Opportunities
SSHRC Explore Grant/Arts Research – Fall 2018 Out of Cycle Program
The grant provides support to faculty in need of seed funding for collaborative research and for small projects. SSHRC Explore Grants provide research funding of up to $4,000. This is an additional out of cycle competition due to available funding this year. Successful applicants to the March 1, 2018 SSHRC Explore Grant/Arts Research Program are NOT eligible for this competition.
More information can be found here or contact pam.forsberg@ubc.ca . Applications should be submitted electronically by October 1, 2018 and questions addressed to the Dean of Arts Office, Research Grants Facilitator (pam.forsberg@ubc.ca) or Matthew Evenden, ADR (matthew.evenden@ubc.ca).
Call for Proposals for Research Equipment, Software and Tools
The Vice-President Research & Innovation will support a one-time adjudicated competition drawing on the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) General Research Fund (GRF) to support researchers’ equipment, software and tools costs in any SSHRC discipline in Arts. These SSHRC GRD grants will be for one-year and budgets may range up to $25,000.
Requests may be made for:
- tools, software and equipment to support research
- training costs for researchers and students to use tools, software and equipment
- materials, supplies and minor equipment upgrades essential to the operation and maintenance of existing research infrastructure
- salaries of technical and professional research support staff employed to operate and maintain equipment and tools, including software and websites
Researchers in Arts are invited to submit a current UBC CV and a proposal [up to a maximum of 2 pages] that describes:
- the research supported by the request;
- the use of the tools/software/equipment by the Principal Investigator, students and colleagues;
- a budget and justification for the requested funds.
All requests must comply with Tri-Agency eligibility rules. This competition will not consider requests for personal computers. These grants are intended to support research by individual researchers or groups in SSHRC-eligible research areas. Further:
- the lead applicant must currently hold [or have held in the past 10 years] Tri-Council funding;
- the project to be supported must not currently have other significant resources at its disposal. For example, a CFI facility with more than 20% left in its IOF would be considered ineligible;
An Arts committee will review applications and make decisions based on evidence of an active research program supported by the tools, software or equipment; or a demonstrated need for support.
Applications should be submitted electronically as a single PDF by October 30, 2018, and questions directed to the Dean of Arts Office, Research Grants Facilitator (pam.forsberg@ubc.ca) or Matthew Evenden, ADR (matthew.evenden@ubc.ca).
Equipment purchases must be made or funds committed by March 31,2019.
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
This proposal is funded by the Faculty of Arts JELF fund pool, and will apply to RETENTION candidates (employed at UBC for more than two years). The maximum CFI ask available is $195,585.00, which will cover 40% of the total project ask. Applicants will have to apply for an additional 40% through the provincial BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) program, and an additional 20% will need to be raised through equipment discounts or other sources of cash or in-kind contributions.
- Further information on applying to CFI is available on the UBC Institutional Programs Office website.
- Applications should include: the PI’s UBC C.V., and the project description (one page approx.) as well as a tentative budget and justification. Applicants will be judged in terms of CFI criteria, research profile of the applicant and the justification of the need for the infrastructure.
- For this call for proposals, applications must be submitted to CFI no later than the June 2019 CFI competition deadline.
- More information: Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Applications should be submitted electronically by November 1, 2018 and questions addressed to the Dean of Arts Office, Research Grants Facilitator (pam.forsberg@ubc.ca), or to Matthew Evenden, ADR (matthew.evenden@ubc.ca).
Building Climate Solutions: partnerships for new ideas, new approaches, new entrants
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) recently announced a call for proposals under its new Opportunity Projects Program. The Opportunity program is a catalyst for developing climate solutions and will support an approach to research that defines meaningful activities focused on partnerships and engagement, helping climate solution seekers become effective solution makers, from question to collaboration, and idea to action. Proposals are invited for high-quality, innovative research projects in areas of high potential for impact in climate change mitigation and adaptation including emerging and novel issues.
Info Session: September 21, 2018 at 1:30 – 2:30pm in Policy Labs, CIRS Building, 2260 West Mall, UBC. Join remotely via https://bluejeans.com/600138515 or telephone: +1.888.240.2560 (US Toll Free)
Hampton New and Established Faculty Grants
The Hampton Fund exists to enhance UBC researchers’ success with SSHRC and other major Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) funding competition. The follow Hampton Grants have an upcoming deadline on Monday, September 17:
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- Hampton New Faculty Grant (NFG): supports the early stages of research programs of tenure-track Assistant Professors hired within the last 18 months; and
- Hampton Established Faculty Grant (EFG): funds established scholars seeking to implement a research project that will in turn enable them to secure SSHRC funding.
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SSHRC and European Commission Horizon 2020 Migration and Refugee Research
SSHRC invites interested Canadian researchers to involve themselves with research groups from European Union member states working on the theme of migration within Horizon 2020’s Societal Challenge 6: Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies workplan. The four sub-themes listed in the funding call are:
- Addressing the challenge of migration integration through ICT-enabled solutions;
- Understanding migration mobility patterns: elaborating mid- and long-term migration scenarios;
- Social and economic effects of migration in Europe and integration policies; and
- International protection of refugees in a comparative perspective.
Global Affairs Canada: Call for Preliminary Proposals
Global Affairs Canada has launched a call for proposals that focuses on inclusive and shared prosperity in Ukraine. For more information about UBC’s Global Affairs Canada submission process, please contact Deborah Watt at Deborah.Watt@ubc.ca.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Workshops
SSHRC Insight Grant Workshop
Researchers planning submissions to the 2018 SSHRC Insight Grant (IG) competition are invited to register for Peer-Editing Workshops for the Budget Justification, Knowledge Mobilization Plan and Summary of Proposed Research modules. Participants are required to bring a draft of the appropriate module to the session to be peer-reviewed in small groups (3-4 applicants). For more information, upcoming workshop dates and to register, please visit the SPARC announcement.
SSHRC IG Application Deadline: Monday, October 15, 2018
SPARC Contact: Danica Kell
**FYI**
Budget 2018 provided a 25% boost to the budgets of the Tri-Agencies, including significant new opportunities through a new Tri-Agency Fund worth $275 million over five years, and $65 million per year ongoing. Its aim is to support international, interdisciplinary, high-risk and rapid response research, as recommended by the Fundamental Science Review. Read more here.
