SSHRC Partnership Development Grant

SSHRC has released the application form for this year's Partnership Development Grant.  The details are available here: 

http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/partnership_development_grants-bourses_partenariat_developpement-eng.aspx

The Partnership Development Grant funds research activities between new or established partnerships to:

• develop research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and new scholars, by fostering new partnerships for research and related activities involving existing and/or potential partners; or
• design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that may result in best practices or models that either can be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up to a regional, national or international level

The grants are available for periods of 1-3 years and fund up to $200,000 over the lifetime of the grant.

Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program

Funding Opportunity: Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program for Canadian Scholars and Students (deadline Nov 15)


Traditional Fulbright Scholar Awards are open to scholars in all fields (excluding medical training) and are designed to enable emerging and established scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at a university or research centre of their choice in the United States.

Value: The award is a fixed sum of US$25,000 for a full academic year (nine months) or US$12,500 for one semester. Basic health insurance is also provided.

Deadline: November 15, 2011

http://www.fulbright.ca/programs/canadian-scholars/traditional-awards-2.html


Traditional Fulbright Student Awards are intended for graduate students, prospective graduate students and junior professionals who wish to enroll in a graduate studies program, continue their current course of graduate study and research, or pursue an independent research project for a period of nine months in the United States.

Value: US$15,000 for a full academic year (nine months). Grants may, under exceptional circumstances, be offered for different periods and may be pro-rated accordingly. Grantees are expected to use the award to cover expenses related to their studies and/or research, such as housing, travel, tuition and other academic expenditures. Basic health insurance is provided, along with visa, and other professional services.

Deadline: November 15, 2011

http://www.fulbright.ca/programs/canadian-students/traditional-awards.html

For further information, or to indicate your interest in this opportunity, please contact le.li@usask.ca

LACREG 2011

Funding Opportunity: Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants (LACREG) 2011 Competition

The Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants (LACREG) program has been managed by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) with financial support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) since 1995.

The new Phase of the LACREG program (2011-2014) will consist of two competitions. The deadline for this first competition is October 6, 2011 and AUCC plans to announce the results of the competition before the end of November, 2011. It is expected that the next competition will be launched in March 2012 with a June 2012 application deadline. The amount of funding available per competition is $190,000 and it is anticipated that at least 15 grants will be awarded per competition..

Projects must address one or more of the IDRC’s research themes:
• agriculture and the environment;
• science, technology, and innovation;
• social and economic policy; and
• health and health systems.

Value: $15,000 CAD. Support through this program must be cost-shared on a 2:1 ratio by the program and the partner institutions, respectively. Partner institutions must make a cash or in-kind contribution to cover at least one-third of the total cost.

Eligibility: Applicants from Canada and eligible Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are encouraged to apply.
The LACREG program applies to collaborative research between Canada and the following LAC countries: Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Deadline: Thursday, October 6, 2011 (4:00 p.m. EST)

Application forms and guidelines:
http://www.aucc.ca/programs/intprograms/lacreg/2010-11_e.html

Please note a number of changes have been brought to this year’s guidelines so please read them carefully.

Former LACREG awardees at the UofS are willing to share their proposals. Please contact le.li@usask.ca if you have an interest in pursuing this opportunity and our International Research Office team would be very pleased to assist with the development of the application.

CIHR Grant Writing Workshop with Roger Pierson, June 17

There will be a CIHR Workshop on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 9 – 11 am in B450 in the Health Sciences Building which will be led by Dr. Roger Pierson, University CIHR Delegate.  The session is entitled, “What does a CIHR grant proposal look like?”  Dr. Pierson will be outlining the strategic structural components of a CIHR proposal.  Please reply as soon as possible, but no later than Thursday, June 16th to Shalayne Benallack (Shalayne.benallack@usask.ca) if you are planning to attend.

SSHRC Information Session

SSHRC Information Session
Videoconference

Presented by Research Services
Tuesday May 24th
9:00-11:00
Room: Educ 31/Studio B


The session will include:


- an overview of funding opportunities within the Research Portfolio with an emphasis on the Insight Grant

- a discussion of who is eligible to apply for an Insight Grant, evaluation criteria, and committee organization

- highlight the changes that have been introduced and how Insight Grants differ from Insight Development Grants

- an overview of Partnership Grants and Partnership Development Grants

- questions

Please RSVP to Joni.Aschim@usask.ca.

SSHRC CV Workshop

On March 11, I will be running a SSHRC CV workshop for faculty in Law, Education, and the University Library from 1:00 - 4:00 in Murray 161.  If you are interested in attending, please come prepared with a copy of your CV.  The workshop will consist of a brief introduction to the components of the new SSHRC CV and go over some things to consider in selecting achievements to highlight in the SSHRC CV.  Subsequent to the brief introduction, you will have the opportunity to work on your SSHRC CV.  I will be present to answer any technical questions or to advise on how to present your work.

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.

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.

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

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

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

World Bank Call for Curriculum Development (Grades 1-3) in Lesotho

This request for expression of interest follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in UN Development Business No. 784 of 16 October 2010.

Within the context of the Fast Track Initiative III project, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has received funds from the Fast Track Initiative and Irish Aid to implement a Basic Education Project aimed at improving the quality of basic education in Lesotho, and intends to apply part of these funds to eligible payments for individual consulting services of a short term Curriculum Development Specialist.

The main objective of this Individual Consultant consulting assignment is to engage a Curriculum Development Specialist to assist the National Curriculum Development Centre to develop and refine curriculum packages for Grade 1 – 3, develop Monitoring and Evaluation tools and systems; produce a Training Plan for Pilot School Teachers and train National Curriculum Development Centre professional staff and Pilot School Teachers.

The expected implementation period of the services is for 3 months from June 2011 to August 2011.

The Ministry of Education and Training now invites eligible individual consultants to provide their detailed curriculum vitae that indicate that they are qualified and experienced to perform the services for which they are expressing their interests.

An individual consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, October 2006 Revised May 2010.

Interested individual consultants may obtain further information at the address below from [i.e. 0900hours to 1200hours and 1430hours to 1600hours] between Monday and Friday:

Director Education Planning
Ministry of Education and Training
Corner Constitutional Road and Pioneer Road
PO Box 47
Maseru 100, Lesotho
Tel: (266-223) 11248

Curriculum vitae clearly labeled "INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO ASSIST NCDC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR BASIC EDUCATION – GRADES 1, 2 AND 3" must be deposited in the Tender Box at the address below on or before 28 April 2011.

Ministry of Education and Training Headquarters
Room 404
Inspectorate Building
Corner Constitutional Road and Pioneer Road
Maseru, Lesotho

Electronic submissions (using a single pdf or other protected file) are also encouraged and should include as their message subject " INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO ASSIST NCDC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR BASIC EDUCATION – GRADES 1, 2 AND 3" and should be sent to rinamelek@gmail.com and lelingoanamakong@yahoo.com.

President's SSHRC

Deadline: June 1

The President's SSHRC fund is available to provide seed money of up to $7000 towards developing a competitive SSHRC proposal.

For full application details, please see: http://www.usask.ca/research/research_services/internal_funding_opps.php#PresidentsSSHRCResearchFund
 
If you would like to discuss President's SSHRC further, consult successful examples of President's SSHRC applications, or learn about some of the characteristics of successful applications, please don't hesitate to contact me (sara.mueller@usask.ca)

Research Services Drop-In Session

On March 30 from 1:30-2:30, Research Services will be hosting a drop-in session in Education 2001.  All faculty and staff in the College of Education, the College of Law, and the Library are invited to attend.

Digging into Data Challenge 2011

Eight International Research Funders Announce Round Two of the Digging into Data Challenge

Today, eight international research funders are jointly announcing their participation in round two of the Digging into Data Challenge, a grant competition designed to spur cutting edge research in the humanities and social sciences. The Digging into Data Challenge asks researchers these provocative questions:  How can we use advanced computation to change the nature of our research methods? That is, now that the objects of study for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, including books, survey data, economic data, newspapers, music, and other scholarly and scientific resources are being digitized at a huge scale, how does this change the very nature of our research? How might advanced computation and data analysis techniques help researchers use these materials to ask new questions about and gain new insights into our world?

The first round of the Digging into Data Challenge sparked enormous interest from the international research community and led to eight cutting-edge projects being funded.

Due to the overwhelming popularity of round one, the Digging into Data Challenge is pleased to announce that four additional funders have joined for round two, enabling this competition to have a world-wide reach into many different scholarly and scientific domains.  The eight sponsoring funding bodies include the Arts & Humanities Research Council (United Kingdom), the Economic & Social Research Council (United Kingdom), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (United States), the Joint Information Systems Committee (United Kingdom), the National Endowment for the Humanities (United States), the National Science Foundation (United States), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (Netherlands), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada).

Final applications will be due June 16, 2011.  Further information about the competition and the application process can be found at www.diggingintodata.org.  The internal deadline will be June 9, 2011. 

For more information, please contact Sara Mueller, sara.mueller@usask.ca.

Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus Fund

The Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus (ELKC), founded by the University of Saskatchewan in 1935 as the Emma Lake Art School, is one of the most influential artists’ retreats in Western Canada. It offers a unique natural setting for artistic and musical workshops, a variety of scientific and ecological classes and events, and retreats and programs for the public in a remote, yet easily accessible location.

The ELKC Fund will offer maximum $5,000 grants to encourage the development of unique programs/initiatives which will build and strengthen the ELKC. The purpose of these funds is threefold: (1) to assist with the development of programs that offer meaningful student experiences, (2) to increase the number of ELKC programs that align with the strategic directions of the University of Saskatchewan and (3) to create an attractive programming environment that compliments the ELKC facilities.

The deadline for the application is April 1.

For more details and application information, please contact Sara Mueller, Research Facilitator, at sara.mueller@usask.ca.