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Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/index-eng.aspx
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Sponsor/Award: |
SOCIAL SCIENCE HUMANITIES RSRCH COUNCIL - PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GRANTS - 2011 WINTER COMPETITION - LETTER OF INTENT |
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Grant Amount: |
UP TO $20,000 |
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Deadline: |
Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jan 24, 2011
Sponsor's: Jan 31, 2011
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Subject Areas: |
Social And Economic Issues And Policies, Aboriginal Studies, Environmental, Innovation, Digital Media |
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Description: |
Partnership Development Grants provide support to: develop research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and new scholars, by fostering new research partnership activities involving existing and/or potential partners; or design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that may result in best practices or models that either can be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up at a regional, national or international level. Partnership Development Grants provide support over one to three years to teams/partnerships led by a principal investigator(s).
Applicants successful at the letter of intent stage will be offered a grant worth up to $20,000 to help in the preparation of the formal application?i.e., to further refine their research question(s); to establish partnership arrangements, governance structure and/or research methodology; and to consolidate their collaborative activities. At the letter of intent stage, eligible expenses are limited to travel, workshops, meetings, administrative support, and communication and dissemination activities. |
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Application Details: |
Proposed initiatives must meet the objectives put forward in one of the following programs or a combination thereof: Insight to build knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world by supporting research excellence in all subject areas eligible for funding from SSHRC OR Connection to realize the potential of social sciences and humanities research for intellectual, cultural, social and economic influence, benefit and impact on and beyond the campus by supporting specific activities and tools that facilitate the multidirectional flow of research knowledge The Deadline to send first drafts to Research Western is 14 January 2011. Faculty deadlines could be earlier. Please verify with your Faculty office. It is required that applicants contact their faculty research representative (ADR or Grants Facilitator) by January 1 indicating that they wish to apply.
Applicants must complete the application form (available under Apply once the Partnership Grants letter of intent stage competition opens) by following the accompanying instructions. Applications must be submitted electronically to an authorized research grants officer from the applicant?s institution, who will then electronically forward the application to SSHRC.INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT LEVIED ON THIS PROGRAM |
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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. |
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Western Contacts: |
Pocock,Katy
Russelo,Theresa M
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Sponsor Contacts: |
PARTNERSHIPGRANTS@SSHRC-CRSH.GC.CA
350 ALBERT STREET
P.O. BOX 1610
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 992-3145
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