Need Help with Academic Poster Design?
Thanks to the FIMULAW Graduate Interdisciplinary Research Day organizers for some great resources on creating posters for an academic audience. See this blog post to access the resources.
Articles by Kueneman, Karen
Office of Human Research Ethics: Multi-Jurisdictional Research Guidance Document
Many researchers conduct research outside their home institution, which is also known as multi-jurisdictional research. Examples of this kind of work include scholars collaborating with colleagues at other institutions or physically conducting their own research…
SSHRC Connection Grants – May
SSHRC’s Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and outreach activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those…
American Musicological Society Awards
The American Musicological Society (AMS) has a number of Awards, many with deadlines upcoming in the next few months. Deadlines and value varies. For some you must be a member of AMS but for others…
Knowledge Mobilization/ Translation Capacity Development at Western
If you or someone on your research team (students, staff, faculty, etc) are particularly skilled in Knowledge Mobilization / Knowledge Transfer / Knowledge Translation please refer them to this project. The project plans to enable…
Canadian Bar Association – Law for the Future Fund
The Law for the Future Fund provides financial support for legal research conducted under the auspices of the Canadian Bar Association. Amount: unspecified (amounts granted vary from $5000 – $40,000) Deadlines: Faculty Research Office: At…
Law Foundation of Ontario – Responsive Grants
The Law Foundation of Ontario’s Responsive Grants provide funding to nonprofit organization for programs to improve access to justice for Ontarians. Responsive grants aim to encourage new ideas, approaches, and relationships that can help address…
Workshop: Writing in the Age of Distraction
Do you struggle to find the focus you need to think and write? The 21st-century professor has to manage: the constant barrage of emails;the unending needs of students, colleagues, and family members;the distractions of social…
Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award
The Petro-Canada program provides awards to new researchers at Western ($16,000) to recognize, promote and support work that is particularly innovative, impacts positively on the learning environment in their department, and has the potential to be…
Crowdsourcing Platforms – Pros and Cons
From the University of Waterloo’s Survey Research Centre an article describing the pros and cons of using crowdsourcing platforms to recruit participants. photo credit: floffimedia swarm intelligence via photopin (license)