The Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant distributes funds from UBC’s annual SSHRC Institutional Grant to promote research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. A residual balance in this fund makes it possible to offer a Faculty of Education HSS Research Dissemination Grant, which has the core goals of supporting the dissemination of high-impact Faculty of Education research in the social sciences and humanities while contributing to the development of graduate students as researchers. This is an opportunity to increase the visibility of the excellent research conducted by faculty, and to facilitate graduate student participation in research dissemination.
- Members of the Faculty of Education professoriate are eligible for this competition (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, and Professors). Only one application per principal investigator is eligible.
- Eligible dissemination activities include (but are not restricted to) the preparation of knowledge mobilization products such as videos, plays, blogs, etc.; curriculum or instructional resources for classroom or education audiences and/or other relevant knowledge users; journal articles for publication; and conference presentations, seminars, or lectures for targeted audiences;
- Research findings targeted for dissemination through this project must be the result of the research work of Faculty of Education-based investigators.
- Proposals for new data collection will not be considered; involvement of human subjects must be covered by a pre-existing BREB certificate of approval.
- Applicants must make a strong case for how the proposed research dissemination activities will advance their program of research.
- Graduate student involvement is required, and should be evidenced by a description of how the project will contribute to graduate student training and a budget line item for GRA salary.
- The maximum value of each award will be $4,000. A total of approximately $20,000 is available for this competition.
- Activities MUST be completed and funds spent by March 31st, 2015. Due to the special nature of this competition, the Faculty of Education and the University will be unable to grant extensions under any circumstance.
- Travel costs are ineligible expenses for this competition.
- Successful applicants must submit a report to OGPR by April 30th, 2015 detailing how they used the funds and how the project activities helped to advance their research program and graduate student development.
Timeline
Submit complete applications by email or in person to Heather Frost by 4:00 pm, Friday, June 27th, 2014.
To Apply
Download the complete Terms of Reference and Application Instructions and Application Form
For more information, please contact:
Heather Frost
Research Facilitator
Office of Graduate Programs and Research
(604) 822-0215