October 31, 2020 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
York University Libraries: Research Data Training Camp
Collecting research data but not sure how to manage it? Want to learn more about the research computing tools that can help you better manage your research project? York University Libraries is offering a free research data training camp workshop series for graduate students (or faculty or staff) looking to learn the data management and research computing skills that can help them get more out of their research in less time. By getting hands-on experience with the different tools explored in the series, participants will walk away with a better sense of the data management options available to them. Sessions include: 1) Managing Research Data in the Social Sciences; 2) Online Privacy and Security Considerations for Researchers; and 3) Introduction to R and R Markdown. Register here.
President’s Research Excellence Awards
The Senate Committee on Awards invites current or emeritus tenure-stream faculty members to nominate colleagues for the President’s Research Awards: the President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award, the President’s Research Impact Award, and the President’s Research Excellence Award. The call issued on October 13, 2020 can be viewed here.
Inaugural Director Search: Centre for Indigenous Knowledges & Languages
Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Director of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages for a term of up to five years, to begin July 1, 2021. Full details can be found here.
Director Search: Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies for a term of three to five years, to begin July 1, 2021. Full details can be found here.
Robarts Centre Launching Contemporary Kanata
The Robarts Centre is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the inaugural issue of Contemporary Kanata, an undergraduate journal aiming to publish quality research in the social sciences and humanities about Canada. The editors are currently seeking submissions of article abstracts from undergraduate students and scholars at York University for the Spring 2021 issue. The editorial board welcomes submissions in French or English that cut across the disciplines in the social sciences and humanities primarily. Deadline for submissions is October 26, 2020. For more details, visit this page of the Robarts Centre website.
ORE Tip-sheet on Pre-release of Research Funds
The Office of Research Ethics (ORE) has issued “Tip-sheet #1: Pre-release of Research Funds,” which describes how “pre-release of research funds can be granted for those projects where research activities involving human participants (and/or animals and/or biological agents) do not occur until a later research phase.” Find the Tip-sheet on this page under Tips & Guidelines.
Reminder: ORS Mandatory Deadlines for NSERC Discovery & Northern Supplement
Faculty members who are applying to the NSERC Discovery Grant & Northern Research Supplement are reminded that they must submit, to their faculty-based research office, a full version of their application with finalized budget, plus completed ORS Checklist with applicant and chair signature in place by October 29, 2020 by 9 am.
Research Commons Issues Fall Schedule
The Research Commons has issued a brochure of its fall 2020 information sessions. The brochure can be viewed here.
Submission of External Grants through Office of Research Services
Given the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, ORS is now accepting electronic submission of research applications. A description of the submission process, and the two versions of the ORS checklist, can be found on this page. Please submit ORS Checklists and research applications to researchapps@yorku.ca.
Internal Grants
SSHRC Partnership Grant 2021 Competition: York’s Internal Notice of Intent (iNOI)
York University has launched an internal Notice of Intent (iNOI) process given the competitiveness and strategic importance of the Partnership Grant competition to the university. If you are interested in pursuing a SSHRC Partnership Grant (PG), please review the full internal posting about the iNOI, which can be found here. Details of the SSHRC PG – Stage 1 call can be found below in External Grants & Fellowships.
SSHRC Explore
Deadline: October 31, 2020
To provide support to full-time faculty, professional librarians, and current Postdoctoral Fellows for stand-alone small scale projects and for projects that will lead to the development of larger SSHRC applications or other external funding. Application form.
SSHRC KmB
Deadline: October 31, 2020
To provide support to full-time faculty, professional librarians, and current Postdoctoral Fellows for small-scale knowledge mobilization activities such as stakeholder consultations, policy briefs, publication subventions, workshops, etc. Application form.
Mariano A. Elia Research Fund
Deadline: November 1, 2020
To support small-scale research projects where a significant contribution to Italian-Canadian studies will be made and the prestige of the university enhanced. Eligible expenses include research costs and travel to conferences. Application form.
SSHRC Exchange – Conference Grant
Deadline: November 1, 2020
To provide assistance for attendance at national and international scholarly conferences for which the applicant is giving a paper, making a poster presentation, or featured at a solo or 2-person opening of an exhibition, a principal screening, premier performance of dance, theatre or musical production. Application form.
Specific Research Grants
Deadline: November 1, 2020
The program permits, under certain conditions, a researcher to receive a research grant in lieu of salary through a mechanism which includes peer review. Links to the guidelines and application form can be found here.
LA&PS Minor Research Grant
Deadline: November 15, 2020
The adjudicated vehicle through which LA&PS dispenses the YUFA Faculty/Library Research Grant Funding and the YUFA Junior Faculty/Librarian Fund. Funding is for research projects. Eligible expenses include personnel, research travel, and subsistence costs. Guidelines and application can be found here.
YUFA Educational Leave
Deadline: November 15, 2020
The Educational Leaves program provides opportunities for tenured or tenure-stream faculty and continuing appointment employees to take Educational Leaves for approved plans of study. See guidelines and application form.
YUFA Release-Time Teaching Fellowship
Deadline: November 15, 2020
These fellowships are intended to provide recipients with the opportunity to develop innovative teaching and learning projects or to enhance their own teaching skills (as opposed to disciplinary competence), when such development or enhancement could not take place in the context of a full teaching load. See guidelines and application form.
YUFA Teaching-Learning Development Grants
Deadline: November 15, 2020
Awards from the Teaching-Learning Development Fund will support projects which have the potential to make significant curricular or methodological contributions to teaching and learning at York, or which enable faculty to enhance their own teaching skills. Proposals are invited for projects relating to either undergraduate or graduate teaching. See guidelines and application form.
LAPS Senior Scholars’ Research Fund
Deadline: December 15
Retired YUFA faculty members with “Senior Scholar” status who were affiliated with LA&PS (or its antecedent faculties Arts or Atkinson), and who are more than six years past retirement, are invited to seek funding through the LA&PS Senior Scholars’ Research Fund to offset research-related expenses associated with a specific project. Visit here for application form.
YUFA Leave Fellowship Fund (Sabbatical)
Deadline: January 15, 2021
A Leave Fellowship Fund (Article 19.30 of the YUFA Collective Agreement) of $325,000.00 is available to provide peer-adjudicated additional grants of up to 10% of academic base salary to sabbaticants. The grants shall be subject to the conditions set out in Article 20.17 (b) of the YUFA Collective Agreement. See guidelines and application form.
YCAR Canada-China Initiatives Fund
Deadline: January 22, 2021
Founded in 2019, the Canada-China Initiatives Fund (CCIF) administered by York’s Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) was created to support scholarly exchanges and research on modern (i.e. post 1911) and contemporary China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, their global reach, their linkages with Canada, or the experiences of the diaspora communities. The fund was created thanks to the generous support of the Asian Business and Management Program at York University. Visit this page on the YCAR site for full details.
For a general listing of internal funding opportunities, visit here.
External Notices
Ontario COVID-19 Challenge Questions Initiative
The Ontario Ministry of Health has launched the COVID-19 Challenge Questions Initiative outlining key COVID-19 research areas in need of actionable solutions. This initiative aims to accelerate the generation and translation of research and data analytic insights in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers at Ontario-based universities, academic institutions and non-profit organizations are invited to participate. Full details can be found online here.
SSHRC Strategic Plan for 2020-2022
SSHRC has issued its latest strategic plan: Momentum 2020-2022. A copy of it is available for download on this page of the SSHRC website.
SSHRC Webinar: Connection Grant
On November 4 and 5, 2020, SSHRC will be offering webinars on the Connection Grant.
• English Webinar: November 4, 2020, 11am-1pm
Meeting link. Meeting number (access code): 173 247 4689; Meeting password: CG2020
• French Webinar: November 5, 2020, 11am–1pm
Meeting link. Meeting number (access code): 173 100 6118; Meeting password: SC2020webinaire
SSHRC Webinar: Partnership Grant (Stage 1)
On November 10, 2020, SSHRC will be offering English and French webinars about the SSHRC Partnership Grant.
• English webinar: November 10, 2020 @ 1:30-2:30pm EST
• French webinar: November 10, 2020 @ 12-1pm EST
TCPS Issues Interpretation of Risk under COVID-19 Situation
On September 4, 2020, the Secretariat on the Responsible Conduct of Research released an interpretation addressing research-related considerations when conducting research with human participants during a declared emergency. A copy of the memo can be found here.
CIHR Revises Definition of Early Career Researcher
Researchers applying to CIHR who fall into the category of “Early Career Researcher” are advised that the agency has made an adjustment to the language around leaves. The text now reads: “all eligible leaves (e.g. maternity, parental, medical, bereavement) are credited as twice the amount of time taken.”
NSERC Update re: Early Career Researchers
While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of the research enterprise in many ways, NSERC recognizes that the pandemic has disrupted early career researchers (ECRs) particularly acutely. NSERC would therefore like to share changes to the Early Career Research (ECR) definition. The ECR eligibility window previously increased from 3 years to 5 years to harmonize with the other agencies. The five-year window for being considered an ECR is adjusted to take into account instances where a researcher has had an eligible delay in research. Beginning this year, all eligible leaves (e.g. maternity, paternity, medical, bereavement) will now be credited twice the amount of time taken and the window will be adjusted accordingly. Delays in research activity related to the COVID-19 pandemic will also be considered eligible and should be described clearly in an application. If you have any questions about the changes to the ECR definition, do not hesitate to contact NSERC at resgrant@nserc-crsng.gc.ca.
NSERC Guidelines for Impact of COVID-19 on Research
NSERC has developed general guidelines for the consideration of COVID-19-related impacts on research aiming to provide direction on how to describe these impacts in an application and information on how to consider these impacts when reviewing contributions to research and training and/or research and training plans.
NSERC Project Opportunities Related to COVID-19 Pandemic
NSERC now has listed on its website challenges and questions submitted by industry, not-for-profit and public-sector organizations. NSERC encourages university faculty to visit this page and review the opportunities.
Canadian Research and Development Classification Launched
On October 5, 2020, Statistics Canada launched the Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC). This new standard will provide a common language for discussing and categorizing research activities and investments in Canada. It will serve as the recommended classification system for the research and development community, including government and higher education.
The CRDC system was jointly developed by Statistics Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and in consultation with the Office of the Chief Science Advisor. The agencies benefitted from valuable input from Canada’s research and development community.
Canada Council Issues Call for Molson Prize Nominations
The Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes are awarded to two persons – one in the arts, and the other in the social sciences and humanities – who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding achievements. The prizes are intended to encourage ongoing contributions to Canada’s cultural and intellectual heritage. Valued at $50,000, the deadline for nominations is November 1, 2020. Nominations must be submitted to the Council by a third party (individual or organization).
If you are planning to submit a nomination for a York colleague, please contact Abby Vogus at avogus@yorku.ca to discuss how the SIRI team in the Office of Research Services can support it.
External Grants and Fellowships
SSHRC Connection Grant
Deadlines:
• Submission to ORS for technical review: October 19, 2020
• Agency deadline: November 2, 2020
Value: $7000 to $25,000 for events, and up to $50,000 for other outreach activities; higher amounts for outreach activities may be considered if well justified
Duration: 1 year
These grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, or other events or outreach activities. To access an application form and full instructions, log into your SSHRC account. In most cases, the appropriate application to select is “Connection – Individual.”
SSHRC Partnership Development Grants
Deadlines:
• Submission to ORS for technical review: November 2, 2020
• Agency deadline: November 16, 2020
Value: $75,000 to $200,000
Duration: 1-3 years
SSHRC invites applicants and their partner organizations who wish to propose formal disciplinary, interdisciplinary, inter-institutional, international and/or cross-sector partnership arrangements to apply for support through this funding opportunity. Funds are available to support a variety of formal partnership development initiatives in all of the disciplines and themes eligible for funding at SSHRC. Please see the definitions for formal partnership and partner organization before beginning an application. (Application forms can be accessed by logging into your SSHRC account here, and then clicking on “Create New Form.”)
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
Deadlines:
• Submission to ORS for technical review: December 1, 2020
• Agency deadline: December 15, 2020
Value: $7,000 to $25,000
Duration: 1 year
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. In addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and post-secondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest. (Application forms can be accessed by logging into your SSHRC account here, and then clicking on “Create New Form.”)
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant: Mobility and Public Transit
Deadlines:
• Submission to ORS for technical review: December 3, 2020
• Agency deadline: December 17, 2020
Value: $30,000
Duration: 1 year
SSHRC and Infrastructure Canada have launched this Knowledge Synthesis Grants competition to mobilize social sciences and humanities research to examine and synthesize existing knowledge on mobility and public transit issues. Grant holders will identify research gaps and opportunities and their work will inform and guide policy-makers and service providers responsible for public transit at the community level. (Application forms can be accessed by logging into your SSHRC account here, and then clicking on “Create New Form.”)
SSHRC Partnership Grant: Stage 1
Deadlines:
• York deadlines in advance of agency deadline: view ORS posting
• Agency deadline: February 10, 2021
Value: Stage 1: up to $20,000; Stage 2: up to $2.5 million
Duration: 4 to 7 years if successful at Stage 2
These 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.
Partnership Grants require a two-stage application process. Applicants must succeed at Stage 1 before they can advance to Stage 2.
Note: York applicants interested in pursuing a SSHRC PG must follow the internal process outlined here.
NSERC Discovery Grant
Deadlines:
• Agency registration deadline: August 1, 2020
• Mandatory deadline to submit full draft of application, with finalized budget, and ORS Checklist with applicant and chair signatures to LAPS research unit: October 29, 2020 by 9 am
• Agency deadline: November 2, 2020
Value: No maximum amount
Duration: Up to 5 years
The Discovery Grants program supports ongoing programs of research with long-term goals rather than a single short-term project or collection of projects. These grants recognize the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances. Discovery Grants are considered “grants in aid” of research, as they provide long-term operating funds and can facilitate access to funding from other programs but are not meant to support the full costs of a research program.
NSERC Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling
Deadlines:
• EOI due at agency: October 26, 2020 (applicant must upload the EOI to the NSERC secure site)
• ORS deadline for full technical review: December 4, 2020
• ORS deadline for final application and signed ORS Checklist: December 18, 2020 by noon (applications must be submitted to the NSERC’s online system by 12:00 Noon to allow ORS enough time to e-approve and submit to NSERC for peer review)
• Agency Deadline: December 18, 2020
Value: a limited number of grants, totaling $10M over two years, will be awarded to eligible researchers
NSERC is accepting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for a new funding opportunity in support of Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling (EIDM). This initiative is being jointly delivered with the Public Health of Canada.
The EOIs will facilitate connections and enhance collaborations between participants in the development of a full application. The list of interested individuals (including name, affiliation, email address, area of expertise, keywords and description) will be shared through the NSERC secure portal with all participants in the EOI stage. This will be crucial in facilitating connections and enhancing collaboration between participants to develop a full application. The full application will be posted on NSERC’s website in the coming weeks.
OCE/NSERC Partnership – Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) Program
Deadlines: See ORS posting
Value & Duration: See ORS posting
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) recently announced a new partnership stream with the NSERC relating to the Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) Program. This opportunity allows researchers to access NSERC (Alliance or Engage), Mitacs (Accelerate) and OCE (VIP) through a single application process. View ORS posting for more details.
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.
Mitacs Accelerate Projects with Municipalities
Deadlines:
• ORS deadline for full technical review and fully signed ORS Checklist: October 19, 2020
• ORS deadline for final application and fully signed ORS Checklist: October 29, 2020 by 9 am
• Agency deadline: November 2, 2020
Value & Duration: $15,000 for every 4-6 months with $7,500+HST from municipality and $7,500 from Mitacs
To connect municipalities of all sizes with post-secondary researchers for innovative projects ensuring development of the best public policies to create vibrant and healthy communities. Mitacs will support all topics relevant to Municipalities including, but not limited to: 1) Impact of the pandemic and public health policies; 2) Housing/Homelessness/At Risk Populations Framework; 3) Emergency Management and Environmental Resilience; and 4) Smart cities and connected communities.
If you are interested in applying to this competition, please contact Rachel Sung, Mitacs Business Development Specialist at rsung@yorku.ca. Post-docs should contact Kim McIntyre, Post-doctoral Services Coordinator, at kimmcint@yorku.ca or extension 22993, once they have approval from Mitacs to submit an application.
Mitacs Globalink Research Award Thematic Call
Deadlines:
• ORS deadline for full technical review with fully signed ORS Checklist: November 17, 2020
• ORS deadline for final application and fully signed ORS Checklist: November 27, 2020 by 9 am
• Agency deadline: December 1, 2020 by 5 pm
Value: $6000
Duration: 12 to 24 weeks
To offer senior undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in Canada the opportunity to participate in 12-to-24 week research projects supervised by professors at accredited universities in the following Mitacs partner countries: Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Tunisia, United Kingdom. Major themes associated with the call are: Artificial Intelligence; Quantum Technologies; Green Economy; and Pandemic Preparedness.
Note: If you are interested in applying to this competition, please contact Rachel Sung, Mitacs Business Development Specialist at rsung@yorku.ca. Post-docs should contact Kim McIntyre, Post-doctoral Services Coordinator, at kimmcint@yorku.ca or extension 22993, once they have approval from Mitacs to submit an application.
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program
Deadlines:
• ORS deadline for a full technical review: October 16, 2020
• ORS mandatory deadline for a required review: October 28, 2020 by 9 am
• Agency deadline: October 30, 2020 by 11:59 pm PT
Value: $100, 000
Duration: 2 years
This program provides funding and support to help early career researchers build networks and develop essential skills to become the next generation of research leaders. Scholars’ research interest must be aligned with the themes of an eligible CIFAR research program, which include: 1) Boundaries, Membership & Belonging; 2) Brain, Mind & Consciousness; 3) Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration; 4) Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities; 5) Humans & the Microbiomes; and 6) Innovation, Equity & the Future of Prosperity.
CIFAR Solution Networks: EOIs for AI governance in Low-Middle Income Countries
Deadlines: See ORS posting
Value: $840K (see ORS posting for breakdown)
Duration: 3 years
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has launched a Call for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for Solution Networks for AI governance in low-middle income countries (LMIC). The funding aims to support a solution-driven network of international, cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary experts to develop governance solutions that could have a transformative impact on the development of responsible AI in LMIC. The solution could apply to any sector, including in government, industry, health care, agriculture, education, and civil society, and will focus on the development of defined prototypes, practices, and tools in governing AI.
France-Canada Research Foundation (FCRF) New Scientific Collaboration Support Program
Deadlines:
• ORS deadline for full technical review: October 30, 2020 by 10:00 am
• Agency deadline: November 13, 2020, by 11:59 pm Pacific Time
Value: $8,000 – $15,000 CDN per project (for travel and living expenses)
Duration: 2 years. (This two-year period may be extended depending on the evolution of the health situation.)
This program provides funds for new scientific projects jointly developed by French and Canadian teams that have never worked together before. This call is open to all disciplines. In addition, the FRCF 2021 will reserve up to 5 grants for research projects related to the societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. More information on the focus theme is available in the FFCR 2021 guidelines.
Note: All York applicants are now required to submit their FINAL application electronically to Embassy of France’s Scientific Office at assistant.science@ambafrance-ca.org AND to ORS at research@yorku.ca by November 13, 2020 (11:59, Pacific Time).
Only five proposals will be accepted by the agency from each university. If more than five proposals are submitted on the November 13th deadline, ORS will coordinate an internal peer review process to select the five applications to go forward to the agency. Applications cannot be revised after they are submitted to the France-Canada Research Fund on November 13, 2020. As a result, the peer review committee will not provide any substantive feedback since it is not possible to incorporate the feedback in the application. Therefore, applicants are encouraged to work with their Faculty Research Officers on their applications as well as to submit to Mala Thakoor (mthakoor@yorku.ca) by 10:00am on Friday, October 30th to receive an administrative review.
ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants
Deadlines:
• ORS deadline for full technical review: October 30, 2020
• ORS deadline for final application and fully completed and signed ORS checklist: November 11, 2020 by 9:00am
• Agency deadline: November 13, 2020 by 11.59 pm GMT
Value: Up to GBP 2,500 towards the costs of organizing projects. Grants that allow matching or additional funds from the applicant’s institution will be looked upon favourably.
Duration: 6 – 12 months
The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) has launched the Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants Program. Aimed at academic and professional staff, the grants support collaborative work focused on either of the two main strategic priorities of the Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network (CCRN): 1) Enhancing the climate resilience of universities themselves, and/or 2) Enhancing universities’ contribution to the resilience of communities, business and government.
Amy P. Goldman Fellowship in Pre-Raphaelite Studies
Agency deadline: November 1, 2020
Value: $3,000 USD
Duration: 1 month
The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press and the Delaware Art Museum are pleased to offer a joint Fellowship in Pre-Raphaelite studies, funded by the Amy P. Goldman Foundation. This one-month Fellowship, awarded annually, is intended for scholars conducting significant research in the lives and works of the Pre-Raphaelites and their friends, associates, and followers. Research of a wider scope, which considers the Pre-Raphaelite movement and related topics in relation to Victorian art and literature, and cultural or social history, will also be considered. Projects which provide new information or interpretation — dealing with unrecognized figures, women writers and artists, print culture, iconography, illustration, catalogues of artists’ works, or studies of specific objects — are particularly encouraged, as are those which take into account transatlantic relations between Britain and the United States. Applicants, whose research specifically utilizes holdings of the University of Delaware Library, the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, the Delaware Art Museum, and the Helen Farr Sloan Library and Archives, are preferred.
BSA Fellowship Program
Agency deadline: November 2, 2020
The BSA (Bibliographical Society of America) offers more than a dozen fellowships supporting a broad range of bibliographical pursuits. In addition to the broad array of Fellowship opportunities it has offered in the past, the Society is pleased to announce two new categories of Fellowships supporting research by midwestern bibliographers and collections professionals (respectively) this year thanks to generous support from The Caxton Club of Chicago and the Peck-Stacpoole Foundation. The full list of fellowships can be found on this page of the BSA website.
Rare Book School: Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Agency deadline: November 2, 2020
Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography invites applications for its 2021–23 cohort of junior fellows. Junior Fellows will be encouraged and supported in integrating the methods of critical bibliography into their teaching and research, fostering collegial conversations about historical and emerging media across disciplines and institutions, and sharing their knowledge with broader publics.
Fulbright: Awards for Canadian Scholars
Deadlines:
• ORS deadline for full technical review: October 30, 2020
• Agency deadline: November 15, 2020
The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program operates on the principle of reciprocal exchange and provides the opportunity for outstanding Canadian scholars to lecture and/or conduct research in the United States.
Traditional Awards: US$12,500 for one semester (4 months). These awards are field open and can be taken up at any university, think tank, or government agency in the United States.
Research Chairs Program: The award values range from US$25,000 to US$50,000 and from four to nine months.
Additional opportunities open to Canadian scholars, with alternative/rolling deadlines can be found on this page of the Fulbright Canada website.
Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship
Agency deadline: December 1, 2020
Value: $1000 USD or more
The Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship awarded by the William Morris Society in the United States supports scholarly and creative work about William Morris. The fellowship offers funding of $1000 or more for research and other expenses, including travel to conferences and libraries. Projects may deal with any subject—biographical, literary, historical, social, artistic, political, typographical—relating to Morris. The Society also encourages translations of Morris’s works and the production of teaching materials (lesson plans and course materials) suitable for use at the elementary, secondary, college or adult-education level. Applications are sought particularly from younger members of the Society and from those at the beginning of their careers. Recipients may be from any country and need not have an academic or institutional appointment, nor must recipients hold the Ph.D.
Marie Tremaine Fellowship 2021
Agency deadline: December 12, 2020
Value: $2000
The Bibliographical Society of Canada’s Marie Tremaine Fellowship was instituted in 1987 and is offered annually to support the work of a scholar engaged in some area of bibliographical research, including textual studies and publishing history and with a particular emphasis on Canada. Visit the BSC website for an application form.
WorkplaceNL 2020 Research Initiatives Program
Deadlines: See ORS notice
Value: Up to $150K; Overhead is 20%
Duration: 12 months
WorkplaceNL is expanding the 2020 Research Initiatives Program and will be accepting Letters of Intent (LOIs) on a continuous basis until January 6, 2021. The program promotes and provides funding for workplace health and safety research to inform innovative, practical, and easy-to-implement solutions that support the prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses or support re-integration into the workplace, post-injury. Key thematic areas include: Workplace Safety Culture; Workplace Violence Prevention; Fall Prevention; Occupational Disease and Exposure; Serious Injuries; Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries (MSIs); Mental Health Issues; and other topics.
Residencies in CollEx-Persée Libraries
Agency deadline: January 10, 2021
Value: Maximum 50,000 euros
Duration: 1 year
This call for projects offers the possibility for a library of the CollEx-Persée network (https://www.collexpersee.eu/le-reseau/) and a researcher whose research concerns a particular collection held by this library to work together to enhance the value of this collection. The researcher will be hosted in residence by the library in order to develop knowledge of and access to the collection, to design projects to enhance the scientific value of the collection and/or to prefigure enriched digitization projects.
