Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Wall Scholars Research Award: March 1, 2015

The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies’ Wall Scholars Research Award is available to full-time UBC faculty members to spend one year in residence at the Peter Wall Institute, in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment. The award offers seed foundational support for research projects that are expected to have a significant impact on scholarship and society. The Institute offers a welcoming, supportive and stimulating environment for UBC scholars to meet, to share and support individual research, to encourage ongoing serendipitous interactions, to extend the frontiers of research, and to promote engagement in cutting-edge research across disciplines. It provides UBC scholars, at all stages of their career, with the sustained opportunity to exchange ideas with national and international scholars, to engage in intellectual risk-taking and to work together on high-impact innovative research.
Up to fifteen Wall Scholars will be appointed for the period August 1 2015 to July 31 2016, each with up to $20,000 in research funding. Additional funding may be available for special interdisciplinary projects while scholars are in residence.
Criteria:
• Excellent research record
• A commitment to research outside usual disciplinary boundaries
• Excellence in proposal for innovative research during residency
• Must be a tenured or tenure-streamed UBC faculty member
• Deadline is March 1, 2015 PST
For more information and to apply visit the web page: Wall Scholars