Petro Canada Young Innovator Award

Amount: $12,500 (one award at UWO)

Deadline:
Faculty of Education Associate Dean’s Office: February 8, 2010 (2-3 weeks before agency deadline if you would like feedback on your application- contact Karen Kueneman)
Research Development  & Services: February 16, 2010

Description: This program recognizes, promotes and supports outstanding new faculty researchers whose work is particularly innovative, impacts positively on the learning environment in the department in which they study, and has the potential to be of significance to society at large. The program is intended to help attract and retain bright young minds at Canadian Universities and institutes and to help young researchers launch their scholarly careers and enable them to carry their research forward. Full-time faculty members with an appointment at Western are eligible from the date of their initial offer of appointment at a university up to their 8th year on faculty.

Note: The competition is open to all subject areas. However, priority will be given to areas of special interest to Petro-Canada

Applications are processed through Research Development & Services and must be accompanied by a completed ROLA Proposal.

Application and guidelines…

SSHRC Internal Conference Travel

SSHRC Internal Conference Travel Awards are to enable faculty, academic librarians and post-doctoral fellows to take part in research-related meetings/conferences of major scholarly significance in disciplines normally supported by SSHRC. The program will fund participation in both regular international congresses and more narrowly focused conferences and seminars which take place more than (500 kilometers) from London, Ontario; applicants must be presenting a paper at the conference. Breadth of participation and decanal recommendation will be two major criteria for determining whether or not an award should be made.

Amount: $7,000 (maximum) The awards cover travel and subsistence costs only.

Deadlines:
Associate Dean’s Office: February 1, 2010 (2-3 weeks prior if you wish feedback on your proposal – submit to Karen Kueneman)
Research Western: February 15, 2010, 4:00 p.m.

Eligibility: A Principal Investigator (PI) must hold an academic appointment with a significant research component at UWO and must be eligible to hold a research account

Timing of Conference: There are no longer any restrictions as to when the conference must occur. However, retroactive requests for conferences occurring prior to the application date for a particular competition will receive a lower priority.

Applications and Guidelines

NOTE: Submission instructions have been amended for this competition.

Forms must be accompanied by a ROLA proposal

SSHRC Internal Research Awards

SSHRC Internal Research Awards are to support the cost of research initiatives in disciplines normally supported by SSHRC and are intended for research projects of modest scope. The competitions are for seed money, one-time requests, and projects of short duration. Applications may be made for new research initiatives. Requests for funds to supplement existing operating or research grants, to augment funds for larger projects (funded or applied for), or to attend conferences generally will not be accepted.

Amount: maximum $7,000 (over one year)

Deadlines:
Associate Dean’s Office: February 1, 2010 (1-2 weeks prior if you wish feedback on your proposal – submit to Karen Kueneman)
Research Western: February 15, 2010

Eligibility: The Principal Investigator must hold an academic appointment with a significant research component at UWO and must be eligible to hold a research account.

Applications and Guidelines

NOTE: The submission instructions have been amended for this competition.

Forms must be accompanied by a ROLA proposal.

Lecture by internationally renowned scholar, Dr. Marie Battiste

Internationally renowned scholar

Dr. Marie Battiste

Bringing Aboriginal Education Into the Mainstream:
Nourishing a Learning Spirit

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Faculty of Education Auditorium

This is an important and special opportunity to hear one of Canada’s leading Aboriginal scholars speak and engage in discussion with her.  This lecture is offered in partnership with the Thames Valley Board of Education and is open to the public.

Dr. Battiste is a Mi’kmaq educator from Potlo’tek First Nations, Nova Scotia and is a full professor in the College of Education and Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre (AERC) at the University of Saskatchewan. A graduate of Harvard University (M.Ed.) and Stanford University (Ed.D.), she has written on cognitive imperialism, linguistic and cultural integrity, Indigenous knowledge and the humanities, and the decolonization of Aboriginal education. Marie has worked actively with First Nations schools as an administrator, teacher, consultant, and curriculum developer, and is engaged in advancing Aboriginal epistemology, languages, pedagogy, and research. She has published widely in journals, co-authored (with J. Y. Henderson) Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage: A Global Challenge (Saskatoon, SK:  Purich Press, 2000), edited Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2000); co-edited the Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (May 2005), and is senior editor with Jean Barman of First Nations Education in Canada: The Circle Unfolds (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1995).  Dr. Battiste has been a United Nations expert and co-chair for the Workshop on Indigenous Heritage and she won the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Award.  A more detailed CV can be found at: http://www.usask.ca/education/people/battistem.htm

Final Public Comment on the TCPS – March 1, 2010

The Interagency Panel on Research Ethics announces the release of the revised draft 2^nd edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) for further public comment.

The complete revised draft 2^nd edition of the TCPS is now available.

The Panel is now offering this second comment period to provide the public with a final opportunity to provide feedback on the policy statement before the draft is submitted to the three federal agencies – Canada Institutes on Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – in the Spring of 2010.

Chapter 9, “Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples in Canada,” was released in November 2009, in advance of the rest of the Policy, in light of the substantial changes made to this chapter and in response to requests made by a number of individuals and groups in the Aboriginal community and the research community at large. Some changes have been made to Chapter 9 since its November release. To compare the November 2009 version of Chapter 9 with the December 2009 version, visit Chapter 9 Comparison.

For further comparison between the draft 2^nd edition (2008) and the revised draft 2^nd edition of the TCPS (2009), consult the Table of Concordance and the Highlights of Changes.

Comment Submissions

Written comments on the revised draft 2^nd edition of the TCPS will be accepted until March 1, 2010.

Please include your name with your submission. All comments on the revised draft 2^nd edition of the TCPS will be posted publicly on the Panel’s website after the closing of the comment period. If you do not wish to have your comments posted, please indicate that clearly in your submission.

Submit your written comments by e-mail at draft2e@pre.ethics.gc.ca, by fax to 613-996-7117 or mail your comments to the address below:

---

Secretariat on Research Ethics
350 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 1H5
(613) 996-2569

ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence – Call for Proposals

ArcticNet is a Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada (NCE) that brings together scientists and managers in the natural, human health and social sciences with their partners in Inuit organizations, northern communities, federal and provincial government agencies, and the private sector to study the impacts of environmental change and modernization in the coastal Canadian Arctic.

ArcticNet is seeking research proposals in the social and human health sciences. New applicants and collaborators not previously engaged in ArcticNet are encouraged to apply. The list of targeted research themes in social and human health sciences includes the state of northern education (K-12 education, postsecondary education, and science & technology training) and strategies to improve it.

Deadlines:
Faculty of Education Associate Dean’s Office: 1 week prior to agency deadline (2-3 weeks if you wish feedback on your application – submit to Karen Kueneman)

ArcticNet: January 18, 2010 (results announced March 22, 2010)

Value:
Annual budgets ranging from $30,000 – 150,000

Eligibility: Priority will be given to projects undertaken in the context of a multidisciplinary research team with appropriate partners. Integration of Northern and/or Inuit partners in designing and conducting the research is strongly recommended. Research projects must be relevant to ArcticNet’s mandate, objectives and research program, and must meet the criteria established by ArcticNet and the Networks of Centres of Excellence Program as stated in the ArcticNet Research Project Review Guidelines.

All Applications must be accompanied by a completed ROLA .

More information & applications…

Call for Proposals

Faculty of Education Internal Travel

The Faculty of Education, UWO announces a special request for proposals for its Internal Conference Travel program.  Additional funds are available for distribution from this fund.

Deadline: February 1, 2010, 4:00 p.m. (for a decision by March 1, 2009)

Amount: Expenses for conference trips may be reimbursed to a maximum of $3,700 for tenured and probationary faculty members per fiscal year (i.e., May 1 – April 30) for attending up to two conferences.  Pending availability of funds, faculty members may apply to attend:

1) an international conference (maximum $2500); and/or

2) a local or international conference ($1200) in each fiscal year.

If funds are available, the committee may consider requests in excess of $2,500 for travel to more expensive international conferences.

Description: The purpose of these conference travel funds is to help to support the research function of the Faculty.  These funds are intended to support faculty members in their research by providing the opportunity to attend conferences to present their research work and to benefit from interactions with other researchers.

Eligibility: The fund is restricted to faculty members within the Faculty of Education. Part-time or seconded faculty are not eligible to apply.

NOTES: For this competition the conference must occur before April 30, 2010. Faculty members must be presenting a paper at the conference.

Guidelines and applications available at: http://www.edu.uwo.ca/Research/internalfunding.html

Applications must be accompanied by a completed ROLA

Aha Khan Foundation

The Aga Khan Foundation seeks sustainable solutions to long-term problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy and ill health with special emphasis on the needs of rural communities in mountainous, coastal and other resource-poor areas. The foundation focuses on a small number of specific development problems by forming intellectual and financial partnerships with organisations sharing its objectives. Most foundation grants are made to grassroots organisations testing innovative approaches in the field. It concentrates on selected issues in health, education, rural development and the strengthening of civil society. The foundation’s geographical spread currently encompasses activities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Canada, India, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mozambique, Pakistan, Portugal, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Deadlines & Applications:
There are no formal application procedures. Before developing full proposals, inquiries should be made to the foundation office in the country where the proposal originates or where the project would be executed.

More Information:
Aga Khan Development Network
P.O. Box 2049
1-3 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland

Applications must be accompanied by a completed ROLA