Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED)
The SEED program provides undergraduate and graduate students, from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with scholarship opportunities for short-term research or course-oriented exchanges.
The SEED program aims to contributes to strengthening people-to-people ties between Canada and the Indo-Pacific region and to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Students’ applications must therefore be directly aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Concordia application deadline: March 17, 2025
About the Canada-ASEAN Scholarship
Only Canadian institutions can submit applications to EduCanada. Therefore, students must first submit their application documents to Concordia University. Concordia will then apply for the scholarship on the student’s behalf.
Eligibility
To be eligible, candidates must be citizens and enrolled full-time at post-secondary institution in an ASEAN member state:
- Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)), Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, or Vietnam
Scholarship value & duration
- $10,200 CAD for undergraduate or graduate students for 4 months or one academic term of study or research.
- Only applications for Fall 2025 will be accepted under this competition.
Eligible expenses
Scholarship funds should be used towards:
- visa and/or study/work permit fees;
- airfare for the scholarship recipient only via the most direct and economical route;
- health insurance;
- living expenses, such as accommodation, utilities and food;
- ground transportation, including a public transportation pass; and
- books and supplies required for the recipient’s study or research, excluding computers and other equipment.
EduCanada assessment
Eligible and complete applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- the linkage of the proposed research or study that the student will undertake in Canada to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- the candidate’s commitment to use their proposed research or studies in Canada to help combat poverty and narrow the development gap in the ASEAN region.
- merit of the research or study to be undertaken in Canada.
- benefit to the home institution and peers.
- benefit to the Canadian institution, supervisor and peers.
- strength of the linkages to be created through the proposed exchange.
- rankings submitted by the Canadian institution.
Application process
For a course-oriented exchange
- You must be enrolled full-time at a post-secondary partner institution from an eligible country and paying any tuition fees regulated by that institution at the time of application and for the full duration of the exchange.
- You must be a citizen of an ASEAN member state.
- Please see the SEED website for more details regarding the eligibility requirements.
- You must also meet the requirements of the Concordia Student Exchange Program.
- For Study at the undergraduate and graduate level, a valid student exchange agreement that waives tuition fees is required.
For a research-oriented exchange
- You must be enrolled full-time at a post-secondary institution in an eligible country and paying any tuition fees regulated by that institution at the time of application and for the full duration of the exchange.
- You must be a citizen of an ASEAN member state.
- Please see the SEED website for more details regarding the eligibility requirements.
- Undergraduate research applicants from institutions with no existing agreement must produce a letter from their Concordia supervisor on official letterhead that links the application to a specific international research collaboration, names the Canadian supervisor and confirms that tuition will not be charged. The letter must be dated within the last six months and be a maximum of one page.
- A professor must have accepted to supervise the student’s research exchange at Concordia.
Documents submission deadline
Concordia University has established its own internal deadline for receiving applications which is two weeks before the official SEED Scholarship deadline.
Concordia deadline: March 17, 2025
Commencement date for study or research
- Only applications for Fall 2025 will be accepted.
- Students applying for a course-oriented exchange must arrive for the beginning of each term according to Concordia's academic calendar.
- Selected candidates may arrive as early as August 1, 2025 and no later than October 1, 2025.
Failure to meet these deadlines may result in the rejection of the application.
Please note that only Canadian institutions can submit applications to Global Affairs Canada. Therefore, students must first apply with Concordia. Concordia will then apply for the scholarship on the student’s behalf.
Document submission deadline: March 17, 2025
I wish to apply for course-oriented exchange
- You must first be nominated for exchange by your home institution.
- Submit this scholarship application form.
- Upload the supporting documents and the nomination letter via the application form. Please read the SEED requirements for each document very carefully as documents that are non-compliant with the SEED guidelines may lead to the rejection of the application.
I wish to apply for research-oriented exchange
Before beginning your application, you must find a professor who accepts to supervise your research exchange at Concordia University.
Application for the SEED program:
- Submit this scholarship application form.
- Upload the required supporting documents via the application form.
- Please read the SEED requirements for each document very carefully as documents that are non-compliant with the SEED guidelines can lead to the rejection of the application.
