Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.oba.org/En/foundation/about/chiefJusticeFellow.aspx
Sponsor/Award: OBA FOUNDATION - FELLOWSHIP IN RESEARCH - 2013 COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $15000
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jul 12, 2013
Sponsor's: Jul 19, 2013

Subject Areas:
Description:

The purposes of the Fellowships are:to encourage scholarship in the academic discipline of legal ethics and professionalism in Canadian universities and colleges; to continue the development of Canadian materials on legal ethics and professionalism in the practice of law; to promulgate the principles of professionalism to the practicing bar at continuing education conferences; and to commission keynote speakers for continuing education conferences on legal ethics and professionalism.

Applications are due July 19, 2013. Applicants are to submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of their proposed research or studies and intended work product, a cover letter in support of their application, and, if a full-time faculty member of a Canadian university or college, confirmation of authority from their employer to hold the Fellowship. Applications are to be submitted by e-mail, in PDF or Word format, simultaneously to Lee Akazaki at lakazaki@gilbertsondavis.com and Valerie Dallas at vdallas@oba.org.

Application Details: Only full-time faculty teaching at a Canadian university or college (?faculty applicants?) are eligible to apply for the Fellowship in Research. Faculty applicants are not required to be members of the Ontario Bar Association.For each Fellowship, all of the funds are to be used for the recipient of the Fellowship?s expenses. These can include the costs of hiring one or more student researchers, travel expenses, purchase of research materials, and research and administrative costs. Any unused funds are to be returned at the end of the Fellowship. Please see Sponsor Website for full requirements
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Russelo,Theresa M
Halbersma,Joseph David

Sponsor Contacts:

20 Toronto Street
Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario, Canada