York University Small Research Grant - Application

York University Small Research Grant - Application

York University Small Research Grant

Introduction

York University is making $1M available annually to support research administration and research intensification efforts of YUFA members. At least 75% of the total annual funding of this Fund will be dedicated and available only to employees working in the following Faculties:

School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (“AMPD”);
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (“LA&PS”);
The Faculty of Education;
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (“EUC”);
Glendon College;
The School of Nursing;
The School of Health Policy and
Management in the Faculty of Health.

The remaining up-to-25% will be distributed to employees working in the remaining Faculties.

Who is eligible to apply for funding?

This program is available to employees in YUFA who do not have a Generic Research Cost Centre Balance exceeding $50,000.

Application Deadline

There will be a maximum of two application windows per year. However, funds will be distributed on a first come first served basis, subject to the dedication of at least 75% of total annual funding to the Faculties/academic units noted above, which may result in only 1 application window in a given year.

The dates for the application windows are as follows:

Application Window 1:

• For the current exercise, Application Window 1 will run from November 1 until November 15, 2022.
•VPRI will begin to announce results of application review on December 15.
•In subsequent years, Application 1 will run from August 1 to August 15. VPRI will begin to announce results of application review before September 15.

Application Window 2:

•For the current exercise, Application Window 2 will be April 1 until April 15, 2023.
•VPRI will begin to announce results of application review on May 15.
•In subsequent years application Window 2 will run from January 15 to February 1. VPRI will begin to announce results of application review before March 1.

Award Amounts:

Applicants may receive awards of up to $5,000 per fiscal year. Applicants will receive notification from VPRI regarding the results of the application review assuming that submission is through this MachForm. For SSHRC eligible disciplines please see the SSHRC Explore Grants for other internal funds supporting the direct costs of research.

https://yulink-new.yorku.ca/group/yulink/internal-opportunities/-/asset_publisher/CCdFRml831g4/content/sshrc-explore-grant?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=%2Fgroup%2Fyulink%2Fselected-funding-opportunities

Application Form (complete form below):

Incomplete forms will not be entered into the review stage. They will be returned asking the applicant to amend and apply in a subsequent application deadline.