Research Mobilization, Creation & Innovation Grants for SSHRC-Related Research
Research Mobilization, Creation & Innovation Grants for SSHRC-Related Research are designed to support innovative and creative knowledge mobilization and research creation activities in the social sciences, arts and humanities. The intended outcomes are three-fold:
- To enhance the dissemination, exchange, and engagement of knowledge within and/or beyond academia;
- To enhance research creation activity at Western; and
- To broaden faculty researchers’ experience developing published and/or creative outputs that may contribute to competitive future grant applications.
Valued at a maximum of $7,500 (CDN), these grants are supported through Western’s Scholarship/Research Initiatives for SSHRC Disciplines Fund. Funds are intended to support a new research creation activity or the development of a knowledge mobilization activity that cannot be accomplished with funding currently available to the faculty researcher or through other internal research funding opportunities.
Specific objectives include:
- To develop innovative and creative knowledge mobilization activities/outputs;
- To support new research creation activities;
- To build capacity by supporting individuals who can lead and champion knowledge mobilization and/or research creation;
- To improve uptake, application, and influence of SSHRC-related research;
- To enhance Western's engagement in and capacity for research creation; and
- To enhance the visibility of Western’s SSHRC-related research and researchers.
Applicants are encouraged to work with a student hired from a Western SSHRC-related faculty (Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Education, Ivey School of Business, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Faculty of Social Science, Don Wright Faculty of Music) in the knowledge mobilization or research creation activity.
Program Details
Guidelines
- Program Guidelines (Western ID & password required)
Please consult the guidelines for further information
Application
- Application Form (Western ID & password required)
Important Dates
| Date | Deadline |
|---|---|
| April 21, 2022 | Launch |
| May 27, 2022 before or by 5 p.m. EST | Application and ROLA Deadline |
| June 20-June 24, 2022 | Adjudication |
| June 30, 2022 | Notice of Decision |
| July 1, 2022 | Anticipated Project Start Date |
| June 30, 2023 | Project End Date |
| September 30, 2023 | Final knowledge mobilization/research creation Contribution Summary Deadline |
Submission
Applications are to be submitted via the online form no later than Friday, May 27th by 5:00pm (EDT)
The application should include, in a single document (Word or PDF):
- Application form;
- Research proposal (maximum 2 pages) consisting of:
- Objectives of the research, context of the knowledge mobilization or research creation activity, description of the planned activity or target academic and/or non-academic knowledge users and audiences;
- HQP role(s) (students, emerging scholars, and other HQP) (if applicable);
- Description of expected outcomes of the knowledge mobilization/research creation activity;
- Description of innovative and creative aspects of the KMb/research creation activity and impact on PI’s research profile; and
- Timeline for execution of proposed project
- An appendix containing any references or diagrams. For research creation projects, support materials (e.g., website links to provide samples of artistic work that illustrate your qualifications and/or the nature of your proposed research creation, titles/dates of creation/production and brief context for the works etc.) may be included (maximum 1 page);
- A detailed budget justification (maximum 1 page); and
- Abbreviated CV(s) of the PI and Co-Investigators (maximum 2 pages per applicant).
All applications require a ROLA proposal to be submitted by the deadline date
Western Research, in consultation with an Associate Vice-President (Research), reserves the right to exclude from competition any submissions that are incomplete or inconsistent. Excluded applications will not be presented to reviewers for consideration.
Resources
- Research Creation Primer for Faculties Western ID & password required
- Preparing applications involving research creation
- SSHRC guidelines for research creation support materials
- Western Research EDI-D page
- Western Research Knowledge Exchange site
- SSHRC guidelines for effective knowledge mobilization
Looking to hire students skilled in videos, stories, journalism etc.? Western FIMS has many talented Master of Media in Journalism & Communication students.
Frequently Asked Questions Western ID & password required
Contact
All questions can be directed to intgrant@uwo.ca. Application support can be requested by contacting Mariam Hayward, Director, Knowledge Exchange, Impact & EDI-D in Research, or Jacquelyn Burkell, Associate Vice-President (Research).
