Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) 2025

Universities Canada and the Rideau Hall Foundation are pleased to invite members of Universities Canada or Colleges and Institutes Canada to submit a proposal for the seventh call of the QES program.

QES 2025 will support projects that focus on the adaptation, response and resilience to a changing climate. This includes (but is not limited to) projects focused on biodiversity; agriculture; energy; climate and public health; economic impacts of climate change; air quality; community resilience; education; ecosystems; and water quality.

Projects will support international study, research, or internships for outbound Canadian students and/or study and research for inbound international graduate students. All QES funded activities must be for academic credit/recognition.

Approximately $6,000,000 CAD is available through this competition. Each Canadian postsecondary institution may submit one proposal to the competition

A list of the eligible countries is provided in the program guidelines. Please contact Matt Henderson at qes2025@univcan.ca with any questions.

Please note that the University of Manitoba (U of M) can submit only one (1) application as a Canadian lead institution. If more than one application is received by the Office of Research Services deadline, there will be an internal review process to select the one U of M application that will be submitted to the funder. There is no limit to the number of applications the U of M can be involved in as a non-lead Canadian institution.

For more information on developing a project proposal to respond to this call, please contact Cameron Zywina, Contracts Officer, Research Contracts Office, Cameron.Zywina@umanitoba.ca