International Research Roundtable Program

Sponsor: The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies

Sponsor program link: Funding opportunity details

Value: Up to five International Research Roundtables will be awarded annually. The award will support meeting expenses for a Roundtable at the Peter Wall Institute in Vancouver, Canada, for two to five days. The proposed budget may range from $20,000 to $45,000.  Award funds may be used to cover accommodation, meals and travel costs, for up to 20 participants for the duration of the Roundtable.

Objectives:

  • To advance excellence in knowledge development in an interdisciplinary environment around broad-ranging themes.
  • To foster excellence in research, and serve as a catalyst for collaborative research between international scholars and UBC scholars.
  • To provide scholars, community leaders, artists, policy makers and others the opportunity to explore a theme, create the foundation for innovative research, prompt important advances in science and society, and/or have a significant impact on the discovery of solutions to important problems.

Application deadlines:

  • February 16: Email your draft to Robert Olaj for internal review and feedback (optional).
  • February 26 Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email Robert Olaj a copy of their application with a completed, signed and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form.
  • March 1 (Sunday): Electronic package to PWIAS.
  • March 2: Paper copies to PWIAS.