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SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant – November 2015 Competition

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant November 2015 Competition

How can emerging technologies be leveraged to benefit Canadians?

The Knowledge Synthesis grant will foster a deeper understanding of the state of knowledge regarding the human dimensions involved in emerging technologies. The resulting syntheses will also help identify roles that the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors may play in seizing future opportunities and mitigating risks related to these technologies. This knowledge will pave the way for developing robust policies, strategies, practices and tools for a sustainable, equitable and prosperous future for Canada and the world.

For full details on this competition, see: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/ksg_emerging_technologies-ssc_technologies_emergentes-eng.aspx

Application Deadline: January 12, 2016 (8:00pm EST)
Results announced: March 2016
Award amount: $25,000
Duration: 1 year

Objectives of this funding opportunity:

State of Knowledge and Research Gaps:
- critically assess the state of knowledge of the Future Challenge Area theme under consideration;
- identify knowledge gaps within the theme; and
- identify the most promising policies and practices related to the theme.
Research Data:
- assess the quality, accuracy and rigour of current work in the field; and
- identify gaps in the quantitative and qualitative data available.
Knowledge Mobilization:
- mobilize knowledge related to promising policies and practices within the academic, private and public policy sectors; and
- facilitate dialogue between academic researchers, cross-sectoral stakeholders and policy-makers in government.

Expected Outcomes

Knowledge Synthesis Grants are not intended to support original research. Rather, they are intended to support the synthesis of existing research knowledge and the identification of knowledge gaps. This call is particularly focused on the state of research knowledge emerging over the past 10 years.

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support researchers, teams of researchers and knowledge users to produce knowledge syntheses and scoping reviews that will contribute to the use of synthesized evidence in decision-making and practice.

Brescia Research Grant Workshop–Focus on Knowledge Mobilization & Translation

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You’re invited to attend a Brescia research grant workshop with a special focus on knowledge mobilization (KMb) and knowledge translation (KT). KMb and/or KT strategies (ideas, activities, partners, plans, etc.) are often required to be developed during the research grant proposal stage (for example, SSHRC and CIHR applications), as well as through the lifecycle of a research project (integrated, and end-of-grant). Kmb/KT strategies are key components of engaged research.

When: Tuesday, November 17^th, 2015Time: 11:30 – 1:00pm
Where: Brescia UC, Mother St. James Bldg, Room 136

Areas of focus in this workshop include:

Gaining a better understanding of KMb and KT concepts and strategies;
Incorporating KMb / KT into the research grant process (integrated and end-of-grant);
KMb / KT related funding opportunities; and
Success stories: KMb/KT research grant case studies/examples.

Questions about this session can be directed to Elizabeth Russell-Minda, Research Officer: elizabeth.minda[at]uwo.ca

Brescia Research Lecture -Professor James Doelman, Excellence in Research Professor of the Year (2015)

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J Doelman_Cambridge University Library Brescia English professor Dr. James Doelman, will present a lecture on his current research on unpublished manuscript funeral elegies from the Early Modern Literary period in England (17th century). Dr. Doelman is the 2015 Brescia Excellence in Research Professor, and winner of the inaugural Brescia Award for Excellence in Research. His forthcoming book, The Epigram in England: 1590-1640 published by Manchester University Press is due out later this year.

For more information on Professor Doelman’s research and the Brescia Award for Excellence in Research, visit:

Dr. James Doelman faculty profile
Brescia Award for Excellence in Research

Event details

When: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 @3:30 – 5:00pm
Where: Mother St. James Building, Room 201 (Brescia campus)

Please send your RSVP by 12:00pm on October 13^th to Elizabeth Russell-Minda, Research Officer: elizabeth.minda[at]uwo.ca x28260

Refreshments will be served.

On behalf of the Office of the Academic Dean, we look forward to seeing you there!

Just Own It! Entrepreneurship Videos and Teacher Guides Now Available

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Brescia’s Just Own It! Entrepreneurship Video series is now available and ready for use in high school classrooms. Earlier this year, Brescia successfully hosted 270 high school girls at a one-day conference and summer entrepreneurship boot camps. The program was supported by funding from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure to promote entrepreneurship to high school girls,

Just Own It! is a series of five videos that provides high school students with an introduction to entrepreneurship . The videos feature young entrepreneurs to whom high school students will relate. The quirky, fun, ironic approach will engage students. The videos range in length from 6 – 8 minutes, ideal for use in an educational environment. Find them on our Just Own It! YouTube channel.

The videos cover topics such as the traits of an entrepreneur, identification of a customer problem, development of a product, creating a business model, validating a business model, and pitching a business idea. And for good measure, we have also created a Teacher’s Guide for each video, with resources and class activities. Go to Just Own It! Teacher’s Guides to download the teacher’s guides. Please share these videos with anyone who might find them helpful in reaching Ontario’s Youth.

If you’d like to help promote these videos, we’re especially interested in getting the message out to high school teachers. Feel free to send a Tweet, Facebook or Linked In post, or just send emails to your nearest and dearest. The Just Own It! team is very grateful for your assistance! Thank you.

SSHRC: Important Updates to Website

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SSHRC has recently updated policies, guidelines and other related information on their website. Please click the following links for more information on these topics:

Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications (new Open Access landing page)
Guidelines for Effective Knowledge Mobilization (new)
Community Engagement Page
Guidelines for Review of Aboriginal Research (new)
Aboriginal Research Statement of Principles (new)
Appeals of Decisions Based on Merit Review (updated)
New and updated definitions for “Aboriginal research,” knowledge mobilization,” “emerging scholars,” and “record of research achievement” (see Definitions and Terms page)
Talent, Insight and Connection Program descriptions (all updated)
Two new joint initiatives: Healthy and Productive Work (with CIHR) and Societal Implications of Disruptive Innovation (with Genome Canada)
Sport Participation Research Initiative (w/Sports Canada) has been updated

The following funding opportunities have been updated (descriptions and application materials):

Insight Grants Funding Opportunity and Resource Centre for Grants (with new resources regarding Research Creation), and
Knowledge Synthesis Grants : What effects will the quest for energy and natural resources have on our society and our position on the world stage?

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant (June 2015 competition)

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What effect will the quest for energy and natural resources have on our society and our position on the world stage?

The Government of Canada has identified natural resources and energy, as well as environment and agriculture, as research priorities for the country. The strategy stresses that the complexity of global challenges such as climate change and energy requires “international research collaborations across many disciplines.”

Natural resources and energy is one of six future challenge areas identified through SSHRC’s Imagining Canada’s Future initiative. These complex issues were identified following an extensive foresight exercise, and reflect key challenges that Canada is likely to face in an evolving global context over the coming decades, and to which the social sciences and humanities research community can contribute its knowledge, talent and expertise.

SSHRC is, therefore, launching a Knowledge Synthesis Grants funding opportunity to which social sciences and humanities researchers can contribute insights focusing on the future challenge area “What effects will the quest for energy and natural resources have on our society and our position on the world stage?”

In support of the objectives noted below, these grants will foster a deeper understanding of the state of knowledge in the social sciences and humanities regarding the human aspects of the search for and the extraction, production and use of energy and natural resources. The resulting syntheses will also help identify roles that the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors may play in seizing future opportunities and mitigating risks related to new global geographies and economies of energy and natural resources. This knowledge will pave the way for developing robust policies, practices and tools for a sustainable, equitable and prosperous future for Canada and the world.

The objectives of this funding opportunity are three-fold:

State of Knowledge and Research Gaps:

describe the state of knowledge of the Future Challenge Area theme under consideration;
identify knowledge gaps within the theme; and
identify the most promising policies and practices related to the theme.

Research Data:

assess the quality, accuracy and rigour of current work in the field; and
identify gaps in the quantitative and qualitative data available.

Knowledge Mobilization:

mobilize knowledge related to promising policies and practices within the academic, private and public policy sectors; and
facilitate dialogue between academic researchers, cross-sectoral stakeholders and policy-makers in government.

Knowledge synthesis grants are not intended to support original research. They are intended to support the synthesis of existing research knowledge and the identification of knowledge gaps.

Value: up to $25,000
Duration: One year
Deadline for submission: September 10, 2015 (8 pm EST)
All synthesis reports must be completed by May 13, 2016

Reports must be submitted in PDF and SSHRC Web CVs are required for each applicant and co-applicant.

Additional details about this opportunity can be found on the SSHRC website: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/ksg_energy-ssc_energie-eng.aspx

CIHR & SSHRC Joint Initiative: Healthy and Productive Work

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Healthy and Productive Work Initiative

Call for Applications (Phase 1): Summer 2015
Full Application Deadline (Phase 1): Fall 2015
Anticipated Funding Start Date (Phase 1): 2016

CIHR and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are pleased to announce a joint initiative: Healthy and Productive Work, aimed at driving innovative, evidence-informed solutions to work and labour market challenges to improve the health and productivity of Canada’s diverse workforce.

This summer, SSHRC and CIHR will launch the first phase of a two-phase Call for Applications under Healthy and Productive Work.

Description

The Healthy and Productive Work Initiative reflects the interplay between health and social sciences in responding to the growing interest in maintaining a healthy, productive and inclusive Canadian workforce.

The goal of Healthy and Productive Work is to bring together researchers, workers, employers, policy-makers, regulators, clinicians, insurers, service providers, workplace safety and insurance boards, unions, professional associations, and other stakeholders across sectors to develop, implement, evaluate and scale-up innovative, evidence-informed and gender-responsive solutions to foster the labour force participation of men and women with health issues (e.g., injuries, illnesses, chronic diseases, mental health challenges, and other conditions) and disabilities, as well as older workers and workers with caregiving responsibilities outside of their paid work.

Healthy and Productive Work builds on research gaps and opportunities identified through consultations with the research community and a broad range of stakeholders.

Highlights

The process through which funding will be allocated will have two phases:

Phase 1 – Incubator Phase (Summer 2015 launch)

The purpose of Phase 1 will be to support planning and development work for teams of researchers and partners (e.g. industry, employers, workers, regulators, service providers, policy makers and other stakeholders) for the purpose of relationship building, knowledge sharing, and collaborative problem/research question identification. Two-year Partnership Development Grants will enable these types of activities and assist teams to prepare for Phase 2. Note that applications at the Partnership Development Grant stage must have a researcher / partner collaboration in place.

Only successful applicants funded through Phase 1 will be eligible to apply for Phase 2.

Phase 2 – Accelerator Phase (anticipated launch fall 2017)

Phase 2 will have as its centerpiece a Partnership Grant with a co-leadership model that involves researchers and partners (e.g. industry, employers, workers, regulators, service providers, policy makers and other stakeholders). Only successful applicants from Phase 1 will be eligible to apply for funding in Phase 2. Applicants will be expected to show that the planned program of research will have a significant impact on enabling the health and productivity of Canada’s diverse workforce.

The Healthy and Productive Work Call for Applications will be posted on the CIHR and SSHRC websites summer 2015. Webinar sessions will be organized to communicate details of the Initiative.

Facilitating Linkages

Funded partnerships must enable reciprocal flow and uptake of research knowledge between researchers and stakeholders – both within and beyond academia – by integrating stakeholders throughout the entire research process. Researchers and stakeholders will collaborate to develop the research questions, decide on methodology, collect data, interpret the findings, and disseminate the research results. This collaboration should increase the likelihood of adoption and uptake of research results.

To express your interest in collaborating, please access the online partner linkage tool. The information collected through this tool will be posted in a sortable table and updated on a weekly basis. The table can be accessed by interested parties only through the Results of the Partner Linkage Tool. The unedited information provided is only accessible via the link and will not be searchable through the Internet.

This is not the only mechanism through which researcher-partner linkages can be facilitated; it is simply a tool initiated by CIHR and SSHRC to help connect interested parties.

Other available resources to facilitate linkages include but are not limited to:

CIHR Funded Research Database: a searchable database of researchers supported by CIHR – a keyword search is available
SSHRC Funded Research Database

For more information, please contact us: spw-spt@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

SSHRC Connection Grant – Aug 1 Competition (July 31st BUC Deadline)

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SSHRC Connection Grant – Aug 1st Competition (July 31st Brescia Deadline)

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 participating.

Matching Funds: SSHRC will not fund the full cost of any Connection event or outreach activity. Additional support in the form of cash and/or in-kind contributions (excluding registration fees), equivalent to a minimum of 50 per cent of the amount requested from SSHRC, must come from sponsoring organizations.

Description: Connection Grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:

disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the humanities and social sciences;
scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the humanities and social sciences and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges between researchers, students and non-academic partners from other countries.

Amount: The maximum value for a SSHRC Connection Grant is now dependent on whether it is an “event” Connection Grant OR if it is a Connection Grant with “outreach activities”.

“Event” Connection grants are a maximum of $25,000 over one year. (Minimum $7,000 and maximum $25,000). This would require $12,500 in-kind and/or cash contribution.
Connection grants with “outreach activities” are a maximum of $50,000. (Minimum $7,000 and maximum $50,000). This would require $25,000 in-kind and/or cash contribution.
SSHRC is willing to consider amounts higher than $50,000, although such applications must satisfactorily justify the need for the higher amount, as well as provide evidence that the entire award can be managed within the one-year time frame.

Application Deadlines:

Brescia Research Officer: July 31st, 2015. (2 days prior to SSHRC deadline). If you wish to have feedback on your application from the Research Officer allow at least one week.
**NOTE: All applications must be “submitted” in the SSHRC web-based forms by Friday July 31st at 2PM ET. Brescia is closed on Monday August 3rd (Civic Holiday), and therefore any applications submitted after Friday July 31st will NOT be transmitted to SSHRC. (SSHRC’s deadline is actually August 3rd, as the Aug 1st deadline falls on a Saturday and they follow “next business day” procedures).

Brescia Deadline	SSHRC Deadline	Decision Date
*July 31^st 2015 at 5PM (ET) see note about holiday**	August 3, 2015 at 2PM *(ET) see note above about holiday**	Wednesday September 30^th, 2015

Submission process in the SSHRC web-based forms:

When the applicant clicks “submit”, the application is sent to the Brescia Research Officer first, and then the Brescia Research Officer is required to forward your application with institutional approval to SSHRC.
When you “submit”, the Brescia Research Officer will email you to tell you that she has received your application as well as what date/time it will be forwarded to SSHRC. If you are going to be away on the day of the deadline or be unavailable by email, please contact the Brescia Research Officer, elizabeth.minda@uwo.ca
Once you receive the email from the Brescia Research Officer you can ask to have the application returned to you (if you need to make changes). Please note: Returning an application will be based on whether there is enough time provided prior to the sponsor deadline to make changes and submit again before the system closes. i.e. the Brescia Research Officer does not usually return applications on the day of the SSHRC deadline.

NOTE:

Applicants can have whatever combination of cash or in-kind they can confirm from sponsoring organizations. That is to say, support from the sponsoring organization can now be entirely in-kind, provided it is justified and calculated appropriately. For information regarding the value of in-kind contributions as per SSHRC, please visit the SSHRC Guidelines for cash and in-kind contributions.
There is a restriction on the number of applications per year. As of June 18, 2014, “An applicant may apply for one Connection Grant per calendar year. An applicant may not apply for or hold more than one Connection Grant for the same event or outreach activity.” Please refer to SSHRC’s regulations regarding multiple applications for more information.
Applicants may draw on complementary funding from SSHRC research grants and/or other research funding agencies, but must make it clear in their budget proposal that there is no duplication of financial support for the same budget expenses. While SSHRC funds may be used in this complementary way, these funds cannot be counted towards the 50 per cent requirement for matching funds.

More Information and link to Applications

Knowledge Mobilization Workshop – UWO

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Knowledge Mobilization/Translation/Synthesis Workshop

Erin Huner
Research Officer, Faculty of Social Science
Natalie Szudy
Research Consultant, Research Development and Services

May 14, 2015
1:00 – 3:00 pm
**NOTE Change in location** Social Science Centre, Room 3026

This workshop was inspired by the fact that, across the Tri-Council (SSHRC/NSERC/CIHR) and large funding agencies outside of the Tri-Council, there is an increasing requirement that grant applications have a well-integrated Knowledge Mobilization/Translation/Synthesis strategy. As such, researchers are now not only tasked with describing how their primary research can be utilized outside the academy, but also by whom, and how.

The goal of the workshop is to help researchers think through this critical new research funding component, and give concrete examples and strategies for creating practical and appropriate Knowledge Mobilization/Translation/Synthesis plans.

RSVP by MAY 11, 2015, to Erin Huner, ehuner@uwo.ca

Getting the Research Out There – Knowledge Mobilization, Translation and Dissemination

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All Tri-Council granting agencies (SSHRC, CIHR and NSERC) require applicants to include knowledge dissemination plans within their applications for research funding. Other non-Tri-Council sponsors may also require knowledge dissemination plans to be included in the application. Knowledge dissemination takes on various forms: Knowledge mobilization (KMb) is the standard term used by SSHRC, Knowledge Translation (KT) is commonly used by CIHR, and NSERC has been known to use both terms interchangeably. Differences do exist between KD concepts, but all have a common goal in moving research from the “lab” to the social sphere through direct communication and exchange between researchers and the public. KMb/KT/KD is typically carried out through reports, policies, practice, meetings, and conferences. But research findings can be communicated and disseminated in many other creative and non-traditional ways. Internet-based communications and social media channels have created additional (and immediate) avenues for getting research findings out to a wider audience.

Examples of KMb/KT include:

publications (e.g., journal articles, books);
events such as workshops and conferences;
teaching curricula; and/or
various forms of knowledge synthesis and networking.

If feasible, research results should be made available to the public through websites, databases, or institutional repositories in accordance with many Tri-Council Open Access policies.

KT/KMb/KD plans do not have to be formulaic. They can be integrated as a part of the proposed research study, and as part of an “end of study” dissemination plan, or both.