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. 

Upcoming Deadlines:

• Minor Research Grant Application Guidelines – Deadline November 30, 2021 **extended**
• LA&PS Senior Scholars’ Research Fund – Application Form – Deadline December 15, 2021
• Seed Grant for Collaborative Research Initiatives – Application Form (Doc.) – Deadline January 15, 2021
• LA&PS Black Scholars Research Fund – Application Form (Doc.) – Deadline January 15, 2021
• Sabbatical Leave Fellowship – More Information – Deadline January 15, 2021
• Exchange Conference Grant – Application Form (PDF) – Deadline February 1st, 2021

Short Notice: Future Skills Centre – Open Call for Expressions of Interest for Research on Quality of Work

• Value $25K – $75K
• Duration January 2022 – December 2022
• Deadlines
  • EOI due at agency By 5:00pm EST on Thursday, November 25, 2021
  • Full application due at agency (by invitation only) Thursday, December 16, 2021

The Future Skills Centre (FSC) recently announced a new open Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Research on Quality of Work. Objectives include:

• to engage with Canada’s research community to further develop the Canadian evidence base on a myriad of issues that implicate the quality of work
• to engage with Canadian researchers from a variety of disciplines to submit their initial ideas and concepts for research that could address these gaps.

If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca. Mandatory internal deadline for ORS review is By 9:00 am on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, for full application review. The recommended LA&PS internal deadline for faculty review is by 9:00 am five (5) working days prior to submission to the agency.

 

Hemispheric Student Dialogues on the Sustainable Development Goals

• Deadline: Friday, December 10

The HUC Student Dialogues on SDGs is now open for faculty application. Professors must have a class tied to the event, there will be an open registration for all students across the network and events will occur within the professor’s class time in the chosen dates for the HUC Student Dialogues. You can find more information here:

• Hemispheric Student Dialogues SDGs Facilitation Guide
• Workshop Application Form HSD

Zoom info sessions: Every Friday from 11h00-12h00 EST (GMT-5)

• First Session: Friday, November 12
• Zoom Registration Link
• Sway link with summary information
• We are also able to meet by appointment is these times do not work for an interested faculty member

If you have any questions, please contact Luke Li, International Partnerships Offices at: lukeli@yorku.ca

 

Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grant

• Deadline: January 7, 2022

The grant is aimed at staff at the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) member universities, the grants will support collaborative work addressing climate resilience. Grants of up to GBP 2,500 each are available to fund climate action and environmental projects that promote the aims and priorities of ACU’s Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network (CCRN). For more details and information on how to apply, visit the ACU website.

If you have any questions, please contact Luke Li, International Partnerships Offices at: lukeli@yorku.ca

 

IDRC Research Awards 2022-2023

• Deadline: February 1, 2022

This year IDRC will offer research awards related to these development areas or themes: Climate-Resilient Food Systems, Democratic and Inclusive Governance, Education and Science, Ethics in Development Research, Global Health, Policy and Evaluation, and Sustainable Inclusive Economies.

If your research proposal is selected, you will join IDRC as a Research award recipient for a period of 12 months from 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2023 with a salary in Canadian dollars between CA$42,033 to CA$48,659 to undertake research on the topic you have submitted. You will receive hands-on experience in research and program management and support, grant administration, and the creation, dissemination, and use of knowledge from an international perspective. To apply, please visit the IDRC website.

If you have any questions, please contact Luke Li, International Partnerships Offices at: lukeli@yorku.ca

Grand Challenges Canada – Global Mental Health Grand Challenge

• Overhead: 10%
• Value: Up to $250,000
• Duration: 18 – 24 months.
• Deadlines: By 12 pm EST on Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health programs has launched a Request for Proposal for the Global Mental Health Grand Challenge: Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People, Round 2.

Grand Challenges Canada is looking for innovations that lead to at least one of the following priority outcomes: increased wellbeing, increased resilience, decreased symptom severity and improved functioning.

Projects must be implemented in eligible countries listed in Appendix A (see Global Mental Health Request for Proposal 2021).

Note: To apply, applicants must use the online application form provided, which is only accessible via Grand Challenges Canada’s Fluxx Portal. You MUST register for a Fluxx account no later than 12:00 pm EST (5:00 pm UTC) by November 23, 2021. Account registrations received after this date and time will not be processed.

If you have questions about this opportunity please contact Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca. Mandatory internal deadline for ORS review is Wednesday, November 17, 2021, for full application review. The recommended LA&PS internal deadline for faculty review is by 9:00 am five (5) working days prior to submission to agency.

Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence Grant (ORF-RE Round 11)

The Ministry of Colleges and Universities has launched Round 11 of the Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence (ORF-RE) program. The ORF-RE program provides funding for eligible direct operating costs as well as a portion of indirect costs for research projects of strategic value to the province. Full program details, including the program guidelines and application forms, are available on the ORF-RE website.

• Stream 1: General – Basic and Applied Research Open to all disciplines
  • Value: Funds projects from $500,000 to $2,000,000 (Ontario Portion).
  • Duration Funds projects up to a maximum of 5 years.
• Stream 2: Targeted – Experimental Research Funds projects that demonstrate strong commercialization potential, where the innovation is at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 3 or higher.
  • Value: Funds projects from $300,000 – $1,000,000 (Ontario Portion).
  • Duration: Funds projects up to a maximum of 4 years.

Please find here a VPRI Competition Announcement Memo for more details about requirements and timelines. All interested researchers must notify Maheen Hasan, Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives (SIRI) Specialist at mhasan@yorku.ca and their Faculty Research Office as soon as possible about their intention to apply.

For faculty-based support for this application, please notify Max Dagenais, Research Facilitator at dagenam@yorku.ca.

 

Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships

• ANTICIPATED DEADLINE – check MS Research Faculty Award website for updated deadlines

The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship sponsored by Microsoft Research recognizes innovative, promising new faculty, whose exceptional talent for research and innovation identifies them as emerging leaders in their fields. Provisions for the 2022 award include $100,000 USD awarded annually for two years starting in the fall of 2022. The funds are dispersed through the University as a gift and no portion of the funds may go toward overhead or other indirect costs.

York University may submit up to three nominations. The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship competition is open to Full-time faculty at a degree-granting college or university in North or South America in these research areas.

Faculties should submit internal nomination materials to the Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives team via email to Abby Vogus (avogus@yorku.ca) by noon on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. If you anticipate submitting an application please contact David Cuff, Director Strategic Research & Partnerships, at dcuff@yorku.ca.

 

SSHRC Partnership Grants – Stage 1

• Value and duration: Applications successful in Stage 1 are valued at up to $20,000. These funds help applicants successful in Stage 1 to prepare for the Stage 2 application.
• Deadline: February 10, 2022 (8 p.m. eastern)

Partnership Grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities. This is done through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources as shown by cash and/or in-kind contributions. Partnership Grants are intended for large teams of postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types that work in formal collaboration. The objectives are:

• further, refine the question(s) to be addressed;
• establish partnership arrangements, a governance structure and/or an approach/methodology; and
• consolidate their collaborative activities.

Please check the external announcements for details about the upcoming SSHRC webinar. If you are interested in applying for a SSHRC Partnership Grant at Stage 1, please contact Emma Doran (edoran@yorku.ca) for more information about the application process and internal review procedures. If you have any questions about this opportunity please contact David Cuff, Director,  Strategic Research and Partnerships at dcuff@yorku.ca.

SSHRC will be holding a series of webinars for applicants and research administrators on this funding opportunity.  The webinars will be held via Webex in French on October 21, 11-12:30 om EST and English on October 21st , 1:00-2:30 EST.

Key dates:

Deadline for internal peer-review	Due to SIRI by Friday, November 19, 12 noon
SPORT review	Thursday, December 2
Agency Deadline	Thursday, February 10, 8 pm EST
Results announced	June 2022

 

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants – Emerging Asocial Society

• Value:  Up to $30,000
• Duration: 1 year
• Deadlines: Friday, December 17, 2021 (Note: Applications must be submitted to the SSHRC’s Online System by 12Noon to allow ORS enough time to e-approve and submit to SSHRC for peer review).

SSHRC has launched a Knowledge Synthesis Grants (KSG) competition to assess the state of research knowledge on the topic of “The Emerging Asocial Society”, under SSHRC’s Imagining Canada’s Future initiative. This call for proposals focuses on the state of knowledge from research on issues related to the growing sense of disconnection, isolation and loneliness in Canadian society. The resulting syntheses will identify roles that the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors may play in promoting more connected and resilient communities, and may inform the development of effective tools, robust policies and sustainable practices required to support the transition to a more equitable, healthy and prosperous future.

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

Mandatory internal deadline for ORS review is December 17, 12:00 pm. The recommended LA&PS internal deadline for faculty review is by 9:00 am five (5) working days prior to submission to agency.

 

Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative

• Value: $7K – $25K for Events | $7K – $50K for Outreach activities
• Duration: 1 year
• Agency Deadline:  February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1, 2022

Following the release of the tri-agency research data management policy in March 2021, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is pleased to announce the extension of the Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative. This initiative aims to continue helping the Canadian social sciences and humanities research community better understand data management, and incorporate data management considerations into research practices.

The initiative will fund at least 10 meritorious Connection Grants proposals per competition for the November 2021, February, May and August 2022 cycles, to support the research community’s development, adoption and dissemination of research data management standards, practices, tools and skills appropriate to their field.

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

Mandatory internal deadline for ORS review is no later than 12:00 pm on the agency deadline date. The recommended LA&PS internal deadline for faculty review is no later than 3 business days prior to agency deadline at 9:00 am.

 

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).

For all working on RSC nominations, the new guidelines for this year’s RSC competition were released this week.

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.

 

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.

Mandatory internal deadline for ORS review is by 9:00 am two (2) working days prior to submission to agency. The recommended LA&PS internal deadline for faculty review is by 9:00 am five (5) working days prior to submission to agency.

 

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.

 

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (PEG)

• Value: $7,000 to $25,000
• Duration: 1 year
• Agency Deadline:  March 15, June 15, and September 15, December 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.

Mandatory internal deadline for ORS review is by 9:00 am on the agency deadline. The recommended LA&PS internal deadline for faculty review is by 9:00 am two (2) working days prior to submission to agency.

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.

Mandatory internal deadline for ORS review is by 9:00 am two (2) working days prior to submission to agency. The recommended LA&PS internal deadline for faculty review is by 9:00 am five (5) working days prior to submission to agency.

 

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)

Mandatory internal deadline for ORS review is by 9:00 am two (2) working days prior to submission to agency. The recommended LA&PS internal deadline for faculty review is by 9:00 am five (5) working days prior to submission to agency.