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- Summer 2023
- SCA's Arne Eigenfeldt in The Conversation: Why the growth of AI in making art won’t eliminate artists
- FCAT hosts Safe Space for White Questions online discussion
- Our Way and The Klabona Keepers among 5th Annual Skoden Film Festival award winners
- FCAT supports northern BC communities with increased learning opportunities
- Master of Digital Media Grads Tackle Plastic Waste Blanketing Our Oceans with Group Shopping App
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- Introducing FCAT Research Spotlight
- The School of Communication's 50th Anniversary: From 1973 to 2023
- Spring 2023
- Cody Sawatsky Memorial Plaque Unveiled at the SFU Surrey Campus
- Scholarly Impact of the Week: Michael Filimowicz
- School of Interactive Arts & Technology professor Wolfgang Stuerzlinger inducted to prestigious VR academy
- Meet Nico Hernandez, 2022 Lighthouse Lab Prize Recipient
- Jon Corbett Joins School of Interactive Art and Technology
- Welcome Kota Ezawa, the 2023 Spring Audain Visual Artist in Residence
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- Eight SFU innovators bestowed with Canada’s highest academic honour
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- Graduating Student Sharlyn Monillas Tells Us About Her Time in CMNS
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- SFU researchers receive over $6 million to tackle online disinformation, foster data fluencies
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- Leadership and Agile Production Management micro-credential established in partnership with DigiBC
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- Episode 3: Connecting Design and Technology with Sofia Bautista
- Episode 4: Storytelling in Game Design with Mars Balisacan
- Episode 5: Challenging the Status Quo through Art with Shion Skye Carter & Stefan Nazarevich
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- Episode 8: Making a Name in Independent Filmmaking with Gloria Mercer
- Episode 9: It All Starts with a Strategy with Adam Brayford
- Episode 10: Shifting Places, Shifting Minds with Milton Lim
- Episode 11: Being the Big Piece in a Small Pie with Jordan Yep
- Episode 12: Reimagining Dance Training with Tin Gamboa
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- Episode 0: Welcome to FCAT After School Series 2!
- Episode 1: Entrepreneurship in UX Design with Eric Lee
- Episode 2: Community and Adaptability in the Performing Arts with Howard Dai
- Episode 3: Mastering the Art of Publishing with Jazmin Welch
- Episode 4: Navigating your Educational Journey with Broadcaster Simi Sara
- Episode 5: Career Transitions of a Software Engineer with Vic Ong
- Episode 6: Becoming Your Own Boss with Kirstin Richter
- Episode 7: Gaining a Global Outlook with Kai Bockmann
- Episode 8: Finding Your Place in Publishing with Heidi Waechtler
- Episode 9: Exploring Virtual Production with Brenda Medina
- Episode 10: Inclusion in the Design Industry with Priscilla Skylar Lee
- Episode 11: Exploring Study Focus in Contemporary Arts with Sophie Tang
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- Season 2, Episode 2: Community and Adaptability in the Performing Arts with Howard Dai
- Season 2, Episode 3: Mastering the Art of Publishing with Jazmin Welch
- Season 2, Episode 4: Navigating your Educational Journey with Broadcaster Simi Sara
- Season 2, Episode 5: Career Transitions of a Software Engineer with Vic Ong
- Season 2, Episode 6: Becoming Your Own Boss with Kirstin Richter
- Season 2, Episode 7: Kai Bockmann
- Season 2, Episode 8: Finding Your Place in Publishing with Heidi Waechtler
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External Grant OPPORTUNITIES
Upcoming and ONGOING TRI-COUNCIL, EXTERNAL, AND INTERNAL GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINES
To increase grant application success, FCAT faculty members are encouraged to request support for proposal development and review. Please contact FCAT's Research Facilitator, Kimberly O'Donnell, for more information.
Note about Deadlines & Internal Approval Procedures:
Please note that you must submit your documents to FCAT for Signature Sheet approval five business days in advance of the external deadline, and submit your full application, including Signature Sheet, to ORS three business days in advance of the external deadline.
TRI-COUNCIL FUNDING
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- Connection Grant
+ Description: Supports events ($7K-$25K) and outreach activities ($7K-$50K) for short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization.
+ Deadline: August 1, 2022, November 1, May 1, February 1 (8PM ET)
+ Value: $7,000 - $50,000 over one (1) year
- Insight Grant
+ Description: Supports research excellence and initiatives in the social sciences and humanities. Applicants choose from one of two streams.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Stream A Value: $7,000 - $100,000 | Stream B Value: $100,001 - $400,000 over two (2) to five (5) years - Insight Development Grant
+ Description: Supports the development of new research questions; initial stage support.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $7,000 - $75,000 over one (1) to two (2) years - Partnership Grant
+ Description: Supports new and existing partnerships to advance research, training and/or knowledge mobilization.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Stage 1: up to $20,000 | Stage 2: up to $2.5 million (by invitation only) - Partnership Development Grant
+ Description: Supports the design and testing of new and existing partnership approaches for research.
+ Deadline: November 15, 2022 (8PM ET)
+ Value: $75,000 - $200,000 over up to three (3) year - Partnership Engage Grant
+ Description: Supports organizations in non-academic sectors facing immediate needs and time constraints.
+ Deadline: September 15, December 15, March 15, June 15 (8PM ET)
+ Value: $7,000 - $25,000 over one (1) year
- Knowledge Synthesis Grant: Gender-Based Violence
+ Description: Supports research examining and synthesizing existing knowledge on gender-based violence.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $30,000 over one (1) year
NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL (NSERC)
- Discovery Grants
+ Description: Supports ongoing programs of research that recognize creativity and innovation.
+ NOI Deadline: Closed.
+ Application Deadline: November 1, 2022
+ Value: Average of $33,633 per year, up to five (5) years - Discovery Horizons Grant
+ Description: Supports projects that integrate disciplines to advance natural sciences and engineering knowledge.
+ LOI Deadline: Closed.
+ Application Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $50,000 - $100,000 per year, up to five (5) years - Research Tools and Instruments Program
+ Description: Supports the purpose of research equipment for discovery, innovation, and training capability.
+ Deadline: October 25, 2022
+ Value: Up to $150,000 over one (1) year - Alliance Consortia Grant
+ Description: Supports the development of domestic research collaborations in quantum science and technology.
+ Deadline: October 21, 2022
+ Value: $500,000 to $1 million per year, over three (3) to five (5) years - Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program
+ Description: Designed to improve the training and mentoring environment of students and postdoctoral fellows.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Maximum of CAD 1.65 million over six (6) years - Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grant
+ Description: Supports research and development projects with recognized technology transfer potential.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Varies
CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH (CIHR)
- Project Grant
+ Description: Supports advancements in the health field by funding projects by researchers in all areas of health.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Varies - Catalyst Grant: Policy Research for Health System Transformation
+ Description: Supports projects that generate evidence to inform macro-level policies to support health care and public health systems, with the aim of improving population health outcomes, bettering patient and provider experience, and increasing value and health equity.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $150,000 per year, up to one (1) year - Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts
+ Description: Supports projects that use data from existing Canadian-based cohorts, databases, and data platforms, and are relevant to reproductive, maternal, child, and/or youth health
+ Registration Deadline: Closed.
+ Application Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $75,000, up to one (1) year
Multi-Disciplinary
- New Frontiers in Research - Exploration
+ Description: Supports high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. Seeks to bring disciplines together beyond traditional approaches.
+ NOI Deadline: Closed.
+ Application Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Up to $125,000 per year for up to two (2) years
OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING
CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS (CCA)
The Canadian Council for the Arts funds Canadian artists, artistic groups, and organizations committed to the creation and dissemination of innovative, vibrant, and diverse art. Supports research, development, creation, and production of work, as well as artists' professional development.
- Concept to Realization Composite
+ Description: Supports the full creative cycle, from initial idea to presentation.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $60,000 per year - Research and Creation
+ Description: Supports the initial stages of creative project
+ Deadline: Any time before start date of project
+ Value: $25,000 per year
BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTS COUNCIL (BCAC)
- Operating Assistance Grants
+ Description: Various and ongoing assistance funds to support B.C.-based, not-for-profit arts and cultural organizations, and for-profit book publishers.
+ Deadline: September 15, 2022 (all)
+ Value: Varies
MITACS
- Mitacs Elevate
+ Description: Postdoctoral research fellowship with professional development component.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $60,000 per year, over two (2) years - partner institution must contribute $30,000 per year - Mitacs Accelerate
+ Description: Paid internships match-funded by MITACS and partner organizations for full-time students/fellows/post-docs.
+ Deadline: Anytime
+ Value: Varies (minimum $7,500) - Mitacs Entrepreneur International
+ Description: Offers travel grants to Canadian start-ups housed in an incubator linked to an academic institution.
+ Deadline: Anytime
+ Value: Up to $5,000
MICHAEL SMITH HEALTH RESEARCH BC (MSHRBC)
- Scholar Program
+ Description: Supports early-career health researchers who are building leading-edge health research programs.
+ LOI Deadline: Closed.
+ Application Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $90,000 per year, for up to five (5) years - Research Trainee Program
+ Description: Supports health researchers in training to enable career development and support world-class health research in BC.
+ LOI Deadline: Closed.
+ Application Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $45,000 per year, for up to three (3) years
- Reach Program
+ Description: Supports researchers to disseminate research evidence through events, activities, and/or tools to 'extend the reach' of their work.
+ Applicant Deadline: Closed.
+ Host Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Up to $15,000 over 18 months - C2 Program
+ Description: Supports teams of health researchers and research users to co-develop research with a direct impact in BC.
+ Applicant Deadline: Closed.
+ Host Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $15,000 over 18 months
COMMUNITY FUNDING
Vancouver Foundation
- Participatory Action Research Grant - Convene:
+ Description: Short-term grants to help teams unpack a complex heath issue & to question systemic behaviours that have created the issue. Help teams articulate a research question and develop a participatory research project plan for future work.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Up to $20,000 for up to one (1) year - Participatory Action Research Grant - Investigate:
+ Description: Help teams answer a research question, analyze their findings, and share knowledgeto support the community to take action in the future.
+ Stage 1 Deadline: Closed.
+ Stage 2 Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Up to $100,000 per year, for up to three (3) years - Systems Change Grant
+ Description: Supports projects that take action to address root causes of pressing issues by influencing the behaviours of populations, organizations, and institutions.
+ Stage 1 Deadline: Closed.
+ Stage 2 Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Up to $100,000 per year, for up to three (3) years (requires matching funds)
Spencer Foundation
- Research Grants on Education: Small
+ Description: Support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research relevant to most pressing questions and opportunities in education.
+ Proposal Deadline: December 5, 2022 (10AM PT)
+ Value: Up to $50,000, over one (1) to five (5) years - Research Grants on Education: Large
+ Description: Support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research relevant to most pressing questions and opportunities in education.
+ NOI Deadline: January 12, 2023 (10AM PT)
+ Proposal Deadline: February 22. 2023 (10AM PT)
+ Value: $125,000 to $500,000, over one (1) to five (5) years.
- [Tier 1: $125,000 to 250,000; Tier 2: $250,001 to $375,000; Tier 3: $375,001 to $500,000] - Lyle Spencer Research Awards to Transform Education
+ Description: Supports intellectually ambitious research projects that aspire to transform education.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: $525,000 to 1 million USD, over up to five (5) years - Research-Practice Partnerships: Collaborative Research for Educational Change
+ Description: Supports education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships.
+ NOI Deadline: November 9, 2022 (10AM PT)
+ Application Deadline: December 7, 2022 (10AM PT)
+ Value: Up to $400,000, for up to three (3) years
- Racial Equity Research Grants
+ Description: Supports education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education.
+ Deadline: Closed.
+ Value: Up to $75,000 over one (1) to five (5) years