Dr. John H. M. Andrews, former Dean of Education, UBC from 1973-79, and his wife Doris Andrews have generously endowed one award offered to tenure and tenure-track faculty in the Faculty of Education. This award is designed to support educational research and development projects that have an impact on the community and make a contribution to society. The research component must have a direct impact on the community and increase our knowledge and understanding of Canadian education. The development component must be conducted in collaboration with a community educational partner. The award is based on Dr. Andrews’ belief that teachers, in practicing their profession, are called upon to relate, not just to their students, but also to parents, fellow citizens and teachers, school administration, their professional association, staff groups, governmental agencies, as well as the broad range of social and political groups in the community.

Terms of Reference

• Members of the Faculty of Education (Assistant Professors, Associate Professor and Professors) are eligible to apply.
• Applicants must clearly demonstrate how their project will have an impact on the community and increase our understanding of Canadian education.
• The proposal must clearly identify community educational partner(s) and their roles.
• A total of $6,000 is available for this competition. The term of the awards is 12 months.
• Successful applicants are required to write a one page summary describing the outcomes of the project for the Faculty of Education Development Office. This summary may be shared with the donor.

Deadline

Please submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.

To Apply

Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form

For more information, please contact:

Education Research
Office of Research in Education (ORE)

The SSHRC Explore Grant, formerly called the HSS Seed Grant,  distributes funds from UBC’s annual SSHRC Institutional Grant to maintain or strengthen research capacity and research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. The primary goal of the Explore Grant is to support high-quality Faculty of Education humanities and social sciences research by providing small funds to support early stage research activities that will lead to the development of external research funding applications.

Terms of Reference

• 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.
• Funds are open to both newer and more established faculty.
• Applicants with open HSS Seed Grants (unspent funds and/or project reports to be submitted) are not eligible to apply.
• Preference will be given to proposals that include at least one of the following: opportunities for graduate student training/mentorship, collaboration within the Faculty of Education, or collaboration across disciplinary/faculty boundaries.
• Eligible seed activities include (but are not restricted to) pilot research; field/library/archival research; and synthesis or re-analysis of data collected through previously completed projects.
• Applicants must make a strong case for how the proposed activities will support the development of future research grant application(s).
• The maximum value of each award will be $7,000.
• The term of the grant is 12 months beginning from the date of the award notice. No funding extensions are available
• Neither conference travel nor teaching buy-out are eligible expenses for this funding program.
• Funds are not intended to complete or supplement Tri-Council or other currently funded projects.
• Only one Explore grant per research project will be awarded.
• Successful applicants must submit a report to the ORE within one month of the end of the term of the award describing how they used the funds and how the project has or will lead to future external research funding applications.

Deadline

Submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.

To Apply

Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form.

For more information, please contact:

Office of Research in Education (ORE)
Education Research

Funding for the Faculty of Education Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health is made available through a fund established by the Vancouver School Board and Jacqueline’s family and friends, and is specifically designed to carry on her passion for enhancing schools’ capacity to identify and respond to students struggling with depression and anxiety.

The primary goals of the Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health are to:

• translate completed research into accessible forms that community stakeholders and educators can utilize, disseminate and take into the classroom and/or community with a goal of impacting practice;
• find practical uses for completed research, for example, the production of a brochure, books, workshops, instructional materials, web sites, etc., with a clear potential for impact on practice (technology component as a tool for sharing); and
• increase the awareness of issues relating to children’s mental health.

Terms of Reference

• Funds are open to faculty/graduate student teams, consisting of at least one member of the Faculty of Education professoriate (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors) and one or more graduate students registered in the UBCV Faculty of Education.  The faculty member is expected to play a leadership role in the knowledge mobilization project. One grant per collaborative team project is available.
• Graduate students who are on leave or on extension are ineligible to apply for this funding.
• Funds are not intended to support data collection or analysis of research but rather to support activities designed to disseminate and mobilize research findings or outcomes to the community through an activity or product.
• A total of $6,000 is available for this competition. The term of the award is 12-months from the date of notification.
• Successful applicants are expected to communicate the results of their project to the Faculty of Education Development Office within one month of the end of the term of the award.

Deadline

Please submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.

To Apply

Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form 

For more information, please contact:

Education Research
Office of Research in Education (ORE)

The IRVF announcement has been amended on March 26, 2020

The International Research Visiting Fellowships (IRVFs) for the 2020-2021 academic year has been postponed. New deadline TBA.

The Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia would be pleased to receive nominations for International Research Visiting Fellowships (IRVFs) for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Visiting fellows will be expected to spend a minimum of three weeks between September 2020 and May 2021 engaged in high quality collaborative and innovative research with researchers in the Faculty of Education at UBC. It is expected that fellows will be internationally acclaimed scholars in their respective fields, as evident through track-records of research, scholarly publications, knowledge mobilization activities, major recognitions, and grant funding. It is also expected that the funds will act as a catalyst for subsequent collaborative research with UBC researchers beyond the time of their stay at UBC. Please note that these fellowships are distinct from the Faculty’s ‘Noted Summer Scholars’ program, which is geared towards teaching.

Terms of Reference

IRVF funds (up to $10,000 per award) may be used towards travel, accommodation, per diem expenses (https://finance.ubc.ca/travel/private/reconcile/private/meal-diems), and research/meeting costs. Funds are for operating expenses and cannot be used to purchase computers or equipment. As a condition of the award, it is expected that visiting fellows will give at least one research talk (open to members of the University as well as general public).

Three awards (up to $10,000/fellow) will be made available within the 2020-2021 academic year. They will be adjudicated on merit according to the evaluation criteria. Each department/school is limited to submitting two nominations and application packages must be submitted by an applicant's head of unit. 

Deadline

TBA

To Apply

Download the complete Terms of Reference & Instructions and Nomination Form

For more information, please contact the Office or Research in Education at research.educ@ubc.ca

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