Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars at York University

Available Fellowships: up to 4 in 2021-22
Amount: min. $70,000/year
Duration: 24 months
Deadline: April 1st, 2021

The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars will support up to 4 successful applicants this year in any field of study. With a salary of $70,000 provided each year for a two-year term, scholars will be able to dedicate their time to pursuing a proposed project, working alongside a supervisor and other mentors, while also gaining access to guidance from faculty, students and alumni. Learn more here or contact Kim McIntyre (Post-doctoral Services Coordinator, FGS), for any questions.

New Funds to Support Guest Lectures

Value: $250 – $500 per lecture
Deadline: Rolling deadlines until March 31, 2021, with the potential for a second round in the summer terms.

These are funds available to cover the cost of honoraria for guest lecturers within ongoing courses. The intent is to bring expert guests to our classrooms, from within York and beyond, and to offer some respite for course directors. Priority will be given to tenure-stream faculty and contract course directors who are experiencing extraordinary COVID-related pressures. To apply and learn about eligibility, please complete the brief application form.

The Grace and David Taylor Graduate Scholarship in Caribbean Studies

• Deadline: March 19, 2021
• Value: $5,000

This scholarship is intended to support PhD students at York University whose research is related to Caribbean studies so that they might focus on research during the fieldwork phase of their studies or while writing their thesis. Recipients will be selected based on academic excellence, significance of proposed research, likelihood of completion, and financial need.  Preference will be given to a PhD student whose dissertation proposal has been accepted. Applicants can contact cbonifaz@yorku.ca, for further information on this scholarship. Details and application form available here and referee recommendation form available here.

The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Graduate Fellowship & Award

• Value of Award: a maximum of 5,000 (multiple awards)
• Value of fellowship: One award of $10,000 will be granted annually to an eligible MA or PhD student.
• Deadline: Friday, March 19, 2021.
• Eligibility: York graduate students in good standing who are engaged in research on human rights and social justice issues related to the situation of indigenous people and/or people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Who are citizens or permanent residents of Ontario. And who are  registered in the CERLAC Graduate Diploma Program (Fellowship requirement only)

The Award functions as a cost fund to support a number of graduate students’ research and academic training costs, for complementary activities central to the completion of their research. The Fellowship is intended as a general support fund, to cover general research and related costs (fieldwork, equipment, book purchases, specialized training or software, etc.); the funds may also be used for tuition and general living expenses, to relieve the student from financial pressure in order to focus on his/her project.

• The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Fieldwork Research Award Application form
• The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Fieldwork Research Award Recommendation Form
• The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Human Rights Fellowship Application form
• The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Human Rights Fellowship Recommendation Form

Questions can be directed to cbonifaz@yorku.ca

Upcoming internal funding deadline

SSHRC Explore Grant Program
Deadline: March 31st, 2021
Value: up to $7,000

SSHRC exchange KMb Grant Program
Deadline: March 31st, 2021
Value: up to $7,000

Minor Research Grant (LA&PS faulty council)
Deadline: April 1st, 2021
Value: Up to $5000

LA&PS Support for Scholarly Journals
Deadline: March 31st, 2021
Value: Up to $3,000

LA&PS faculty members are reminded that a comprehensive list of internal research funding opportunities is available on our new website (see below). This list includes short descriptions of several individual programs operated by the Dean's Office as well as VPRI.

Internal funding opportunities can be accessed here.

Short notice: City of Toronto - Covid-19 Vaccine Engagement Partnership Grants

Value: The value of funding per cluster is up to $500,000 (total envelope $5.5M)
Deadline: March 29, 2021, at 12:00 pm (EST)

The City of Toronto is seeking to fund not-for-profit organizations to act as Vaccine Engagement Teams from April 2021 to March 2022. This Expression of Interest is open to consortiums of community organizations, grassroots groups, resident-led groups and faith-based organizations/groups. Each consortium (“Vaccine Engagement Team”) may have anywhere from 4 to 10 members (“Vaccine Engagement Partners”) with one organization (“Vaccine Engagement Lead”) that acts as the administrative partner. Learn more from the EOI Guidelines. For any EOI questions, please email COVIDpartner@toronto.ca.

An information session will be held for this grant on March 17, 3:00 PM-4:00 PM (EST). You can join the WebEx meeting here. Faculty members interested in this opportunity should contact David Cuff, Director, Strategic Research & Partnerships at dcuff@yorku.ca.

SSHRC Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research – Connection Grants

• Value:
  - Events - $7,000 to $25,000
  - Outreach Activities - $7,000 to $50,000; higher amounts may be considered if well justified
• Duration:1 year
• Agency Deadline: May 1, August 1, November 1, 2021, at 12:00 PM (EST)

SSHRC announced the relaunching of the Connection Grants arm of the Initiative for Digital Citizen Research (IDCR), a joint initiative with the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH). The IDCR aims to develop a better understanding of the impacts of online disinformation in Canada in order to better inform programs and policies, build Canada’s capacity to conduct research on – and related to – countering online disinformation and other related online harms, and help foster a community of researchers engaged with digital citizenship and online disinformation in Canada. It also aims to provide assistance to selected events and outreach activities for short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives.

Learn more about the description and submission instructions here. For any questions, contact David Cuff at dcuff@yorku.ca.

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (PEG)

• Value: $7,000 to $25,000
• Duration: 1 year
• Agency Deadline:  March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15, 2021, at 12:00 PM (EST)

These grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. To access an application form and full instructions, log into your SSHRC account. For any questions, contact David Cuff at dcuff@yorku.ca.

NSERC - Alliance Grants: Option 2

• Value: over $30,000 to $100,000 per year
• Duration: 1 to 5 years
• Deadline: No deadline

NSERC has released details about a new Alliance Option 2 two-pager that provides an overview of what the NSERC Alliance Option 2 funding is all about. The projects should aim to address and are driven by an unmet societal need, meaning that the results matter not just to the partner organizations but also to the public. Refer to the NSERC resources page to access the best practices webinar, a summary of NSERC requirements and more. The results should be broadly shared in various formats, allowing even non-specialists outside the project to understand and use the results. Faculty members interested in applying should contact David Cuff at dcuff@yorku.ca. Read the two-pager in English or in French here.

CIHR Call for Proposals: Health Research Training Platform

Value and Duration:
up to $400,000 per year for up to 6 years, for a total of $2,400,000 per grant.

Agency Deadlines:
Phase 1: Registration Deadline – Due April 21, 2021
Phase 2: Full Application – Due June 22, 2021

The Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) Pilot funding opportunity is intended to support the development of interdisciplinary, inter-jurisdictional, and intersectoral research training platforms that will attract a diverse cadre of high-calibre trainees and ECRs, and equip them with the skills required for academic and non-academic careers. These research training platform grants can be used to build capacity in established or emerging areas, within the scope of the research training areas identified in the funding pools outlined below. For any questions contact David Cuff at dcuff@yorku.ca.

CIHR Funding Opportunities

A list of funding opportunities through CIHR can be found on this page of the agency’s website. Please be attentive to any COVID-19 update that appears as part of the posting for specific opportunities. Due to the large volume of RFAs, the Office of Research Services has created a simplified Excel spreadsheet that will make it easier for researchers to locate the funding call that is most appropriate to their research area. You will be required to enter your Passport York user ID and password for YU Link to gain access to the spreadsheet. Alternatively, you may contact ORS at research@yorku.ca to send you the file as an attachment.

Mitacs SOSCIP Cleantech Call for Proposals

- Value: $15,000 for every 4-6 months with $7,500+HST from industry and $7,500 from Mitacs in addition to a waived access to SOSCIP’s computing platforms
- Duration 6-18 months.
- Agency Deadlines: March 31st, 2021

Mitacs and Smart Computing for Innovation (SOSCIP) are partnering to provide Ontario-based companies and academic partners access to artificial intelligence (AI) and Data Science technology.  Applicants can apply for both access to SOSCIP platforms as well as the Mitacs Accelerate Program at the same time. Mitacs-Accelerate is a graduate research internship program that connects graduate students and post-docs in any discipline at Canadian Universities with companies through short to medium-term research projects which address a company's need. If you are interested in applying to this competition, please contact Rachel Sung, Mitacs Business Development Specialist at sungr@yorku.ca.