AV is committed to supporting its faculty in their research and creative endeavours. The list below includes some examples of internal funding opportunities for faculty and staff.
For a full list of opportunities, please see the岹ٲ.
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- VPR Travel Grants, Social Science & Humanities
- University Publications Fund
- William and Ada Isabelle Steel Fund
- SSHRC Small Explore Research Grants (AV/SSHRC Institutional Grants)
- France-Canada Research Fund New Collaborations
- AV Open Access Fund
VPR Travel Grants, Social Science & Humanities
Pool 1:Travel beginning April 1 - August 31. Applications will be accepted from April 1 - August 31 or until funds are exhausted.
Pool 2:Travel beginning September 1- March 31.Applications will be accepted from September 1 - March 31 or until funds are exhausted.
NEW:As of Pool-2 2023,Chair Evaluations are no longer required as part of the application process. The new application has removed this section (previous version of the application is otherwise the same and will still be accepted).
COVID-19 Travel related advisory: As per AV’s Interim University-Related International Travel Policy, eligible applicants must follow specific steps before submitting the final application to ORS. Please refer to theRisk and Safety webpage for more details.
VPR Research Travel Grants are provided for faculty in areas supported by SSHRC to attend North American (max. $900) and international (max. $2,000) conferences to present a paper (including poster presentation), to serve as a keynote speaker or in the case of faculty in the School for the Contemporary Arts, to present one’s own creative work to a peer group. There are two intakes annually.
Eligibility: Faculty members are considered eligible to apply for one conference every second fiscal year. Applications from "special case" applicants will be considered towards the end of the fiscal year. In the case of joint authorship, only one presenter will be funded. For more information on eligibility, please see the guidelines below:
Pleasenotethat funds are allocated on a first come, first served basis.The grants will remain open until funds are exhausted. Please submit your application toResearch Services (ors@sfu.ca).
Please see for complete instructions for submitting a VPR Travel Grant in Kuali Research.
For VPR Travel Grant submission to Kuali approval workflow, please choose:
- Activity Type: Funded research
- Lead Unit: Search for and select your department
- Sponsor Name: AV Vice President Research
- Funding Program: VPRI Travel Grant Pool 1
- Attachments: Proposal and Budget are mandatory, if you have no budget document, you need to upload the application again or a supporting document to satisfy system requirements
- Help: ata26@sfu.ca
University Publication Fund
Rapid Response - Ongoing;
Single and Serial - Accepting Applications April 12 through May 13
The University Publication Fund (UPF) is established under the authority of theVice-President, Researchfor the purpose of providing support to faculty and staff of AV for their academic publications. The UPF is split into three streams:
- TheRapid Response Publicationssupports a maximum of $2,000 with applicationsaccepted all year.
- TheSingle Event Publicationssupport applications over $2,000 with an annual intake occurring between April 12th– May 13th
- TheSerial Event Publicationssupports applications over $2,000 with an annual intake occurring between April 12th– May 13th
For more information on these programs, please check theguidelines:PDF
- Single Event
- Submit applications to InfoReady.com:
- Rapid Response
- Submit applications to InfoReady.com:
- InfoReady PowerPoint Presentation (.pdf)
- - AV login required
- Serial Event Publications Application
- Submit applications to InfoReady.com:
Please note that the UPF program is administered by Research Services under authority of the University Publication Fund Committee.
William and Ada Isabelle Steel Fund
Opens April 18. Applications accepted until May 18
The William and Ada Isabelle Steel Fund reflects the intent of the endowment left by William and Ada Isabelle Steel for research studies into any aspect of alcoholism and/or drug addiction.
Please notethat this program is funded by William and Ada Isabelle Steel Endowment, where its annual income allocation is used support this annual competition. This year’s program has $30,000 to fund any number of projects relating to alcoholism and/or drug addiction. This program is administered by Research Services and adjudicated by theVice-President, Research. Please submit your application toResearch Services (ors@sfu.ca).
SSHRC Small Explore Research Grants [AV/SSHRC Institutional Grants]
Spring Intake - Online application deadline June 1, 4:30 p.m.;
Fall Intake- Online application deadline December 15, 4:30 p.m.;
SSHRC Small Explore Research Grants support scholarly research in the contemporary arts, humanities and social sciences for expenses up to a maximum of $7,000. A lead applicant, together with one or more eligible co-investigators may apply in a single application for up to a maximum of $10,000. There are two intakes (i.e., spring and fall) annually.
- Application guidelines and forms:
- Guidelines:Download .pdf
- Application:Apply on InfoReady Portal:
- Applications may also be submitted by a proxy: Download instructions (.pdf)
- Form B:Revised format now included in InfoReady portal
- Chair Evaluations:Not required
- InfoReady application instructions:Download .pdf
- Approved Kuali Proposal (this replaces the previously required AV signature sheet);Please see for complete instructions for submitting a SSHRC Small Grant in Kuali Research.
Funding for thiscompetition is provided by theSSHRC Institutional Grants.All successful applicants must adhere to AV and Tri-Agency guidelines. For more information, please check.
The SSHRCSmall Explore Research Grants program is administered by Research Services under authorityof the AV/SSHRCInstitutional Grants Committee.Please submit applications to Research Services (ors@sfu.ca).
- Committee Terms of Reference:Download .pdf
- Committee membership:Download .pdf
- Budget spreadsheet:Download .xlsx spreadsheet
New Collaboration Support Program (FCRF)
Accepting applications until Monday, November 18, 2024
The(FCRF) "New Research Collaboration Program" provides financing for new projects jointly developed by French and Canadian teams that have never worked together before. The financing is awarded to two-year projects in amounts ranging from $8,000 to $15,000, according to the needs expressed by the principal investigators. This financing is primarily intended to support the mobility of young researchers and their students.
- Guideline(PDF):
- Application(Word):
The 2025 call for applications in now open. This application has an internal deadline (Thursday, November 14, 2024) and external deadline (Monday,November 18, 2024; 23:59 PT).
- Internal application to include an approvedKuali proposal(this replaces the previously required AV signature sheet)
- Upon confirmation of internal approval, applicants must email their complete application toors@sfu.ca byNovember 18, 2024.
Please note
- The FCRF only accepts a maximum of five proposals per institution. Should more than five applications be submitted, AV’s Institutional Strategic Awards will oversee the selection of applications that will move forwardas part of a final application process, occurring after the submission stage.
- Application requires a signature of the “Director or Vice-Dean Research in Canada”. For AV, this is the Director of Research Services, who will sign the application once reviewed by Research Services.
- The Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) listed under Appendix 2: Complimentary Funding on the Guide is currently not available for AV applicants due to the program being on hold at AV.
For more information, please see the France Embassy website:
AV Open Access Fund
Thesupports AV authors publishing in fully open access journals that charge Article Processing Charges.
Article Processing Charges are an eligible expense for certain grants to cover the cost of open access publishing, especially when open access publishing is a requirement of the grant. AV Library has tips for estimating these costs and sample wording to request funding in your grant proposal. Seefor details.
Pleasenote: this Fund is administrated by. No AV Signature Sheet or internal approvals are required.