{"id":91,"date":"2021-11-01T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rifa\/?p=91"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:50:45","slug":"racialized-and-indigenous-faculty-alliance-research-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rifa\/2021\/racialized-and-indigenous-faculty-alliance-research-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance Research Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Office of the Vice-President (Research and International) has provided funding to create a Research Application Grant to be administered through the Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance (RIFA) at Carleton. This grant is an internal funding program that supports self-identified BIPOC emerging scholars<\/a>\/early career faculty members and instructors (see full eligibility criteria below)\u00a0in their applications to external granting agencies including Tri-Council, governmental, business and NGOs, as well as international sources.<\/p>\n

Deadline: October 15, 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Award Announcement Date: October 30, 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Value and duration<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Up to eight grants of $4,000 each are available to cover expenses associated with the submission of funding applications, including: hiring an RA; collecting preliminary data; travel; field research; pilot or feasibility studies; or the provision of matching funds. Typically, the duration of the funding is for a maximum of one year from receipt of award, with a one-year no-cost extension. Due to the current COVID pandemic, the funding awarded in 2021 will be for a two-year period.<\/p>\n

All applicants will receive feedback and the opportunity to work with a RIFA mentor following the award announcement.<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Recipients will be expected to submit a grant application within 12 months of receiving the funding.<\/p>\n

Eligibility\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

All Racialized and Indigenous full-time academic<\/a> faculty (assistant professors, lecturers (pre-PhD) who are emerging scholars<\/a> at Carleton are eligible. RIFA is aware of the constraints for lecturers to secure funding as primary applicants without faculty leads. If you are a full-time lecturer and would like to apply as a primary applicant to support your research towards an application for a Tri-Council government, NGO, or business grant application within 12 months, please contact the RIFA chair, Carolyn Ramzy.<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Full time instructors (I and II) are invited to apply as co-applicants with faculty leads in anticipation of a collaborative Tri-Council, governmental, business or NGO grant application within 12 months of receiving this grant.<\/li>\n
  2. Applicants will apply for external funding within 12- months of receiving this grant, for which they will be the Principal Investigator for SSHRC\/NSERC or Nominated Principal Investigators for CIHR.<\/li>\n
  3. Members who already hold a tri-council grant as primary investigator are not eligible for this award at this time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If the project involves and requires an ethics review<\/u> as defined by the Office of Research Ethics<\/a>, applicants may apply to this grant without initial REB approval. However, approval must be received by the Office of Research Ethics before funding will be released.<\/p>\n

    How to apply\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    There are three pieces to this application:<\/p>\n

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    1. Your completed RIFA award application form<\/a> (please download the form-fillable pdf \u2013 required elements include project title, targeted external granting source(s), project description, and budget);<\/li>\n
    2. Your bibliography of works cited;<\/li>\n
    3. Your updated CV.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      How to submit<\/h4>\n

      Label each piece of your application package as follows:<\/p>\n