Call for Applications: 2013-2014 FoE Internal Grants and Awards
The OGPR is pleased to announce three internal Faculty of Education funding opportunities: the HSS Seed Grants, John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award, and the Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health Fund.
The application deadline for all three initiatives is Monday March 18th in the OGPR. I encourage you to contact me if you wish to explore any of these grant programs. As the Farquhar award requires faculty/student collaboration I will also advertise it on the graduate student listservs.
Sincerely,
Rita
Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health Fund
Value: A committee will consider proposals with a range of values, from smaller requests for a few hundred dollars, to larger requests up to $6,000.
Description: This award is made available through a fund established by the Vancouver School Board and Jacqueline Farquhar’s family and friends, and is specifically designed to carry on her passion for enhancing schools’ capacity to identify and respond to students struggling with depression and anxiety. The primary goal of the fund is to a) translate completed research into accessible forms that community stakeholders and educators can utilize, disseminate and take into the classroom and/or community with a goal of impact on practice; b) to find practical uses for completed research i.e. production of a brochure, books, workshops, instructional materials, web sites, etc., with a clear potential for impact on practice (technology component as a tool for sharing); and c) to increase the awareness of issues that deal with child mental health.
Eligibility: The funds are open to faculty/graduate student teams, consisting of faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and graduate students registered in the UBCV Faculty of Education. The faculty member is expected to play a leadership role in the knowledge mobilization project; teams will consist of one faculty member and one or more graduate students. One grant per collaborative team project is available. The grant targets activities designed to disseminate/mobilize research findings/outcomes to the community with a tangible product/activity, and does not support the data collection and analysis stages of research.
Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant
Value: Proposals with budgets up to $7,000 will be considered.
Description: Funding for the Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant is made available through the annual SSHRC Institutional Grant, and is specifically designed to promote research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The primary goal of the Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant is to support high-quality research in the social sciences and humanities by providing small funds that will aid in the early-stage development of a research project. Funds may be used to further Faculty members’ research programs by supporting, for example, pilot research, networking activities (including bringing external community partners to UBC to develop research partnerships), field/library research, literature reviews or synthesis or re-analysis of data sets collected through previously completed projects. Applicants must make a strong case for how the proposed research activities will advance their research.
John H. M. and Doris D. Andrews Research and Development Award
Value: One $3,700 award.
Description: Dr. John H. M. Andrews, former Dean of Education, UBC (1973-79), and his wife Doris have generously endowed an annual award designed for research and development projects that have an impact on the community and make a contribution to society. The research component must have a direct impact on the community and increase our knowledge and understanding of Canadian education. The development component must be conducted in collaboration with a community educational partner.