The Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with support from the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International), is offering grants to tenured faculty members at the Associate Professor rank to help them re-engage in research. This seed funding is intended for faculty members who do not currently hold external or internal funding (Covid-related internal awards excepted) to launch a new research program or advance an existing, unfunded project.
The purpose of these internal grants is to address some of the challenges facing faculty at the mid-career stage when the demands of teaching, administration, and other responsibilities may impede research productivity. This competitive funding opportunity will enable faculty members to advance a project and apply for external funding.
Recipients will be required to use the funds to prepare and submit a formal application for a major external grant, preferably to a Tri-council agency (SSHRC, NSERC, or CIHR), within 24 months of receiving the grant.
Please note that this is a short-term award. It is not supported by an endowment or base budget and may not be offered in the future.
All parts of the application must be contained in a single PDF file, starting with the application and followed by the applicant’s CV. The submission must be emailed to fass.awards@carleton.ca no later than November 1, 2021. Decisions will be announced by
November 22, 2021.
All expenditures must comply with Tri-Council funding criteria and cannot be used to fund teaching releases. Recipients will be required to use the funds to prepare and submit a formal application for a major external grant, preferably to a Tri-council agency (SSHRC, NSERC, or CIHR), within 24 months of receiving the Award.
Please direct any questions with respect to this funding opportunity via email to Carol Payne, Associate Dean (Research & International) at Carol.Payne@carleton.ca or to Darlene Gilson, FASS Research Facilitator at Darlene.Gilson@carleton.ca.