Deadline to apply for MDS Event Funding

• In-person event

Migration & Diaspora Studies (MDS) provides support for projects and events that will help strengthen the MDS community at Carleton University, and bring research and expertise about the movement of people to a broader audience at Carleton and beyond.

Purpose of the funding

MDS welcomes applications that support events and activities such as conferences, seminars, talks, short films, and artistic installations that:

• fall within the framework of the Migration & Diaspora Studies initiative to study the cultural, economic, political and social implications of the movement of people. Please see the MDS website for more details.
• provide intellectual benefits to the interdisciplinary and diverse MDS community.
• raise the profile of the Migration & Diaspora studies initiative at Carleton, and with national and international communities of scholars and outside partners. This could include a media plan or a peer-reviewed publication.

We welcome applications from any discipline, and especially encourage applications for interdisciplinary activities, but please note that these funds are not intended for individual research projects. 

Types of Awards

MDS will offer two types of awards differentiated by their monetary value.

Awards under $1,000 to support low-cost activities such as bringing in a speaker from outside the university. There is no deadline for applications for funding under $1,000.

Awards over $1,000 to support higher-cost activities such as seminars, conferences, lecture series, performances, readings, and exhibitions. The value of these awards will not exceed $10,000 and the expectation is that most awards in this category will be no more than $5,000. The next deadline for higher-cost event funding proposals is November 14, 2016. Applicants who wish to secure notice of matching funds in advance of November 2016 may submit their applications earlier in the fall term, and specify the date by which they intend to secure matching funds in advance of applications to SSHRC or other research funding agencies.