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Killam Fellowships Program

FellowshipCanada

Fulbright Canada (Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America)

Application Deadline

January 31, 2027

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“Be full-time undergraduate students in good standing at a fully accredited degree-granting college or university in the United States … Be full-time undergraduate students in good standing at a degree-granting institution in Canada” Eligibility

  • Eligible nationalities

    Canada · USA

  • Education required

    Bachelor Enrolled

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The Killam Fellowships Program is a Canada–US undergraduate exchange run by Fulbright Canada (the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America).

Undergraduates at a university in one country spend one semester or a full academic year at a university in the other. They go either as direct exchange students between partner universities (paying home fees) or as self-placed visiting students (paying host tuition).

Benefits & funding

  • US$6,000 per semester, or US$12,000 for a full academic year, plus a health benefit plan.
  • A fall orientation in Ottawa and a spring seminar in Washington, D.C.
  • Fellows may apply for a mobility (in-country travel) grant: up to US$800 (Canadians’ page) or C$800 (Americans’ award provisions).
  • The award depends on available funding, acceptance by the host university and obtaining the right visa.

Eligibility

  • Citizens of Canada or the United States.
  • Full-time undergraduates in good standing at a degree-granting institution in their own country (fully accredited, for US applicants): Canadians go to the US, Americans to Canada.
  • Expect to graduate in spring 2028 or later.
  • Fluent in English (and/or French, where appropriate), with a superior and competitive academic record.
  • Meet your home university’s own requirements; direct exchange applicants must be nominated by their home university.

Application process

  1. 1
    Pick a route: direct exchange (registered at a participating university, heading to a partner in the other country; each university nominates up to three full-year or six one-semester candidates by its own internal deadline) or the open competition (any degree-granting institution; deadline January 31, 2027).
  2. 2
    Submit the single online application with CV, transcripts and a one-page personal statement.
  3. 3
    Request two references through the application form.

Program timeline

  1. Competition opens

    August 15, 2026

  2. Varies by university

    Direct exchange internal deadlines

  3. Open competition deadline

    January 31, 2027

  4. Exchange begins

    Fall 2027 or Spring 2028

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