Creative Science Project Manager and Researcher (GRA) – UBC
The Creative Science program was developed with the goal of influencing high school science learning so that students perceive it as a skill for life, just like reading literature and creative writing. Creative Science involves students representing their understanding of science in generating an artistic/creative product, while being mentored (online) by University students. The program […]
Waitlist Registration is now Open for Grad Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)
Waitlist registration is now open for the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) August 1, 8, 9 2015. The ISW is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation. It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence. It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years […]
Call for Abstracts: 6th International Conference on New Horizons in Education
The Association of Science, Education and Technology (TASET), Governors State University and Sakarya University are pleased to invite you to the 6th International Conference on New Horizons in Education to be held in Barcelona, Spain on June 10-12, 2015. After reviewing process, all accepted papers in English which are presented at INTE-2015, Barcelona, Spain will […]
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grants
Sponsor: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Application deadlines:
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Tuesday July 28th: OGPR for requisite Faculty-level administrative review and RPIF signature.
- Wednesday July 29th: ORS for the institutional signature.
- Saturday August 1: Foundation online deadline.
Special notes:
- As this is a foundation, your proposal should be developed in partnership with the OGPR and the Faculty’s Development Office.
Connection Grants
Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Application deadlines:
- Monday July 20th: OGPR internal review and feedback (optional). Email Robert Olaj a PDF of your proposal.
- Noon Wednesday July 29th: OGPR internal signature deadline. Email Robert Olaj a PDF of the proposal with a completed, signed and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form.
- Thursday July 30th: Robert Olaj in the OGPR will email your PDF application and signed RPIF to ORS on your behalf.
- Monday August 3rd: SSHRC national deadline (next subsequent round Nov. 1).
Special notes: Note: August 3 is B.C. Day but it is not a national (i.e. SSHRC) holiday.
Additional support in the form of cash and /or in kind contributions (excluding registration fees) equivalent to a minimum of 50 per cent of the amount requested from SSHRC must come from other sources, such as sponsors. Applicants/project directors or Co-Applicants on any project funded through a SSHRC Connection Grant that is still active are not eligible to apply for an individual Connection Grant. Co-Applicants for Connections Grants (only) may be from non-academic organizations.
Partnership Grants Letter of Intent Stage
Sponsor: Social Science Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Application deadlines:
- Sept 8: Email Dawn Whitworth (SPARC) and Robert Olaj Robert Olaj (OGPR) noting your interest in applying.
- Sept 14: SPARC Test Your Concept Panel Opportunity. Email one-page summary to Dawn Whitworth (SPARC) and Robert Olaj Robert Olaj
- Sept 21: Week of Test Your Concept panel meetings
- Nov 18: Email Dawn Whitworth your draft proposal (with full budget; without support letters) for mandatory UBC Internal Selection Committee review and Robert Olaj for OGPR mandatory internal review and feedback. Also, email Beth Haverkamp, with copy to Robert Olaj, a completed Faculty Partnership Information Questionnaire.
- Dec 15: Comments supplied from the Internal Selection Committee and the OGPR
- Jan (mid): Internal support letters provided by SPARC
- Feb 10: OGPR deadline for faculty-level signature. Email Robert Olaj a copy of your application and completed RPIF.
- Feb 11: ORS deadline for RPIF and institutional sign-off.
- Feb 15: SSHRC Partnership Grant LOI deadline
Special notes:
- This is a highly time consuming and complex institutional (i.e. UBC is the applicant – not the researcher) grant to coordinate between many internal and external constituent groups. Resource contributions from your Department and the Faculty are critical and take time to negotiate. Please contact Robert Olaj in the OGPR as early as possible if you are thinking of applying for a PG or if you are considering being a Co-Applicant on a PG. 35% cash and/or in-kind contributions (http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/policies-politiques/cash_inkind-especes_en_nature-eng.aspx) required. Projects must fall under SSHRC’s Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines.
Insight Grants
Sponsor: Social Science Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Application deadlines:
- Jul 27: Register for SPARC Internal Review. Optional. Email your request to register to Danica Kell
- Aug 3: SPARC IR: Email Danica Kell in SPARC your 1 pg. summary
- Aug 12: SPARC IR: Email Danica Kell in SPARC your full draft. Please copy Robert Olaj if you are interested in OGPR IR (Optional).
- Aug 24: OGPR IR (Optional). Email full draft for OGPR IR to Robert Olaj (for those not participating in SPARC IR).
- Aug 30: Receive SPARC IR reviewer feedback.
- Sept 8: OGPR Insight Intensive workshop: Working on summary & budget in groups.
- Sept 23: Receive OGPR IR feedback.
- 10:00 a.m. Oct 8: Submit application and completed RPIF to Robert Olaj in the OGPR for Faculty-level signature (all faculty, except those in KIN) and for administrative review only (completeness, signatures and budget commitments).
- 4:00 p.m. Oct 9: UBC ORS deadline for you to hit “Submit” online and for the OGPR to provide UBC/ORS with your completed RPIF and a copy of your proposal
Special notes:
- A Notice of Intent stage has been eliminated. Canadian Common CV will not be used for this competition. Collaborators will receive an invitation to complete a “profile” (not a whole SSHRC CV). Projects must fall under SSHRC’s Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines. A reminder that applicants who applied to the 2015 Insight Development Grants are not eligible for the fall 2015 Insight Grants competition, irrespective of the outcomes of the IDG competition.
Midcareer Grant Program
Sponsor: The Spencer Foundation
Application deadlines:
- Aug 17: OGPR internal review (optional). Email Heather frost a copy of your application
- Sept 4: OGPR deadline for faculty-level signature. Email Heather frost a copy of your application and completed RPIF.
- Sept 8: ORS deadline for institutional RPIF sign-off.
- Sept 10: Spencer foundation deadline (2 pm PST).
Special notes: Contact Heather Frost if you are considering applying.
Partnership Development Grants
Sponsor: Social Science Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Application deadlines:
- Aug 17: Email Heather Frost in the OGPR indicating your interest in applying.
- Oct 14: Email Dawn Whitworth at SPARC indicating desire for SPARC internal review (SPARC IR is optional).
- Oct 16: Email Beth Haverkamp, with copy to Heather Frost, the draft of your proposal (including full budget) and a completed Faculty Partnership Information Questionnaire.
- Oct 21: Email Dawn Whitworth at SPARC a 1 pg. summary of your project (SPARC IR optional).
- Oct 28: Email Dawn Whitworth at SPARC your full proposal draft for internal review (SPARC IR optional).
- Nov 25: OGPR deadline for faculty-level signature. Email Heather Frost a copy of your application and completed RPIF.
- Nov 26: UBC/ORS RPIF and application submission deadline.
Special notes:
- Applicants are advised to start working with their Partners in the summer, as the process of negotiating objectives, how the Partner organizations will participate (i.e. what they will do), and of what their cash or in-kind contributions will consist takes a significant amount of time. Projects must fall under SSHRC’s Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines.
17th International Conference for Philosophical Inquiry with Children
ECPS and the Department of Philosophy, in partnership with the Vancouver Institute of Philosophy for Children (VIP4C), is delighted to host the 17th International Conference for Philosophical Inquiry with Children here at UBC, June 25-27. The topic for the 2015 ICPIC conference focuses on general questions around identity, inquiry, and diversity from various perspectives. We […]