Research Funding for Faculty

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USMC Research Administration Committee

June 2008, reviewed February 2024

TRAVEL/CONFERENCE SUPPORT (maximum award to any one individual: $1200 per academic year [July 1 to June 30]) 

  1. Must be full time faculty member, librarian, Fellow, Fellow Emeritus, retired faculty or Fellow. 
  2. Must be presenting at the conference. Abstract and notice of acceptance to be included with application, or (notice of acceptance) follow as soon as available. Funds will only be released upon confirmation of acceptance, otherwise they will revert back to the funding pool. 
  3. Applicant must acknowledge affiliation with USMC/RSM on the program/conference abstract. 
  4. Priority will be given to those who are early career (defined as having held their first academic appointment within the last 10 years), seeking tenure and/or promotion, full time faculty and full time librarians. 
  5. Priority will be given to applicants with limited access to other sources of funding. 
  6. Preference will be given to applicants who have been the primary applicant for a major grant (SSHRC, Lilly, etc.) within the past three years. 
  7. Preference will be given to applications which benefit the USMC/RSM community.
  8. Typically only one grant per (award) year per applicant to a maximum of $1200 or an amount to be determined for that year based on the total amount of SSHRC Institutional Grant funding (SIG) funding received.
  9. Only actual travel costs (air or ground) plus hotel and subsistence (Cdn. $80/day) are considered. 
  10. Applications must be accompanied by the applicant’s CV in an approved academic format. 
  11. Applications received after a published deadline will not be considered in that round. Deadlines will be posted on the USMC website. 
  12. Incomplete applications will not be considered. A complete application includes the required signature of the principal, dean, director, or chief librarian prior to being submitted to the committee as well as an academic CV. 
  13. Funds must be used solely for the purposes stated in the application, otherwise the funds will revert to the funding pool. 

RESEARCH SUPPORT  (maximum award to any one individual: $2850 per academic year [July 1 to June 30]) 

  1. Must be full time faculty member, librarian, Fellow, Fellow Emeritus, retired faculty or Fellow. 
  2. Priority will be given to those seeking tenure and/or promotion. 
  3. Must have been the primary applicant for major research grant (e.g. SSHRC) within the past 3 years.  Preference will be given to those who have been the primary applicant for a major research grant through USMC (e.g. SSHRC) within the past 3 years or are intending to use these funds to support a pilot study for a SSHRC application which will be submitted through USMC. 
  4. Preference will be given to applications which benefit the USMC/RSM community. 
  5. Typically only one grant per award year per applicant to a maximum of $2850 or an amount to be determined for that year based on the total amount of SIG funding received. 
  6. Publication to come out of the research. 
  7. Eligible expenses include: student research assistant; printing/scanning costs; travel (actual transportation plus subsistence as above). For student research assistants, the committee encourages hiring students who are currently enrolled in a USMC program, preferably through the UofT Work Study Program (Research Experience Stream). 
  8. Applications must be accompanied by applicant’s CV in an approved academic format. 
  9. Applications received after a published deadline will not be considered in that round. 
  10. Incomplete applications will not be considered.  A complete application includes the required signature of the principal, dean, director, or chief librarian prior to being submitted to the committee as well as an academic CV.
  11. Funds must be used solely for the purposes stated in the application, otherwise the funds will revert to the funding pool. 

HOSTING OF CONFERENCE OR COLLOQUIUM SUPPORT (maximum award to any one individual: $2850 per academic year [July 1 to June 30])

  1. Must be full time faculty member, librarian, Fellow, Fellow Emeritus, retired faculty or Fellow. 
  2. Applicant must acknowledge affiliation with USMC/RSM on the program/conference abstract. 
  3. Priority will be given to those seeking tenure and/or promotion, full time faculty and full time librarians. 
  4. Preference will be given to those who have been the primary applicant for major research grant through USMC (e.g. SSHRC) within the past 3 years or are intending to use these funds to support a pilot study for a SSHRC application which will be submitted through USMC. 
  5. Preference will be given to applications which benefit the USMC/RSM community. 
  6. Typically only one grant per award year per applicant to a maximum of $2850 or an amount to be determined for that year based on the total amount of SIG funding received. 
  7. Eligible expenses include: travel costs (not honoraria or accommodation) for speakers, communication/dissemination support, hiring a student research assistant/student administrative support. For student research assistants, the committee encourages hiring students who are currently enrolled in a USMC program, preferably through the UofT Work Study Program (Research Experience Steam). 
  8. Applications must be accompanied by applicant’s CV in an approved academic format. 
  9. Applications received after a published deadline will not be considered in that round. 
  10. Incomplete applications will not be considered.  A complete application includes the required signature of the principal, dean, director, or chief librarian prior to being submitted to the committee as well as an academic CV. 
  11. Funds must be used solely for the purposes stated in the application, otherwise the funds will revert to the funding pool. 

Funds for this opportunity are drawn from SIG as well as the President’s Research Fund. Funds awarded from SIG must be utilized prior to the end of March in the academic year in which they were awarded, and those from the President’s Fund must be utilized prior to end of April in the academic year in which they were awarded. The RAC committee will do its best to allocate funds in a way that is sensitive to these time constraints. 

Applications should be sent via email to the USMC Research Administration Committee: usmc.principalsoffice@utoronto.ca