Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.uwo.ca/research/funding/internal/adf.html
Sponsor/Award: ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND - NEW RESEARCH & SCHOLARLY INITIATIVE - SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM - 2010 - FALL COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $8,500
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Oct 08, 2010
Sponsor's: Oct 15, 2010

Subject Areas: Seed Funding
Description:

Funds available to support research initiatives for individuals, disciplinary teams and cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams. Approx. $80K is available for allocation in the spring and fall for this program.

Preference will be given to applications that offer a clear rationale for the proposed research, exhibit innovation, and contain a budget explaining fully how the money requested will be spent. In addition, preference will be given to those faculty members striving to get programs of research established and to those who, during the past three years, have not received funds through the SSHRC Internal Research competitions or the Academic Development Fund (ADF).

Application Details:

The program is administered by Research Western under the general terms of reference of the Academic Development Fund.

Application forms are revised from year to year and expire on the March deadline date. New forms will be posted at this site when updates to applications and guidelines are completed, generally in August of each year. Completed proposals will be administered in electronic format only.

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT LEVIED ON THIS PROGRAM

NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline.
Western Contacts: Lourdes,Florence

Sponsor Contacts:

FLORENCE LOURDES @UWO,.CA
SUPAD Secretary, University Secretariat
Room 290, Stevenson-Lawson Building
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
519 661-2111