Application for Research Groups
The Faculty of Social Sciences is holding a competition in support of the creation of two social science research groups (disciplinary or interdisciplinary). Funding for these research groups will come from administrative costs for research contracts obtained by Faculty of Social Sciences researchers.
It is hoped that the creation of the research groups will generate synergy between Faculty researchers, increase the visibility of social science research, and facilitate the acquisition of external grants, the supervision of graduate students and the integration of young professors.
The Faculty will allocate a maximum of $7,500 in non-renewable funding as well as three assistantships over three years (for a total of $28,980). Only direct-research and operational costs incurred by the group are eligible. For example, the budget may be used to pay for professional networking costs and to purchase databanks, multiple licence software or computer equipment. However, the budget cannot include release time stipends and attendance at conferences. The retention of funding for an research groups is conditional upon approval of an annual report that outlines activities carried out, financial results for the year, planned activities, expected results, and the long-term research and funding strategy. The Research Committee is responsible for evaluating applications and annual reports in order to provide recommendations to the Dean.
Objectives
- To support and promote the implementation of collaborative research programs
- To increase the visibility of social science research
- To facilitate the supervision of graduate theses and major papers
- To facilitate the integration of new professors into the field of research
Eligibility Criteria
- A minimum of three professors from the Faculty of Social Sciences
- Priority will be given to research programs not currently supported by the Faculty (centres, institutes, chairs)
Assessment Criteria for SSERGs
- Quality of the collaborative research program and operational activities
- Quality of the research record of research groups members
- Supervision of graduate students
- Integration of new professors
- Justification of proposed budget
- Effect on the visibility of the Faculty and the University
- Schedule of requests for external funding
The application should include the following:
- Letter of introduction (maximum 2 pages)
- Concise description of the research program (maximum 3 pages)
- A half-page outlining the planned supervision of graduate students
- A half-page outlining the synergy between team members
- Plan to apply for funding from external organizations (maximum one page)
- Resumes of participating professors (OCGS format)
- Justification of the requested budget (one page)
- Number of copies: one original paper version and one PDF copy sent by e-mail to rechFSS@uOttawa.ca
Proposals should be sent to the Office of the Vice-Dean, Research (Desmarais, Room 3130). The Faculty reserves the right to not create the planned groups. If any member of an research groups belongs to a research centre or institute or holds a specific chair, the group must explain how the proposed research program is different from the activities of that centre, institute or chair.