April 19, 2021 Issue
The LA&PS Research Office publishes a bi-weekly Research Digest to keep faculty members informed about important research issues and opportunities.
If you or your unit is planning an event, a notice or a funding opportunity that you would like included in our Digest Newsletter, please send these to lapsrsc@yorku.ca.
In this issue:
Internal Notices
Professor Joan Judge, FRSC, wins 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship
The Faculty of LA&PS is thrilled to announce that Professor Joan Judge, FRSC, Department of History, has received a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for 2021 in the area of East Asian Studies.
The Guggenheim Foundation offers fellowships to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation. The 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded to a diverse group of 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists. These exceptional candidates were chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000 applicants. 49 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields, 73 different academic institutions, 28 states and 2 Canadian provinces are represented.
“For me, the Fellowship is important in two ways,” says Professor Judge. “It is a recognition of the importance of my current research project on Chinese vernacular knowledge. This is in some ways a risky project: I am not dealing with high intellectual traditions or major political events but with the ways, those I refer to as “common readers” experienced historical change and processed new scientific ideas that entered China from the turn of the twentieth century. It is also important because it will give me time to make significant progress on my manuscript which has the working title “China’s Mundane Revolution: Cheap Print, Vernacular Knowledge, and Common Reading in the Long Republic, 1894-1955.”
Click here for information on Professor Judge’s publications.
Professor Ravi de Costa, LA&PS Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies reflected on this prestigious accomplishment saying: “Guggenheim Fellowships are among the highest awards available to scholars, to recognize and support the most creative and original forms of research. Professor Judge’s award is not only recognition of her contributions to Modern Chinese history and cultural studies, but also of the project the award will support, which will set out an entirely new understanding of the sources and development of popular Chinese knowledge, and their impact on everyday life. At a time of deepening suspicion of China’s economic and geopolitical behaviour and motivations, this project is of critical value in bringing new ways of thinking about the country, its people and their culture to a wide readership.”
You can also see the announcement of Professor Judge’s Guggenheim Fellowship in today’s issue of YFile. Learn more about this year’s Fellows from the Guggenheim Foundation press release or visit the Foundation’s website at www.gf.org.
Reminder: VPRI Grant Clinic – LA&PS Internal Faculty Submission Process (resubmission stream)
For Resubmission Stream Submissions the form will remain open until 4PM, April 22
The Research Commons is now accepting applications for the 2021 Grant Clinic, a program that provides a selected group of researchers comprehensive supports to develop applications for Canada’s core Tri-Council operating grant competitions in Fall 2021: SSHRC Insight, NSERC Discovery and CIHR Project. Faculty who are interested in participating in this program must submit proposals to the Faculty using this Machform. Find more information in guidelines and submission instructions as well as the Faculty memorandum.
Call for Nominations: Dean’s Awards for Distinction in Research
Deadline: submit a nomination package by May 1st, 2021.
The Committee on Research Policy and Planning is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2020-2021 LA&PS Awards for Distinction in Research. This year nominations are being accepted for the following categories:
- – LA&PS Award for Distinction in Research, Creativity or Scholarship
- – LA&PS Award in Social Justice Research (one award)
Refer to the Guidelines here and for further details, including eligibility and file preparation are available on the website. Please contact Pam Sunner at lapscrpp@yorku.ca for any questions.
Faculty Toolkit for Student Success
This online tool was created to help faculty members, teaching assistants and you, our staff, navigate the various student services and supports across campus, so that they can more easily connect students to the right place at the right time. In the Toolkit for Student Success, the supports that students most often need are grouped into five categories: 1) Academic Success & Learning Supports; 2) Student Well-being; 3) Accommodations & Academic Consideration; 4) Degree Completion, Careers & Future; and 5) Students in Distress. If you or your colleagues encounter a student in need of support simply follow the appropriate pathway in the Toolkit to lead to a downloadable PDF that can be sent to the student via email. Connect with Catherine Salole (salolec@yorku.ca) should you have any feedback and/or questions.
Notice: Submission of External Grants through Office of Research Services
Given the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, ORS is now accepting electronic submissions of research applications. A description of the external grants submission process and the two versions of the ORS checklist can be found here.
LA&PS events:
CJS 2021 Wolinsky Lectures: The Lives and Afterlives of Yiddish
When? Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 4pm EDT.
Where? Register for Wolinsky lecture via zoom
YCAR event: Seeding Happiness: SumArth’s Farmer-led Agri-Models for Rural Development in India
When? Friday, 30 April 2021 | 10:00 to 11:30 EST
Where? Learn more and register for Seeding Happiness here.
YCAR event: The Secret Marathon | Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Sport and Development
When? Thursday, 22 April 2021 | 15:00 to 17:00 EST
Where? Register for the film screening here.
Internal Grants
Upcoming internal funding opportunities
York Incentive Grant
Deadlines: Rolling
Value: Up to $6,000
York Indigenous Incentive Grant (VPRI)
Deadline: Rolling
Value: Up to $3,000
SSHRC Exchange – Conference Grant Program (ORS)
Deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1
Value: Generally, up to a minimum APEX or Charter Class airfare.
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 here.
External Notices
New Research Security Resource from Cyber Security Intelligence Services (CSIS)
Following ongoing public discussions about research security, including the announcement of forthcoming research security risk guidelines, this document may provide helpful background and guidance for researchers. For those supporting ERA applications, these resources may be helpful with political and economic risk assessment. The AOSE_Foreign Interference Handout can be downloaded here.
Webinar: for the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) funding opportunity: Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World
SSHRC will be holding a webinar for applicants and research administrators on the upcoming Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) funding opportunity: Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World. The webinar will be held via Webex at the following dates and times:
- – French: Tuesday, April 27, 2021, | 10:30-12 pm | Join here (Meeting number 129 680 4515 – Password sshrc2021)
- – English: Wednesday April 28, 2021 | 10:30 – 12:00 pm | Join here (Meeting number 129 487 4234 – password ssrch2021)
For any questions, please contact Patricia MacCaughan, patricia.maccaughan@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
External Grants and Fellowships
Trans-Atlantic Platform Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World (RRR) Call for Proposals
Value:
- Canadian applicants can request up to a maximum of $200,000 per proposal
- Quebec applicants eligible to apply for SSHRC funding may also apply for a supplement from the FRQSC: $50, 000$ to $75,000$ (+ Indirect cost of research depending on funds available)
Duration: 24 – 36 months
Deadlines
- Compulsory Intention to Submit due at agency June 14, 2021, no later than midnight BRT
- Full application due at agency (by invitation only): Monday, July 12, 2021, no later than midnight Brasilia Time (BRT) | 11:00 pm (EST)
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced that it is participating in the third joint research call on Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World (RRR) launched by the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP). SSHRC is collaborating with key humanities and social science funders in Europe and the Americas to support international research projects that can contribute to increasing our understanding of societal transformations and the role of social innovation.
SSHRC will be holding a webinar for applicants and research administrators on this funding opportunity. The webinar will be held via Webex in French (April 27) and in English (April 28).
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
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in partnership with Mitacs are pleased to announce a new joint initiative 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.
Round 16 Early Researcher Awards (ERA) Program
Value: a maximum of $100,000 matched by an additional $50,000 from the researcher’s Faculty and/or a partner organization.
Deadlines:
– Internal deadline for Faculty Approval: April 26, 9:00 am (EST)
– Internal deadline for submission of letters of reference to ORS: May 17, 2021
– Internal deadline for complete application including ORS checklist: June 7, 2021, at 9:00 am (EST)
– Agency deadline: Friday, June 11, 2021, at 5:00 pm (EST)
The Early Researcher Award (ERA) program helps promising, recently-appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams of undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants and technicians. The goal of the program is to improve Ontario’s ability to attract and retain the best and brightest research talent. Program materials, including ERA Program Guidelines and Application Form, were posted on the Early Researcher Awards page on the government website.
As matching commitments are required, interested applicants need to contact Ravi de Costa, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate studies and David Cuff, Director of Strategic Research and Partnerships, as soon as possible, with project title, 150-word research summary and the names of three eligible referees who have agreed to provide a letter of reference. Interested applicants should provide the names of confirmed letter writers to the Associate Dean, no later than April 26, 2021, at 9:00 am. Two of the letters must come from arm’s length referees as defined in the guidelines. Completed proposals are due at ORS no later than June 7, 2021.
A Research Commons Information Session has been scheduled for April 7, 2021, at 9:30 – 11:00 AM. Register for the ERA info session here.
If you have any questions about this opportunity please contact Ravi de Costa, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate studies and David Cuff, Director of Strategic Research and Partnerships.
CIHR Call for Proposals: Health Research Training Platform
Value and Duration:
up to $400,000 per year for up to 6 years, for a total of $2,400,000 per grant.
Agency Deadlines:
Phase 1: Registration Deadline – Due April 21, 2021
Phase 2: Full Application – Due June 22, 2021
The Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) Pilot funding opportunity is intended to support the development of interdisciplinary, inter-jurisdictional, and intersectoral research training platforms that will attract a diverse cadre of high-calibre trainees and ECRs, and equip them with the skills required for academic and non-academic careers. These research training platform grants can be used to build capacity in established or emerging areas, within the scope of the research training areas identified in the funding pools outlined below. For any questions contact David Cuff at dcuff@yorku.ca.
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: May 1, August 1, November 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. For any questions, contact David Cuff at dcuff@yorku.ca.
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (PEG)
- Value: $7,000 to $25,000
- Duration: 1 year
- Agency Deadline: June 15, September 15, December 15, 2021 and March 15, 2022, at 12:00 PM (EST)
These grants 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. For any questions, contact David Cuff at dcuff@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 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 David Cuff at dcuff@yorku.ca. Read the two-pager in English or in French here.
CIHR Funding Opportunities
A list of funding opportunities through CIHR can be found on this page of the agency’s website. Please be attentive to any COVID-19 update that appears as part of the posting for specific opportunities. Due to the large volume of RFAs, the Office of Research Services has created a simplified Excel spreadsheet that will make it easier for researchers to locate the funding call that is most appropriate to their research area. You will be required to enter your Passport York user ID and password for YU Link to gain access to the spreadsheet. Alternatively, you may contact ORS at research@yorku.ca to send you the file as an attachment.
