For further details please contact the Office of Research &
Graduate Studies, oc 101, 748-1245 or visit our website http://www.trentu.ca
/academic/research. Please note that all internal policies and application
forms are now available at our website.
Important Upcoming Deadlines
Internal
SSHRC Personally Funded Travel Grants, March 15; Symons Trust Fund for
Canadian Studies, April 15; Edith Addyman Research Fund, April 30.
External
National Health Research and Development Program (NHRDP) Personnel awards,
March 1; Banting Research Foundation, March 1; AUCC Canadian Latin American
Travel Grants, March 31; SSHRC "Valuing Literacy in Canada", March 31;
SSHRC Strategic Grants, Letter of Intent, April 1; SSHRC
Community-University Research Alliances (CURA), Letter of Intent, April 1:
Canadian Studies Directorate, April 1; NSERC Strategic Grants, April 9; Aid
to Occasional Research Conferences, May 1; University Partnerships in
Co-operation and Development (UPCD) Microfund, May 14; SSHRC Joint
Initiative - "Federalism and Federations", June 14; Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) Tier 2, Nov. 5.
NSERC Strategic Grants
The following are the targeted research areas for 1999-2000.
Biotechnologies, Energy Efficiency technologies, Environmental
technologies, Manufacturing and Processing Technologies, Materials
technologies. The internal deadline for receipt of applications is April 9.
New Deadline for SSHRC Strategic Grants
The deadline for letters of intent for the three new strategic grants has
been moved. The grants will support interdisciplinary research teams
working in partnership with policy-makers and other potential users of
research: (i) Exploring social cohesion in a globalizing era; (ii)
Challenges and opportunities of a knowledge-based economy; and (iii)
Society culture and the health of Canadians. The deadline for letters of
intent is now April 1.
SSHRC Community-University Research Alliance (CURA)
The purpose of this program is to create special joint university-community
alliances that, foster innovative research, training and the advancement of
knowledge in areas of importance for the social, cultural or economic
development of communities. The program will fund up to 8 CURAs in the
first year for up to $200,000 per year for three years. Deadline for a
letter of intent is April 1.
Edith Addyman Research Fund
The Edith Addyman Research Fund supports research into local government in
Peterborough County with an emphasis on contemporary issues at the
municipal and county levels. The competition is open to faculty, students
and staff. Deadline is April 30.
Public Lending Right (PLR) Commission
The PLR, established in 1986 is a program of payments to Canadian authors
for their eligible books catalogued in libraries across Canada. Payments
are determined by sampling the holdings of a representative number of
libraries, the more libraries in which an eligible title is found, the
larger the PLR payment. Faculty with recent publications should register
between February 15 and May 1, 1999. For further information call (613)
566-4378.
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