Small Research Grants in Areas of Inquiry
Sponsor: The Spencer Foundation
Application deadlines:
- August 22: OGPR deadline for faculty-level signature.
- August 25: ORS deadline for institutional review and signature.
- August 28: Spencer foundation deadline (4 pm CST).
Special Notes: The Spencer Foundation specifies that budgets of less than $50,000 may not include indirect costs. If you are considering applying please contact Heather Frost.
Planning and Dissemination Grants – Institute Community Support (Summer 2014 Competition)
Sponsor: Canadian Institutes for Health Research’s (CIHR) Institutes and Initiatives
Application deadlines:
- August 13: OGPR deadline for faculty-level signature.
- August 14: ORS deadline.
- August 18: CIHR national deadline.
Special notes: Applicant must upload signed signature pages and submit the final application via ResearchNet.
Connections Grants
Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Application deadlines:
- July 29: Deadline to submit application and RPIF to OGPR for completeness review (only) and Faculty signature.
- July 30: Deadline to submit online your application to ORS.
- August 1: SSHRC national deadline (next rounds: Nov. 1, Feb. 1, May 1).
Special notes: See above for requisite 50% matching requirement. 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.
Noted Summer Scholars 2014 – Dr. Carol Rodgers
A Humanizing Pedagogy: Getting Beneath the Rhetoric in a South African Post-Conflict University Context Dr. Carol Rodgers, Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York, USA Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 12 pm
Research Week May 13, 14 and 15, 2014
Photo and video highlights from Research Week 2014: Keynote Speaker, Beth Haverkamp, Panelists, Graduate Students, and Dean Blye Frank with Tri-Council Scholarship recipients.
2014 Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health Recipient
Congratulations to Shelley Hymel on being awarded the 2014 Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health!
2014 John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award Recipient
Congratulations to Allison Cloth on being awarded the 2014 John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award!
2014 HSS Seed Grant Awardees
Congratulations to Vanessa Andreotti, Penney Clark, Allison Cloth, Margaret Early and Maureen Kendrick (Co-applicant), Kadriye Ercikan, and Rachel Weber on being awarded 2014 HSS Seed Grants!
SSHRC Insight Grant Workshops
SSHRC Insight Grant Intensive Workshop: Summaries and Budgets. Applying this October for a SSHRC Insight Grant? Get feedback on your summary and budget!
2014 Hampton Fund Research Grant Awardees
Congratulations Jason Ellis, Hongxia Shan, and Rachel Weber 2014 UBC Hampton Fund Research Grants!