Update: 2021-22 York Research Chairs Competition Launch

Please be advised that Faculties are now invited to nominate York faculty members for the York Research Chairs (YRC) 2021-22 competition. Up to six centrally supported Chairs will be funded for 2022 as follows:

• Up to two Tier 1 Chairs;
• Up to two Tier 2 Chairs; and
• Up to two Early-Career Tier 2 Chairs

New to this year’s competition, the distribution of these Chairs will be allocated to two streams: (i) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); and (ii) Social Science, Humanities and Arts (SSHA).

Please find below a memo and corresponding documents from Amir Asif, Vice-President, Research & Innovation regarding the 2021-2022 York Research Chairs Competition Launch.

• YRC Full Nomination Form 2021-22
• YRC Guidelines 2021-22
• YRC Launch Memo 2021-22
• YRC NOI Form 2021-22

Faculty Members considering the submission of a YRC proposal are also encouraged to contact David Cuff, Director: Strategic Research & Partnerships (dcuff@yorku.ca) or Chris Hendershot, Grant Development Specialist at hender@yorku.ca

York University-TD Community Engagement Centre issues call for proposals for Catalyst Grants

Deadline: Friday, August. 6, by 11:59 p.m (EST)

Catalyst Grants are intended to provide start-up funding for innovative partnerships between York University and the Black Creek community. The grants can cover a broad range of ideas that respond to community needs. This year’s call seeks proposals for projects that tackle some of the challenges exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and identify some re-imagined or creative steps forward. Proposals should be submitted to Talisha Ramsaroop, community projects coordinator at talishar@yorku.ca. Learn more about The York University-TD Community Engagement Centre Call for Proposals including information about two community information webinars (scheduled June 22 and July 14).

Upcoming Internal Funding Opportunities

LA&PS faculty members are reminded that a comprehensive list of internal research funding opportunities is available on our new website (see below). This list includes short descriptions of several individual programs operated by the Dean’s Office as well as VPRI. Internal funding opportunities can be accessed Internal funding opportunities can be accessed here.

Royal Society of Canada Nomination Process

Please see below two memos regarding the Royal Society of Canada, 2022 institutional nominations for Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) and the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists (the College).

Please note that interested applicants are not required to submit nominations using the institutional process. In addition to the institutional process, interested applicants may be nominated directly by existing Fellows of the Royal Society. Fellow-led Nominations are fully supported by Faculty-based Research Office staff. As external letters of reference are required, interested applicants are encouraged to begin the preparation of files in advance of the expected launch date of the 2022 competition in September (deadline December 1, 2022).

We, therefore, encourage any LA&PS Faculty Member interested in preparing a nomination file to contact Max Dagenais at dagenam@yorku.ca, Research Facilitator, LA&PS, ASAP to discuss your file and available support for your submission.

• Memo, Nomination Process for the 2022 Royal Society of Canada Fellows
• Memo, Nomination Process for the 2022 Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

2021 New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF)—Exploration competitions

• Value: Up to $125,000 per year (including indirect costs)
• Duration: up to 2 years
• Deadlines
  • Stage One: Notice of intent to apply: August 10, 2021, 8:00 p.m. (EST)
  • Stage Two: Full application deadline: October 19, 2021, 8:00 p.m. (EST)

The objective of the Exploration stream is to support high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. It seeks to inspire projects that bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches by research teams with the capacity to explore something new that might fail, but that has the potential for significant impact. Learn more about the 2021 Exploration competition here. Projects must be interdisciplinary. The nominated principal investigator and team members (if applicable) can be from any discipline, but the proposed research project must include elements from at least two different disciplines (as defined by a group-level classification based on the Canadian Research and Development Classification).

For potential applicants who were unable to attend the webinar on the upcoming 2021 Exploration Competition, here are the PowerPoint slides in English and in French that were presented on the Notice of Intent (NOI) stage. You may also view the recording of the webinars:

• English Recording: https://youtu.be/dQu2xKIpHTY | July 13th
• French Recording: https://youtu.be/MgDjyt_X3p4 | July 13th

If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

Special Call: New Frontiers in Research Fund – 2021 Innovative Approaches to Research in the Pandemic Context

• Value: Up to $250,000 (including 25% indirect costs – up to 25%)
• Duration: 1 year
• Deadlines: (Two stages application process)
  • NOI due at agency – Tuesday, September 21, 2021
  • Full Application due at agency – Tuesday, October 26, 2021

The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) recently launched the 2021 Innovative Approaches to Research in the Pandemic Context competition, a special call to explore new, innovative directions in research methodologies.  The Convergence Portal is now open for submission of a Notification of Intent to Apply (NOIs). The objectives are:

• To accelerate the exploration of new approaches and the development and testing of new directions in research methodologies, to respond to challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• To support new ways of conducting community and field-based research, since the pandemic has had the greatest impact on researchers’ ability to collect data and conduct this type of research

In preparation for the NOI deadline, all applicants and research administrators are encouraged to participate in one of the two upcoming webinars. Below are the dates, times and links to the webinars.

• August 12^th– 2021 Special Call – French| 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (EST)  – Event password: pbVE336Nmpy
• August 12^th – 2021 Special Call – English| 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (EST) – Event password: CPmZji4aJ23

NSERC PromoScience Program – 2021 Call for Applications

• Value: Up to $200K/year
• Duration: Up to 3 years
• Deadline: due at agency Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The NSERC PromoScience program offers financial support for initiatives that promote the natural sciences and engineering to Canada’s young people, particularly to groups such as girls and Indigenous peoples that are under-represented in scientific and engineering careers. The objective is to support hands-on learning experiences for young students and their science teachers. An NSERC 2021 PromoScience Webex Information Session will take place July 27, 2021, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Emina Veletanlic, Grant Development Specialist at eveletan@yorku.ca.

Guggenheim Fellowships

• Anticipated Foundation deadline: Mid-September 2021 (The new cycle will be announced in July).

The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation will soon be accepting nominations for the Guggenheim Fellowships. The Fellowships are open to any field. The application form will soon be available on the Guggenheim Fellowship website. Guggenheim Fellowships are grants to selected individuals made for a minimum of six months and a maximum of twelve months. The purpose of the Guggenheim Fellowship program is to help provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible. Please see more details in the Application Resources section of the website. If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

Fulbright Grants in the US for Canadian Faculty Members- Competition Open

• Deadline: Monday, November 15, 2021, by 11:59 pm (EST)

Fulbright Canada recently announced a Call for Applications for its Canadian Scholar Awards 2022-2023 Program. This program strengthens binational collaborative research and promotes thoughtful public debate on topics that reflect the broad range of contemporary issues relevant to Canada, the United States, and the relationship between the two countries. There are two streams:

• Fulbright Canada Research Chairs Program The award ranges from US $25,000 to US$50,000 for 4 – 9 months.
• Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award The award is US $12,500 for one semester (4 months)

Check the Fulbright Grants Detailed Eligibility requirements here.

Interested in more information? Register for the Fulbright Grants webinar on July 21st at 3 PM EST for details on how to prepare a successful application. If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

2021 Sony Research Award Program

• Value
  – Faculty Innovation Award – up to $100K USD
  – Focused Research Award – up to $150K USD
• Overhead: 40%
• Duration: One (1) year, with a possible extension
• Agency Deadlines: Wednesday, September 15, 2021, by 11:59 pm (PST)

The Sony Corporation of America is inviting researchers to participate in the 2021 Sony Research Award Program. This Program is intended to foster partnership with university faculty and researchers. The objective is to provide cutting-edge academic research and help build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers.

Researchers may apply under the following two Target Award Programs:

• Faculty Innovation Award – Sony would like to partner with universities to help cultivate advanced concepts and fertilize their own research and development.
• Focused Research Award – This award provides an opportunity for university faculty and Sony to conduct collaborative research that facilitates the exploration of new and promising research.

If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

Aid to Scholarly Journals Funding Opportunity

• Value:
  • Up to $30,000 per year (base grant)
  • Up to $5,000 per year (supplementary funding)
• Duration: 3 years
• Deadline: September 10, 2021.

The Aid to Scholarly Journals website has now been updated with details for the Fall 2021 competition.

The eligibility criteria, including open access eligibility criteria, are the same. Please note, however, that the transition period allowed during the last competition has concluded and will no longer be offered. The value of the grant, the duration of the grant, and the grant selection process have not changed. In addition, in light of the impacts of COVID-19 on journals, the ASJ 2021 competition will relax the regular publication minimums and requirements for submission of statistics data for journals impacted by COVID-19. Journals will be able to describe the impacts of COVID-19 within their application.

SSHRC will be hosting the following informational webinars on the Aid to Scholarly Journals Program:

• Aid to Scholarly Journals (English) | August 16, 2020, 1:30-3:00 pm (EST) | Access here.
• Aide aux revues savantes (français) | Le 12 août, 2021 , 10h-11h30 (EST) | Access here.

Please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator, at dagenam@yorku.ca if you are planning to apply for this opportunity. In addition, questions about this program can be sent directly to the agency at this email: scholarlyjournals@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.

Pandemic & Cities Research Funding

• Value: up to £25,000
• Deadline: November 1st, 2021

The UK-based Urban Studies Foundation (USF) is pleased to announce the launch of a new funding initiative: Pandemics and Cities. Eligible proposals may focus on either COVID-19 specifically, or on other major infectious disease outbreaks. The USF will provide up to £25,000 seed-funding per project, for innovative interdisciplinary and partnered research that helps gain a deeper understanding of the social, political, economic, cultural and/or environmental dimensions of pandemics on urban lives and places. Each proposal must clearly demonstrate a meaningful research partnership between a minimum of two organizations and should be aimed towards developing into larger research initiatives in future.

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR): Global Call for Ideas

• Value: Funding is provided based on the size of the team and the planned activity
• Duration: There is no time limit on CIFAR programs.
• Deadlines: Tuesday, August 17, 2021, by 11:59 pm (PST)

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) invites proposals related to “The Future of Being Human”. The main objective is to support global networks of researchers who work together on a common question, from an interdisciplinary perspective. CIFAR invites bold proposals that ask questions about our complex emerging world.  Proposals should explore the long-term intersection of humans, science and technology, social and cultural systems, and our environment. The proposals should confront challenging problems that necessitate a diverse team incorporating multiple disciplines (potentially spanning the humanities, social sciences, arts, physical sciences, and life sciences). Learn more about the CIFAR opportunity here. If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

Mitacs Business Strategy Internship Program

• Value
  • $10K; the partner pays $5K and no university funds are required $15K; the partner pays only $7.5K and no university funds are required.
  • At $15K, participants have the option of using up to $5K for specified project costs or to top up the intern stipend.

• Duration: 4 months
• Deadlines: Rolling

Mitacs is accepting applications to its new Business Strategy Internship Program. This program allows students to apply their technical expertise to business challenges to support an organization’s innovative activities. A summary is provided below. The main objective is to enable the brightest students to undertake a collaborative internship with businesses or eligible not-for-profit organizations (NFPs). The award is open to students across all disciplines, from law to STEM to social sciences and humanities. If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

Mitacs Accelerate SME Discount

Mitacs has just launched a special SME discount call for the Accelerate program. Faculty members that are collaborating with a company/Not for Profit (NFP) that has fewer than 500 employees, can get a discounted rate for the company contribution. The main points of the program are:

1. The contribution is $3,750+HST from the partner + $11,250 from Mitacs (instead of the standard $7,500+HST from partner and $7,500 from Mitacs) for a 4-6 month internship unit.
2. Submission deadline is February 1st, 2022, or while quantities last.
3. 1 discounted unit per named intern
4. Partner has to be 1-499 employees, including NFPs

If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

Mitacs Accelerate Program – Winter 2022 Mental Health Internship

• Value: $15,000
• Duration: 6 months
• Deadlines: August 16, 2021.

Mitacs has partnered with Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) on a new Mental Health Internship to provide funding for Masters students.  Mitacs is accepting applications through its Accelerate Program.   The purpose of the partnership between MHRC and Mitacs is to support the development of the next generation of mental health researchers. Internships will provide opportunities to master’s students that will have a direct impact on their communities through working with their academic supervisor and partnering with a local service provider or community organization. If you are interested in applying to this competition, please contact Rachel Sung, Mitacs Business Development Specialist at sungr@yorku.ca.

Healthy Cities Implementation Science Team Grants

• Value and duration:
  • stage one: Letter of Intent (LOI) – up to 18 successful applications will receive $25,000 development grants (3 in each thematic research area)
  • Stage two: full application – a minimum of six successful applications will receive a maximum of $3 million – a maximum of $500,000 per year for up to six years
• Deadlines:
  • LOI due at agency: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
  • Full application due at agency: April 28, 2022

The Healthy Cities Implementation Science (HCIS) Team Grants, funding opportunity is offering grants focused on increasing our understanding of how to design, implement and promote the systematic and equitable uptake of evidence-based interventions (i.e. interventions that have been piloted or tested in a setting and found to be promising) in multiple urban environments to improve population health and well-being. The focus of this funding opportunity is to implement evidence-informed interventions into different contexts and to understand whether those interventions are effective, for whom, and why. It is expected that successful research projects will engage with the Healthy Cities Research Training Platform to enhance the capacity-building efforts of the HCRI and create opportunities for training and mentorship. If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

SSHRC Connection Grants – Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative (Final Call)

• Value
  • $7K – $25K for Events
  • $7K – $50K for Outreach activities
• Duration: 1 year
• Deadlines: Tuesday, August 3, 2021

The Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative offers the research community Connections Grants to support the development, adoption and dissemination of research data management standards, practices, tools and skills appropriate to their field. SSHRC has communicated that the August competition will be the final one for the special Connection Grant call. In addition to the special call, Connection Grants on any eligible project may also be submitted to the program. If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Accelerate Grants

• Value: Standard Alliance Option 1 values apply: min $20K/year – max $1M/year
• Duration: Up to 5 years
• Deadline: rolling

NSERC in partnership with Mitacs is pleased to announce a new joint initiative: NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Accelerate Grants that will support the R&D efforts of Canadian university researchers and their partners while supporting highly qualified personnel including students and/or postdoctoral fellows. The new opportunity is being offered through NSERC’s Alliance grants and Mitac’s Accelerate programs. If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Emina Veletanlic, Grant Development Specialist at eveletan@yorku.ca.

NSERC – Alliance Grants: Option 2

• Value: over $30,000 to $100,000 per year
• Duration: 1 to 5 years
• Deadline: No deadline

NSERC has released details about a new Alliance Option 2 two-pager that provides an overview of what the NSERC – Alliance Grants option 2 funding is all about. The projects should aim to address and are driven by an unmet societal need, meaning that the results matter not just to the partner organizations but also to the public. Refer to the NSERC resources page to access the best practices webinar, a summary of NSERC requirements and more. The results should be broadly shared in various formats, allowing even non-specialists outside the project to understand and use the results. Faculty members interested in applying should contact Emina Veletanlic, Grant Development Specialist, at eveletan@yorku.ca.

Learn more about NSERC – Alliance Grant option 2 (EN)

Learn more about NSERC – Alliance Grant option 2 (FR)

SSHRC Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research – Connection Grants

• Value:
  – Events – $7,000 to $25,000
  – Outreach Activities – $7,000 to $50,000; higher amounts may be considered if well justified
• Duration:1 year
• Agency Deadline: August 1, November 1, May 1, 2021, at 12:00 PM (EST)

SSHRC announced the relaunching of the Connection Grants arm of the Initiative for Digital Citizen Research (IDCR), a joint initiative with the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH). The IDCR aims to develop a better understanding of the impacts of online disinformation in Canada in order to better inform programs and policies, build Canada’s capacity to conduct research on – and related to – countering online disinformation and other related online harms, and help foster a community of researchers engaged with digital citizenship and online disinformation in Canada. It also aims to provide assistance to selected events and outreach activities for short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives.

Learn more about the description and submission instructions here. If you are interested in applying for this opportunity, please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator, at dagenam@yorku.ca.

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (PEG)

• Value: $7,000 to $25,000
• Duration: 1 year
• Agency Deadline: September 15, December 15, 2021 and March 15, June 15, 2022, at 12:00 PM (EST)

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. To access an application form and full instructions, log into your SSHRC account. If you are interested in applying for this opportunity, please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator, at dagenam@yorku.ca.