Bridging Divides Workshop Grants for TMU Scholars

The call for applications for the 2024/2025 academic year is now closed

Description

Bridging Divides (BD) Workshop Grants are expected to fund gatherings and convenings that respond to the objectives of the BD program of building a new understanding of the challenges and opportunities that migrant integration poses for Canada locally and across borders.

The funds present opportunities for BD researchers, staff and students who are part of the Bridging Divides team at Toronto Metropolitan University to exchange knowledge and engage with other researchers and stakeholders from academic institutions and public and private organizations on research issues related to Immigrant Health and Well-Being, Employment and Lifelong Learning, Place and Infrastructure and Citizenship and Participation. Workshops and conferences funded by BD can often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects or an opportunity to disseminate research results.

Bridging Divides supports a wide range of initiatives that aim at facilitating: 

• Disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in any of the program’s research themes;
• Intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers from the participating institutions and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors;
• International research collaboration and scholarly exchanges with researchers, students, and non-academic partners from other countries.

Overview

Eligibility 

BD workshop funding is awarded through an open competition. Workshop proposals can involve any of the program’s thematic areas, approaches, or subject areas eligible for BD funding. Projects whose primary objective is to conduct research activities such as literature reviews, field work, data collection and interviews, or to develop stand-alone volumes for books or monographs are not eligible for funding through the BD workshop grants. Book launches and similar report dissemination are not eligible for funding through the BD workshop competition. BD will not fund past events and outreach activities retroactively. Students enrolled in a program of study are eligible to apply but their proposals should be supported by at least one more BD researcher (whether faculty, staff or student). Collaborative proposals from 2 or more Bridging Divides-TMU researchers are strongly encouraged. Likewise, event proposals engaging with more than one sub-themes or projects and events that engage Bridging Divides’ non-academic partners are also strongly encouraged.

Matching Funds or External Funding

Applicants can draw on complementary funding from research grants and/or other research funding agencies but must make clear in their budget proposal that there is no duplication of financial support for the same budget expenses.

Design of Convenings

Conferences, Workshops, Research Planning or Research Dissemination Meetings
Proposed workshops must be designed to engage researchers and where relevant a broader public through knowledge creation/exchange or knowledge mobilization. Proposed workshops must be in Canada. 

Application Process

All applications must be submitted via email to bridging.divides@torontomu.ca by noon on the deadline date in a single file clearly named with the last name of the main applicant and a shorthand title for the event.

Monitoring and reporting

Applicants will be expected to report on the use of grant funds, on funded activities undertaken during the funding period and on outcomes. Please provide a two page outline of the activities undertaken during the workshop, what was achieved during the event including plans for publication or other output, contributions to training early career scholars and HQP, and add any other comments you deem pertinent within one week after the event to bridging.divides@torontomu.ca. Please note that reporting is mandatory. Bridging Divides will not consider future applications from individuals with outstanding reports.