Alex Gillis describes the problem of predatory conferences in the April 2018 edition of University Affairs: “Many publishers of deceptive or poor-quality academic journals have created a big sideline business organizing equally questionable academic conferences”…
BrainsCAN’s 2018 Accelerator program is now open. Program Objective: The BrainsCAN Accelerator Program is a strategic internal funding opportunity with the explicit goal of increasing and accelerating interdisciplinary research within the BrainsCAN initiative and, where…
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Canada awards the prestigious Tarnopolsky prize annually to a resident of Canada who has made an outstanding contribution to human rights, domestically or internationally. Deadline: April 30, 2018 Amount:…
Western Libraries presents a series of workshops to help researchers build research skills – offered in Spring 2018: Getting Noticed: Tips and Tools for Building and Promoting Your Scholarly Identity March 14, 2018, 1 –…
CFI’s Innovation Fund provides funding for large research infrastructure projects enabling Canada to remain at the forefront of exploration and knowledge generation while making substantial and meaningful contributions to generating social, health, environmental and economic…
The Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science (MRIS) Early Researcher Award (ERA) program helps promising, recently-appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams of undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants, associates, and technicians. The goal…
Organized by Western Libraries, the aim of Western Journal Day is to provide support to scholarly journal editors at Western as well as to engage with those interested in setting up new open access journals…
In this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, Lisa Chasan-Taber provides 10 tips for early career researchers for writing grants… photo credit: Camera Eye Photography Pen to paper 03/52 via photopin (license)
The Petro-Canada program provides one award to a new researcher at Western to recognize, promote and support work that is particularly innovative, impacts positively on the learning environment in their department, and has the potential to…
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…
