Kwantlen Research Grants - HSS and S&T
PROGRAM INFORMATION & APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
AWARD AMOUNTS:
Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) and
Sciences and Technology (S&T)
Grants up to $3,000
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Kwantlen Polytechnic University has committed funds to the enhancement of the environment for, and visibility of, scholarly and research activity.
The Institution has received a Grant to support research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Funds are matched by the ORS for other disiplines.
OBJECTIVES
HSS Grants are intended to support the dissemintation of knowledge, the acquisition of specific knowledge or skills. It also may be used to support research that is in its very earliest stages of development, in the anticipation of application to a future Katalyst Grant or other developmental fund
ELIGIBILITY
1. HSS Grants: All faculty in the Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, Academic and Career Advancement and the School of Business.
2. S&T Grants: All faculty in the Horticulture, Sciences, Design, Trades & Technology, Community & Health Studies and the Library.
3. The abstract/summary page for any funding already obtained or currently being requested from other sources should be attached to the application. If this is not available, applicants should include a short descriptive paragraph for each of the research projects currently held or applied for whose status is not yet known.
REVIEW AND ADJUDICATION
The HSS and S&T Grants applications are adjudicated by a committee of your peers on the faculty of Kwantlen. Members come from Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Horticulture, the Library, Community and Health Studies and ACA. While the committee members are researchers in their own fields and with varied areas of expertise, no applicant can rely on the committee being knowledgeable in her/his specialized area of research. Thus, applicants are strongly encouraged to write about the proposed research in non-technical language understandable to researchers in other fields. In establishing the Katalyst Grant, the intent is to provide funding to enhance researchers’ competitive position when applying for external funding, and not to replace external funding. Thus, proposals that involve the development of new areas of research for the applicant or which prepare them to demonstrate a research competence when applying for external funding are favored by the Adjudication Committee over those which continue existing research endeavors.
GUIDELINES
1. A Progress Report indicating what has been accomplished with the funding must be submitted to ORS within six months of the end of the term of the grant. This form is available on the ORS site http://www.kwantlen.bc.ca/research/forms_resources.html
DEADLINE
The next call for proposals will be on June 1, 2012. An announcement will be made on Today@Kwantlen approximately 5 to 6 weeks prior to the deadline and the application will be activated and accessible on the Romeo Researcher Portal. If the date falls on a weekend or a statutory holiday the deadline will be extended to the next working day.
