An Archive of Research Funding Opportunities for Faculty in the College of Education, the College of Law, and the Library at the University of Saskatchewan

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research Grants

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Program Description

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research Grant Program funds research on a wide variety of topics related to the mission of LSAC. Specifically included in the program's scope are projects investigating precursors to legal training, selection into law schools, legal education, and the legal profession. To be eligible for funding, a research project must inform either the process of selecting law students or legal education itself in a demonstrable way. Projects will be funded for amounts up to $200,000.The program welcomes proposals for research proceeding from any of a variety of methodologies, a potentially broad range of topics, and varying time frames. Proposals will be judged on the importance of the questions addressed, their relevance to the mission of LSAC, the quality of the research designs, and the capacity of the researchers to carry out the project. Eligible investigators need not be members of law school faculties. Proposals from interdisciplinary teams of law faculty and researchers from outside law schools are strongly encouraged.
LSAC's membership includes law schools in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Comparative proposals about topics outside the United States, Canada, and Australia are welcome, but they must include some explicit connection to legal education or the legal profession within those countries.
A meritorious project could be informed by any disciplinary perspective and be guided by any of a variety of methodologies. Applicants may use methodologies derived from many disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, demography, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. Projects may be qualitative or quantitative, cross-sectional or longitudinal. They may involve any of a variety of research techniques such as surveys, experiments, correlational methods, systematic observations, and ethnography. The program, however, requires that any project that is funded be planned and conducted in accordance with the best social scientific standards that are applicable to the type of research in question.
Some types of projects are not eligible for funding under this research grant program. Examples of projects that would NOT be funded include doctrinal studies (e.g., investigations into points of substantive law), curriculum development or evaluation for a particular law school, preparation of casebooks, and other course-specific material. Others include projects that do not meet the criteria stated above, for example, evaluation of programs by the program administrators or researchers at the host law school, projects with an international focus that do not include or directly relate to LSAC member-school countries, projects whose conclusions would be too narrow to inform LSAC's broad membership, and studies that do not have a demonstrable relationship to LSAC's mission.
Possible topics can address a broad range of issues. Although the program welcomes research on a variety of topics, three topics are of particular interest.

Who Is Eligible to Apply

The program is open to applicants from all countries. Principal investigators need not be based in law schools; proposals are welcome from social, behavioral, and educational researchers of all kinds. The Grants Subcommittee encourages collaborations between those who know legal education most intimately (i.e., legal educators and administrators) and those who know most about how to design and conduct empirical research.
Grants must be made to an institution or organization, not to individuals. Entities outside the United States, Canada, and Australia are encouraged to collaborate with an institution within those countries to satisfy issues such as concern about humans as research subjects (e.g., institutional review boards).
Not eligible to receive grants from this program are members of the LSAC Board of Trustees, members of the LSAC Test Development and Research Committee or its Grants Subcommittee, and persons who had been members of one or more of those bodies within one year prior to applying for a grant.

Proposals

Proposals should include the following sections: cover sheet, summary, project description (problem statement, literature review, and research methods), work plan and timetable, dissemination plan, budget, curriculum vitae, and supporting documents. The proposal should be double-spaced and printed in a font not smaller than 12-point. Here is a list of what you should include in your proposal.
Submit 10 hard copies plus an electronic copy in MS Word to
Ann Gallagher
Law School Admission Council
662 Penn Street
PO BOX 40
Newtown, PA 18940-0040
Phone: 215.968.1258
Fax: 215.504.1408
E-mail: agallagher@LSAC.org
There are two reviewing cycles each year. The deadlines are September 1 and February 1. Decisions on proposals are expected to be made within three to four months following those deadlines.

Budgets

If the proposer's usual accounting practices provide that its contributions to employee benefits (Social Security, retirement, other payroll-related taxes, and time off—including vacation, sick days, and other leave) be treated as direct costs, LSAC grant funds may be requested to fund fringe benefits as a direct cost. These funds are typically determined by application of a standard fringe-benefit rate to the salaries and wages requested.
LSAC will include a faculty salary budget component only if the faculty member's home institution has granted release time for the project, and only to the extent that the amount of release time granted is appropriate to the project. For summer salaries, LSAC will approve a maximum amount of two ninths (2/9) of the faculty member's nine-month salary.

Expectations

LSAC's expectation is that its grant funds will be used to produce valuable research of high quality, which will be published in an appropriate journal or book. Progress reports will be required of those projects planned to run for longer than one year.

The Review Process

The Grants Subcommittee consists of law faculty or administrators and social science researchers. If the proposal appears to require expertise that is not represented on the committee, it will also be reviewed by specialist reviewers outside of the committee.
Proposals will be judged on the importance of the questions addressed and the quality of their research designs.

Max Bell Foundation Project Grants

The Max Bell Foundation

Max Bell Foundation reflects the spirit and intent of its founder to improve Canadian society. We encourage the development of innovative ideas that impact public policies and practices with an emphasis on health and wellness, education, and the environment.

The Foundation's Strategic Priority

Ongoing shifts in the social, economic, and technological fabrics of Canadian life bring extraordinary changes to our society and to the public policy arena. We support work that helps Canadians adapt to those changes while positively impacting the quality of life in our communities. Our current strategic priority is to support projects which educate Canadians about public policy and practice alternatives.

Program Areas


Health & Wellness
The Foundation is interested in supporting projects that promote good health in the broadest sense. We are particularly interested in identifying practical, alternative approaches to the creation and maintenance of the programs and policies which shape Canada's health care practices.

Education
Max Bell Foundation believes education is a cornerstone of a flourishing, productive society. Canada's education institutions face many challenges as changing needs, attitudes, economies, and technologies shift the ground in which they are rooted. The Foundation seeks to support projects that focus on innovative ways in which our education institutions meet those challenges. Of particular interest are projects that address the thoughtful use of technology and alternative institutional arrangements.

The Environment
The Foundation seeks to support environment initiatives that align with our mission and granting guidelines. We are interested in supporting projects that understand and take account of the social and economic contexts in which environmental concerns emerge as public policy and practice.

 

Project Grants

Max Bell Foundation supports projects which fit our mission, strategic priority, and granting guidelines, and that fall within or bridge our program areas.

The term project is often used to refer to any organized activity. We use the term in a more specific way. For our purposes, projects are:
  • temporary and term-specific (e.g., 12 months, or 30 months, etc.)
  • have clear, measureable goals linked to work plans that specify steps and dates
  • have separate, clear budgets and financial accounting procedures
Projects are different from general operating support, capital purchases, and programs (programs have no set end point and contain several projects).
We expect that all expenses, including those associated with overhead and administration, should be budgeted for in proposals we consider.

Application Process

If you have carefully reviewed the information referred to above and believe your proposed project will align with the mission and granting guidelines of Max Bell Foundation, we encourage you to submit a Letter of Intent.
There are three ways to submit a Letter of Intent.
Option 1 Option 2 Option 3
Download the Letter of Intent form and, once complete, mail to our office at:
Alida White, Administrator
Max Bell Foundation
Suite 380, 1201 – 5th Street S.W.
Calgary, AB T2R 0Y6
Submit your Letter of Intent using our online form. You can download the Letter of Intent form, complete the form, and then upload the completed form via our upload documents page.


The Foundation realizes that a significant amount of work can be required to develop project proposals. Assessing the availability and accessibility of data, reviewing the appropriate literature, conducting preliminary analyses, doing detailed planning, and so on, all require time and resources. Many research organizations lack the financial and human resources required to undertake these activities. In such cases, applicants may wish to review the Foundation's internship program, which could be a source of support for such developmental work.
Final decisions on grant proposals are made by the Foundation's Board of Directors. The Board meets three times each year, usually in May, September, and December. Applications are accepted throughout the year, and the Foundation requires three to six months of lead time to work with proposals prior to each Board Meeting.
 It should be noted that the Foundation seldom provides 100% of the support required for any given project. To encourage applicant organizations to develop a broader base of support for proposed projects or initiatives, the Foundation will make challenge or matching grants when appropriate.
The Foundation makes use of a wide range of referees who are experts in our program areas, and we are very grateful for their perspective as a key component of the assessment process. Some of the individuals who have prepared reviews for the Foundation are listed here.

Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindburgh Foundation Grants

Grants

Each year, The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation provides grants of up to $10,580 (a symbolic amount representing the cost of the Spirit of St. Louis) to men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindberghs' vision of a balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment.

Grants Fact SheetUpon receipt of grant application forms in the Lindbergh Foundation office, the applications are screened administratively for completeness and appropriateness.

They are then sent for two "balance reviews" from members of the Foundation's Board of Directors Foundation friends and former grant recipients and are reviewed for the project's potential to address the balance between technological growth and man's human/natural environment.

Next, the applications are sent to an independent Technical Review Panel which includes individuals drawn from academia, industry, government, media, foundations, and other non-profit organizations, all respected for their expertise in the areas in which Lindbergh Grants are made. The three to four panelists evaluate each project for its ability to solve the stated problem, the originality of the approach, and its practical application.

Applications receiving the most favorable balance and technical reviews are sent to the Board's Grants Selection Committee. It is this committee that recommends the most outstanding projects for Lindbergh Grants and Certificates of Merit, the later awarded to applicants whose projects, while not selected for a grant, are considered worthy of special recognition.

The full Board acts on the recommendations at its winter/spring meeting.

Deadlines/Notification

The deadline for grant applications June 9, 2011.
Download the 2012 Application here.

THEN/Hier: Small Projects Grants from The History Education Network

Application Process for Small Projects Grants
THEN/HiER is the first pan-Canadian organization devoted to promoting—and improving—history teaching and learning by bringing together the multiple and varied constituencies involved in history education: academic historians; public historians in museums, archives and historic sites; practicing teachers; researchers based in faculties of education; and curriculum policy makers. Our goal is to stimulate an active, participatory dialogue among these various communities of history educators, a dialogue that explores how best to improve history education in all its forms through more research-informed practice (from kindergarten to graduate school) and more practice-informed research.
Each year, THEN/HiER will set aside $25,000 to support small projects and events related to history teaching and learning in Canada. We welcome proposals from THEN/HiER partner organizations and individuals, including graduate students, as well as others engaged in history education research and practice in Canada. THEN/HiER will consider requests for support up to a maximum of $2,500.
Proposals should indicate in the budget other sources of funding, including in-kind contributions. They should also clearly state how the project will involve collaboration across different THEN/HiER constituencies (for example, between teachers and academic historians, or between teacher educators and a public history organization such as a museum).
In accordance with SSHRC Strategic Knowledge Cluster Grant guidelines, THEN/HiER can fund the mobilization and dissemination of research related to history education, but it cannot fund research activities themselves. Eligible projects may include, for example, curriculum materials development, a workshop or seminar, or the development of a collaborative research proposal. Successful applicants will be reimbursed for expenses upon submission of appropriate receipts.

Application Procedures
Applications should consist of:
1. A proposal, outlining the project’s anticipated outcomes, how it will contribute to networking and/or research in history education, and whether/how it will facilitate collaboration among THEN/HiER constituencies (max. 3 pages). 2. A budget outlining how the THEN/HiER funds will be used (max. 1 page). 3. Curriculum Vitaes for the main project collaborators (max. 1 page each).

Criteria for Successful Applications
1. There should be no duplication of existing resources. 2. Applications must include an outline of other sources of funding applied for (if applicable) and a description of how THEN/HiER funds will be used in the project. 3. The applicant’s organization must be not-for-profit. 4. The project should involve two or more people or associations interested in history education, in classrooms, museums, archives or other sites where it occurs. 5. Successful applicants cannot reapply for additional funding for the same project. 6. The project should have impact beyond the local community in which it is conducted. 7. The project should involve critical reflection rather than being of a commemorative or heritage nature. 8. The principal applicant must sign up as a member on the THEN/HiER website, www.thenhier.ca.
A final report of the project must be submitted and will be posted on the website. Include visuals if possible.
Please note that we will attempt to achieve a balance across proposals funded in order to have representation from the diverse institutions devoted to history education. These could include, but are not limited to, university faculties of education and departments of history, museums, social studies and history teachers’ professional associations, historical societies and cultural foundations.
THEN/HiER will consider requests for funding throughout the year. Applications should be emailed as a single attachment to annemarie.goodfellow@ubc.ca.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

CARL - Research in Librarianship Grant

Research in Librarianship Grant

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has designed the Research in Librarianship Grant to support new or established librarians, working in a CARL member institution, who are actively engaged in research. Future library staff (current Library and Information Studies students) are also welcome to apply for the grant.
Two grants of up to $2,000 are awarded annually, when merited, to help achieve the following objectives:
  • to support new or established practitioners working in research libraries (or institutions) or current LIS students actively conducting research with the intent to publish the results
  • to encourage and support research undertaken by practitioners and students in the field of academic librarianship
  • to promote research in the field of academic librarianship by and/or about Canadians
The CARL Research in Librarianship Grant is intended to support projects, involving structured evidence-based research that proposes answers to real-world issues.
Criteria for Evaluation

Proposals for funding are judged on:
  1. originality or importance of research or development;
  2. relevance of the project to the goals and objectives of the Canadian Association of Research libraries;
  3. cost-effectiveness of research in terms of the expected influence and ramifications of the results (pertaining to research or development only);
  4. timeliness of the research (primarily for research or development) must be less than two years;
  5. appropriateness of the proposed research method and development process;
  6. comprehensiveness of application;
  7. proof of effective management and control of the project;
  8. Where such is the case, indications of other funding sources for the research project. (Note: Proposals which have already received funds may be given priority.)
Proposals will be adjudicated by the Board of Directors or by a committee designated by the Board.
Submission of Proposals
Grant applicants should submit their proposal via e-mail as an MS Word document. The proposal should be in the form of a letter which explicitly addresses the criteria for evaluation listed above and also containing:
  • name and address of applicant, mailing address and date of application;
  • a reasonable description of the research or development project identifying methodology and design or development process;
  • duration of the project, including a detailed project timetable;
  • assessment of the potential utility of research results to the Canadian research library community;
  • indication of how the results of the research project will be disseminated – e.g. as an article manuscript submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication;
  • detailed assessment of costs and statement of other grants/awards received;
  • a current Curriculum Vitae
Conditions of the Grant:
  • the grant must be acknowledged in publications and presentations emanating from the research or development accomplished through the CARL Research in Librarianship Grant
  • a report will be filed with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries within two months of the completion of the project or two years after receiving the grant, whichever is the shorter time period.
  • Award cheques will be issued to the applicant’s institutional Grants Office unless otherwise indicated.
Other Information
  • Recipients are strongly encouraged to make research results available in an open access environment
Deadline: Proposals should be submitted via email by midnight August 15, annually. Submissions by fax or post will not be accepted.
All proposals should be emailed to: carlrpo@uottawa.ca
Subject: CARL Research in Librarianship Grant
c/o Diego Argáez, Research Officer, Canadian Association of Research Libraries

If you would like to discuss this funding opportunity in more detail or if you would like some help in preparing an application, please contact sara.mueller@usask.ca.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Deadline for Insight Grant Announced: 15 October 2011

IMPORTANT SSHRC UPDATE

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has just announced the deadline for their new SSHRC Insight Grant (replacing the SSHRC Standard grant) competition.

The request for proposals for the first Insight Grants competition will be made available on the SSHRC website in June 2011, with application forms and instructions to be launched in July 2011. The application deadline for this competition will be October 15, 2011. This date is based on both the long-standing deadline of the Standard Research Grants competition, and feedback gathered from the research community during the program architecture renewal consultation process last spring.

Please check back to the SSHRC site for additional information on the main features of the Insight Grants that will be shared over the coming months.

For further information regarding SSHRC’s Insight Programs see:  http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/umbrella_programs-programme_cadre/insight-savoir-eng.aspx

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Call for Proposals

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies.

Grant proposals are being accepted online until May 19, 2011 11:30 AM PDT on the following topics:
Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children
Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges
The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, Sustain, and Monitor Eradication
Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations    

Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.  Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at: www.grandchallenges.org/gcc

We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea, apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this message.

Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health challenges.

Update: Aid to Scholarly Journals deadline extended to 30 June 2011

The Aid to Scholarly Journals (ASJ) funding opportunity is now available through SSHRC’s website.

The application is now entirely electronic, so please read all instructions carefully to become familiar with the new process.

The competition deadline has been extended to June 30, 2011.

Results will be announced in Late October 2011 and funds will be released in February 2012.

While the ASJ application form itself will see only minor changes since the previous competition, important policy changes have been implemented since the 2008 round.
The funding opportunity details  changes on SSHRC’s website. If you haven’t already done so, we urge you to learn about important eligibility policy changes since the previous competition. Highlights of the changes are:

Institutional Eligibility:

In line with all other SSHRC funding opportunities and in accordance with federal laws and policies regarding grants, all applicants (including current award-holders) to the 2011 Aid to Scholarly Journals funding opportunity will now be required to administer their ASJ grant funds through an eligible post-secondary institution or other eligible organization (e.g., journal, association or press).  Please note that previously holding a grant is NOT a guarantee of institutional eligibility.  

Institutions, journals or scholarly associations not holding a signed memorandum of understanding with SSHRC MUST either partner with an eligible institution or initiate the process of obtaining institutional eligibility with SSHRC by June 15, 2011, 14 days before the competition deadline. Simply having initiated the process will allow applicants to submit a proposal for the June 30 deadline.  However, if the institutional eligibility has not been granted by late August in time for the adjudication process, applicants will need to partner with an institution already authorized to administer public funds as a secondary option or risk being deemed ineligible for adjudication.

We understand that this represents a substantial transition for many Journals and we will do our best to work with Journals teams in order to find the best approach to institutional eligibility. SSHRC strongly encourages all institutions, journals, scholarly associations and/or presses that wish to establish institutional eligibility for this funding opportunity to contact SSHRC as soon as possible at: secretariat@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.

Once institutional eligibility is attained, the Journal will have the assurance of a simpler approach for all future ASJ competitions. Another new policy feature is the updated Guidelines for the Eligibility of Journal Subject Matter.  SSHRC staff can offer prospective applicants advice regarding the eligibility of a journal’s subject matter prior to the deadline. (Please see the funding opportunity description for details.)

Please review the funding opportunity description carefully for other changes (e.g., the policy-related alterations regarding release time stipends and the one-year transition grant as well as the modification to the definition of an article):

The contact person for questions relating specifically to the funding opportunity:

Bryde Kelly, Program Officer, SSHRC
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1610, Ottawa, ON  K1P 6G4
Tel.: 613-947-2060       Fax: 613-992-7635
Email: Bryde.Kelly@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca

The contact for questions relating to institutional eligibility: secretariat@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca

Sixth Annual Grounded Theory Jamboree

Sixth Annual Grounded Theory Jamboree: “Uncorking (classical) Grounded Theory”

Resolving the Confusion and Uncertainty learning and doing classical Grounded Theory

Date:    Wednesday August 3 to Friday August 5, 2011
Location:    Calgary, Alberta
Canada Minimum enrollment 6, maximum 18
Fee:    Students, Faculty, Researchers and Clinicians
$350 (CDN) before June 3, 2011 $400 (CDN) after June 3
$500 (CDN) before June 3, 2011 $600 (CDN) after June 3

Are you experiencing confusion and uncertainty learning and doing classical Grounded Theory (GT)?

This Jamboree is an opportunity for you to resolve your confusion around doing classical GT. We will develop the GT Jamboree agenda based on common concerns and problems.

Goal of the GT Jamboree: Resolving the Confusion and Uncertainty of learning and doing classical GT. Participants will be able to direct their energy into doing their classical Grounded Theory research, and generate relevant and meaningful Grounded Theories.

Some sample concepts and challenges we have found relevant for doing Grounded Theory well, and included in this year’s agenda:
1.    Distinguishing Conceptualizing and Describing, Emerging and Forcing
2.    Dealing with the Literature and doing classical GT
3.    Some hotspot topics in classical GT

Opportunities will be included for networking, conversations with some seasoned GT mentors via teleconference, and time for sharing resources.

Who would benefit from attending?:

1.    Graduate students considering, or working with classical Grounded Theory
2.    Qualitative and Quantitative researchers interested in cultivating their discovery-oriented
expertise
3.    Clinicians and Policy Makers involved in Knowledge translation, transfer and evaluation

The GT Jamboree is facilitated by Paul Wishart, PhD, MA Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Phone:    (403) 208-3431 E-mail:    pmwishart@shaw.ca

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Jacobs Foundation

The Jacobs Foundation generally funds projects developed in concert with their current partners, but there is a current call for researchers working on projects that are closely linked to their aims to submit a preliminary application for consideration.

The focus of the Jacobs Foundation is on unlocking "young people’s potential and help them to become productive and socially responsible members of society.  ...  The Jacobs Foundation is committed to creating a real and sustainable impact, both by financing research in the field of child and youth development and by supporting the development of professional and social skills of young people around the world."

The current funding priorities for the foundation include:
  1. Capitalizing on migration and the integration of youngsters with migrant backgrounds.
  2. Improving learning contexts, including institutional dimensions of learning, all-day learning, out of school learning and integrative approaches to learning.
  3. Economic dimensions of Child and Youth Development: macro and microeconomic effects
Within this context, the following aspects are of particular interest:
  • developmental perspectives
  • transitions in life
  • preventative inter-mediate measures
  • learning methods, such as formal and non-formal learning
  • cultural contexts and values
  • skills and social responsibility
  • peace, inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue
 For more information and the application forms, please consult the foundation website at http://www.jacobsfoundation.org/cms/index.php?id=home.  If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact Sara Mueller at sara.mueller@usask.ca