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. Applications to attend Learned Societies meetings (i.e. SSHRC Congress) or personal development events will not be accepted. 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 2, 2009 (2-3 weeks prior if you wish feedback on your proposal – submit to Karen Kueneman)
Research Western: February 16, 2009, 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

Forms must be accompanied by an RDAF

SSHRC Internal Research

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 2, 2009 (1-2 weeks prior if you wish feedback on your proposal – submit to Karen Kueneman)
Research Western: February 16, 2009

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

Forms must be accompanied by an RDAF.

New Funding Opportunities Webpage

Research Development & Services is pleased to announce the launch of their new Funding Opportunities Webpage.  This tool is the first of many improvements that will be made possible by the enhancements to ROLA.

New Fresh Look
The Funding Opportunities page maintains the same information available to you in the past, but in a fresh new visual format that can be sorted not only alphabetically by Sponsor, but also by one or many of 10 research disciplines.

Users may click on one of the link buttons in each entry for further information.
The Details button provides a PDF summary of the funding opportunity
The Sponsor button allows you to link directly to sponsor website for detailed information
The ROLA button  allows you to link to ROLA to complete an RDAF/RFRA form

New and Updated Funding Opportunities
Updates will be posted to this site on a regular basis.  Deans and Chairs will continue to be notified of additions to the page by email.

Is Research Western Missing A Funding Opportunity That You Know About?
Members of the research community at Western are encouraged to provide RD&S with information about potential research funding.  These submissions will be reviewed and posted to the system as quickly as possible.  Send your details to rdscomms@uwo.ca.

Future Changes Coming to RD&S Funding Opportunities in the New Year.

Define The Funding Opportunities You Want To See
Individual users will be able to receive funding opportunities directly by email and define the disciplines to be included in the detail as appropriate for their research.

Funding Opportunities Website will Pre-populate Your ROLA Proposal
The launch of the ROLA enhancements will allow users to link directly from the Funding Opportunities table and pre-populate much of their ROLA Proposals required for institutional signature

Public Consultation on the Draft 2nd Edition of the TCPS

The release of the draft 2nd edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) is the culmination of seven years of consultation and collaboration between Canada’s research community and the members of the Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE).

The TCPS was jointly developed in 1998 by Canada’s three research agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The Agencies formed PRE in 2001 to interpret and promote the TCPS. PRE’s mandate is to ensure that the policy evolves to keep pace with changes in research and society at large.

The Panel has proposed substantial changes in the draft 2nd edition that include a new set of core principles, clarified definitions, simplified articles, and new chapters on qualitative research and research involving Aboriginal peoples.

Public engagement is essential to ensure the success of the 2nd edition of the TCPS. PRE has planned the TCPS Regional Consultation Tour 2009, scheduled to cross Canada from January through March 2009. PRE will showcase the TCPS at academic institutions across the country, inviting feedback from researchers, research ethics boards and administrators, research participants and the Canadian public.

The draft 2nd edition of the TCPS is currently available for your review. An overview of what is new is also available.

Please send your comments on the draft 2nd edition of the TCPS to draft2e@pre.ethics.gc.ca. The consultation period ends March 31, 2009.

Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award

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

Deadline: 
Faculty of Education Associate Dean’s Office: February 9, 2009 (2-3 weeks before agency deadline if you would like feedback on your application- contact Karen Kueneman)
Research Development  & Services: February 16, 2009

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 RDAF.

Application and guidelines…

Research Development & Services Closing

Research Development & Services will be closed

 

Thursday December 11th
12:00 noon – 4:00 pm

for a Holiday Celebration

 

They will reopen Friday December 12th at 8:00 a.m.

Office of Research Ethics – Holiday Hours Announced

The Office of Research Ethics will be closing its doors at noon on Wednesday December 24 for the holiday break.  The office will re-open for regular business on Monday January 5 at 8:30.

Our Researchers – Talks and Papers in November

Peter Jaffe and Ray Hughes published an article in the Fall issue of the OSSTF Forum, Preventing Violence Against Girls, Vol. 34, Issue 3, Fall 2008.  

Peter Jaffe was widely quoted on the issue of Ontario Government’s proposed reforms to protect women affected by domestic abuse. Peter was interviewed and quoted in the London Free Press, the Globe & Mail and on CBC Radio on November 25.

Shelley Taylor presented a paper: Learning to crack the code: Strategies developed by minority language children for second and third language learning in a school setting, at the TESL Ontario Conference “Strategies for Language Learning and Teaching” in Toronto on November 14.  

Maureen Smith is quoted in the December, 2008 edition of Professionally Speaking. The article, The Core of the Matter, by Michael Salvatori is Part 1 of “Change is the constant for French as a Second Language in Ontario.”

Allan Pitman travelled to Singapore to attend the final planning session of the World Education Research Association (WERA) on November 24 and 25. The newly formed WERA will link to education associations around the world and will support the establishment of a group of education researchers where infrastructure does not exist. From Singapore, Allan flew off to South Korea on the 26th to deliver the keynote speech at the Asia Pacific Research Association Conference. His topic was Capacity Building in South East Asian Universities: International Challenges. 

Ron Hansen attended the 5th Biennial International Conference on Technology Education Research in Queensland, Australia from November 26-29 presenting his paper entitled Technical Innovation Research Project.

Rebecca Coulter gave an invited presentation, Where the Boys Are: Learning from Young Men, to the Canadian Safe Schools Network conference on November 25 in Toronto.