China Scholarship Council offers a number of awards to Canadian scholars and students who wish to study and/or do research in subject areas related to China in the Chinese universities that are open to Chinese Government Scholarship recipients.

Criteria for Eligibility
Applicants should be faculty members at Canadian institutions of higher learning or students who have a bachelor's degree or enrolled in a graduate programme.

Criteria for Selection
Academic merit, both of the candidate and of the proposed research plan, will be the foremost consideration in the choice of recipients.

Applicants will be studying any approved areas of subjects in a Chinese university. Preference will be given to those candidates whose research is related to the study of China.

Applicants should have a certain level of Chinese language proficiency in both speaking and writing. However, candidates who can speak only English or French may be selected as long as their Chinese host universities are willing to accept them.

Duration of the Award
The award will be for a period of no less than 4 months and no more than 12 months from the date of arrival in China.

Chinese school year starts in September, and ends in early July, with a winter vacation of about two weeks in January or February.

Value of the Award
The award from the China Scholarship Council consists of: (1) basic living allowance; (2) payment of tuition fees; (3) on-campus accommodation; (4) basic medical coverage; and (5) teaching and research material.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada will cover the cost of return transportation for the award recipient(s) via the most cost-effective route between their previously decided upon point of origin and the final destination in the People's Republic of China, as determined by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will accept responsibility only for travel arrangements made by its agents, and any cost of travel beyond that will be the personal responsibility of the Canadian award recipient(s). In most cases the aforementioned award recipient(s) will travel via Beijing, and the Chinese Ministry of Education will provide appropriate meals and accommodation to the participant(s) during stopovers at Beijing/Shanghai while en route.

Application Procedure

Applicants should submit five (5) copies of each of the following:
(1) a completed application form (forms can be obtained from the Education Office of the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa);
(2) a detailed study or research proposal indicating objectives, duration of the proposed stay, methodologies, etc.;
(3) two letters of reference from university professors or other academic personnel;
(4) academic transcripts (college level and above);
(5) degree certificate (If the degree is temporarily not awarded at the time of application, a letter verifying the graduation time by the dean or supervisor of the department is required.);

In the field of fine arts (painting, graphic arts, sculpture and photography), applicants must submit six to fifteen slides or pieces of original work. These should be presented in polyethylene page, clearly identified.

In the field of music, applicants must provide a standard cassette tape or CD no longer than thirty minutes in duration. It should include clearly identified samples of different musical styles performed or conducted by the applicant him/herself.

All correspondences should be addressed to:
Education Office, the Chinese Embassy in Canada
80 Cobourg Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 8H1
Tel: (613) 789-6312; Fax: (613) 789-0262

Selection
A selection committee consisting of 5 members including 2 representatives from the Chinese Embassy, 2 representatives from the Canadian academic community and 1 representative from the Canadian government (DFAIT official) will nominate a list of candidates to the China Scholarship Council before April 30 for approval and placement.

The Chinese Embassy in Canada will officially notify all Canadian applicants no later than August 1. Admission notice by a Chinese university along with other materials on visa and travel to China will also be sent to successful candidates.

Scholarship recipients must enroll at their host universities for the periods approved by the China Scholarship Council. Requests for deferred registration may not be accepted. Awards holders are not allowed to extend their awards in China.

Evaluation
The scholarship recipient shall submit a report to the Chinese Embassy in Canada concerning his/her research or language learning in China within two months upon the completion of scholarship coverage. The host university is also expected to evaluate the recipient's performance on campus.