Research

 

Research Opportunities

 

Funding Opportunities for faculty

Smallman, Rosslyn Swanson, and Hume Cronyn Funds

Applications are invited to the Smallman, Rosslyn Swanson, and Hume Cronyn Funds for grants-in-aid of the order of $1000 toward eligible projects. The Smallman and Swanson Funds cover publication subsidies. 

The Hume Cronyn covers dramatic performances. Members of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities are eligible to apply. You may not apply to more than one Fund at a time and adjudications will take into account whether you have won a grant-in-aid on a previous occasion.There is no application form or deadline and applications are accepted at any time of the year.

Please address your letter of application to the Dean but send it to the office of the Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies. Your letter should consist of three pages, as follows:

  • Statement of Objectives: You should supply a page of documentation to establish the value of your project (publication or performance, as relevant).
  • Budget: Supply a table showing the categories and estimated amounts of expense and, if applicable, other sources of funding.
  • Budget Justification: Supply an explanation as to why the different expenses are necessary.

 

Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar Award

The purpose of this award is to allow the Faculty to retain strong faculty members with world-class reputations. Appointments as a Distinguished Scholar will be for a period of one year. At the time of the appointment, the appointee will be a member of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Recent winners include:
  • Steven Bruhm (English) Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar 2011
  • Carolyn McLeod (Philosophy) Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar 2011
  • Daniel Vaillancourt (French) Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar 2010
  • Kathy Brush (Visual Arts) Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar 2010

 

Faculty Scholar Awards

The University is served well by recognizing scholarly achievements at critical points of a Faculty member’s career. This award will recognize outstanding contributions in research, teaching or service reflecting sustained excellence in all scholarly activities. This award recognizes the complete scholar who has recently achieved prominence in a select domain.

Recent winners include:

  • Kelly Olson (Classics) Faculty Scholars Award 2011-12
  • Tracy Isaacs (Philosophy/WSFR) Faculty Scholars Award 2011-12
  • Matthew Rowlinson (English) Faculty Scholars Award 2011-12
  • Helen Fielding (Philosophy/WSFR) Faculty Scholars Award 2009-10
  • Nandi Bhatia (English) Faculty Scholars Award 2009-10
  • Laurence de Looze (Modern Language) Faculty Scholars Award 2009-10

 

Grants

Internal Research Grant Opportunities:


Overview

Applications and Guidelines

SSHRC Internal Research

SSHRC Conference Grant

International Research Awards

Academic Development Fund (ADF)

International Curriculum Fund

External Research Grant Opportunities:


SSHRC

CIHR

Canada Council for the Arts

 

Research Events

Research Day 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013
Join us for a celebration of research! Meet your Arts and Humanities colleagues as well as researchers from the Faculties of Education and Information and Media Studies. Everyone welcome, refreshments will be served. Click here for details...

 

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