Faculty Mobility Program can’t be submitted by faculty directly—a Canadian post-secondary institution must apply on behalf of the candidate. At KPU, this process is overseen by the Office of Global Engagement.
If you are interested in applying for the ELAP Faculty Mobility program, get in touch with the Office of Global Engagement for a consultation. Full details regarding this opportunity can be found on the ELAP Faculty Mobility Program page.
Who Is Eligible for the ELAP Faculty Mobility Program?
You are eligible to apply for the ELAP Faculty Mobility program if you are:
- Full-time faculty at KPU and
- a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
Unfortunately, Global Affairs Canada does not consider part-time professors and lecturers to be eligible for this opportunity.
Where Can I Go?
Global Affairs Canada allows grant recipients to teach or conduct research in the following eligible ELAP 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; or
- South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
What Funding Is Available?
Grant funding of up to $7,000 CAD is available through the ELAP Faculty Mobility program. These funds can be used for:
- Transportation (economy fare, by the most direct route);
- Lodging, meals, incidentals (according to Treasury Board guidelines);
- Insurance costs; and
- Expenditures related to securing visas or work permits.
Buying equipment (computer, tablet, phone, printer, etc.) is not an eligible expenditure.
What Is the Application Deadline?
Application deadline for 2025-2026 Faculty Mobility for Partnerships Building Program will be confirmed later this year.
Important Submission Guidelines:
- Your proposal must be submitted through KPU’s institutional account by KPU International staff.
- Please download the required application form here.
- Send your completed proposal along with all supporting documentation to global.partnerships@kpu.ca.
- Internal Deadline. Deadlines will be confirmed later this year.
- KPU International staff will review your application for completeness and to ensure all necessary documentation is included, and will submit your application on your behalf before the deadline.
-If you require help obtaining a letter of invitation from an institution, please reach out to us as soon as possible.
How Do I Get Started?
Your first step is to read through the ELAP Faculty Mobility Program page in full. Then, get in touch with the Office of Global Engagement. We can help you explore your options, support your application, and advise you on any matters pertaining to faculty mobility.
ELAP Faculty Mobility Contacts
All questions regarding the ELAP Faculty Mobility Program can be directed to the Global Partnerships Team at global.partnerships@kpu.ca . We’re here to support you, so don’t hesitate to reach out.
Past Participants
Dr. Fabricio Telo, an instructor at the Sociology Department at KPU’s Faculty of Arts, was awarded a Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program grant in 2024.
In May 2024, Dr. Telo was a visiting fellow for three weeks at the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB), in Brazil. In addition to his teaching duties at UFSB, Dr. Telo pursued partnerships with the institution on a number of fronts including:
• establishing internship opportunities for KPU students at UFSB,
• exploring the potential for future field schools in Brazil and UFSB,
• as well as other avenues of collaboration that could include inbound ELAP scholars and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects.