This grant offers critical, one-time funding to support an individual investigator’s research activities for the subsequent development of strong, competitive submissions to external, peer-reviewed research sponsors.

Amount: Up to 25,000

Deadline:
Faculty Research Office: November 8, 2017 – if you wish to have feedback on your application please send to Karen Kueneman (kueneman@uwo.ca) at least 2-3 weeks prior to the deadline
Research Development & Services: November 15, 2017 (decision by January)

Eligibility:
Early Career Researchers, who are within three years of the start date of their first eligible academic research appointment at Western.
Mid- or Senior Career Researchers who wish to propose a new project or program/area of research.

SSHRC’s Subject Matter Eligibility guidelines apply to this funding opportunity. The applicant must be eligible to hold a research grant at Western.

NOTE: Successful applicants must submit an external SSHRC grant application within two years of the start of the initial award and are encouraged to also apply for other external support.

More information, application form and guidelines…

Please contact Karen Kueneman, kueneman@uwo.ca, if you plan to apply.

Applications must be accompanied by a ROLA.

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