Category Archives: Canada Council for the Arts

Killam Program: Research Fellowships and Prizes

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From the Killam Canada Council for the Arts website:

The Canada Council Killam Prizes were inaugurated in 1981 with a donation by Mrs. Dorothy J. Killam in memory of her husband, Izaak Walton Killam. The Prizes were created to honour eminent Canadian scholars and scientists actively engaged in research, whether in industry, government agencies or universities.

The Killam Program at the Canada Council also includes the Killam Research Fellowships, which support scholars engaged in research projects of outstanding merit in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering and interdisciplinary studies within these fields.

The Canada Council Killam Program is part of a larger set of Killam Trusts, which fund scholarship and research at four Canadian universities, a neurological research and clinical institute and the Canada Council. In total, the Killam Trusts are valued at approximately $425 million, of which the Canada Council portion is $55 million. For more information about the Killam Trusts, please visit www.killamlaureates.ca.

Prizes:

Five prizes of $100,000 are awarded each year in recognition of outstanding career achievements (1 prize in each of the 5 fields).

Nomination deadline for 2017 prizes: June 15, 2016
If the competition deadline falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Guidelines and Nomination Form [PDF, 334.1 KB]

Fellowships:

Fellowships are awarded each year, normally to full professors at Canadian universities and research institutes, who have an outstanding reputation in their area of research. The fellowship provides 2 years of release time (valued at $70,000 per year).

Application deadline for 2017 fellowships: May 15, 2016. If the competition deadline falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Application guidelines [PDF, 202.5 KB]

Online application system

If you are interested in applying for, or nominating someone for a Killam Prize Fellowship, please contact the Brescia Research Officer.

Canada Council for the Arts–John G. Diefenbaker Award

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Program Description

The John G. Diefenbaker Award is funded by an endowment given to the Canada Council for the Arts by the Government of Canada. The endowment, announced by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney during his visit to Germany in the spring of 1991, honours the memory of former Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker.

The award is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, in a shared history of collaboration with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany. It is a counterpart to the Konrad Adenauer Award, created by Germany for Canadian scholars in 1988, which is administered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in co-operation with the Royal Society of Canada and the University of Toronto.

The award is given annually, and it enables a distinguished German scholar to do research in Canada, which may include brief periods in the United States. While research must be the primary activity during the award period, the award recipient will be encouraged to participate in the teaching activities of the host institution and to interact with the research communities in Canada and the United States by visiting other institutions.

The teaching and institutional visiting activities are intended to broaden the impact of the award recipient’s visit, while enriching the visitor’s experience.The spirit of the award is to encourage exchange between scholarly communities in Canada and Germany.

Deadline: November 1, 2015

If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day. Your completed nomination form and all required support material must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.

Prize amount

The award is for 12 months, although shorter award periods will be considered. The award period should begin on or after August 1, following the selection of the award recipient.

The amount of the award for a full year is CDN$80,000. These funds are to be used by the host institution as a contribution towards the payment of the salary of the visiting scholar.

In addition, a grant of up to CDN$15,000 is provided to cover the cost of travel to the Canadian host institution (including travel of the recipient’s immediate family for award periods longer than three months) and travel to other institutions in Canada and the United States.

The amount of an award for a briefer period will be an appropriate proportion of a full award.

Eligibility

By nomination only.

Candidates may not apply for this award: they must be nominated by a department within a host university or research institute in Canada.

This award is open to German scholars who have demonstrated outstanding ability, especially through a substantial publication record over several years. The award is offered in support of research in any of the disciplines of the social sciences and humanities.

Candidates must be German citizens with a contractual or working relationship with an academic institution in Germany. They must have a sound working knowledge of at least one of Canada’s two official languages. If no appropriate candidate is nominated, the award may be withheld and carried over to the following year.

Additional Information

Website: http://canadacouncil.ca/council/prizes/find-a-prize/prizes/john-g-diefenbaker-award
Please refer to the complete Nomination Guidelines [PDF, 267.3 KB].

Luiza Pereira
Program Officer
Prizes Section
1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 4086
TTY : 1-866-585-5559

For a complete list of past recipients please visit: Cumulative lists of winners

The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal, cultural and regional communities, and from people with disabilities.

 

Canada Council for the Arts–Molson Prizes

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Molson Prizes

Program Description
Two Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes, in the amount of $50,000 each, are awarded annually to distinguished individuals (one in the arts and one in the social sciences and humanities). The prizes are intended to encourage continuing contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.

The prizes are funded by an endowment from the Molson Foundation, and they are administered by the Canada Council for the Arts in cooperation with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The winners are chosen by a peer assessment committee, which is appointed jointly by the Canada Council and the SSHRC.

Deadline: November 1, 2015
Note: If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Prize Amount: The prize is valued at $50,000.

Eligibility
By nomination only. These prizes are for individuals. Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. They do not need to be residing in Canada.To be nominated, candidates must have made a substantial and distinguished contribution over a significant period. In the words of the deed of the gift, the prizes are intended “to encourage Canadians of outstanding achievement in the fields of the arts, the humanities or the social sciences to make further contribution to the cultural or intellectual heritage of Canada….” These terms of reference are interpreted as follows:

  • candidates must have clearly demonstrated “outstanding achievement” in order to be nominated
  • “further contribution” indicates that the candidates should still be active and productive.

For more information, guidelines, and form:
Website: http://canadacouncil.ca/council/prizes/find-a-prize/prizes/molson-prizes

Refer to the complete Nomination Guidelines [PDF, 274.5 KB].

Contact:
Luiza Pereira, Program Officer
Prizes Section1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 4086TTY: 1-866-585-5559
For a complete list of past recipients, please contact Luiza Pereira.

The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal, cultural and regional communities, and from people with disabilities.