Faculty of ArtCall for Applications – Faculty Initiatives Fund for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement
Application Deadline: Friday, November 22, 2024 (11:59pm)
Amount: Up to $2,500 per successful application
About the Fund
We invite UBC faculty members to apply for a second round of the Faculty Initiatives Fund for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement (FI Fund). The FI Fund was created by the Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement (ACRE) in the Faculty of Arts to support faculty members who do work broadly in the field of Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies and/or with Asian Canadian communities. The FI Fund also seeks to support ACRE’s twin goals of enhancing capacity for research on, for and with Asian Canadian communities by Asian Canadian scholars and for work that critically examines and expands the scope of Asian Canadian studies, especially from equity and intersectional perspectives.
ACRE is committed to nurturing and facilitating community engaged Asian Canadian scholarship and university-community relationship building. We work closely with existing units and groups such as the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM) to build capacity and infrastructure that support and amplify the diverse work of our faculty, students, alumni, and community members. We would like to thank ACAM for hosting our content while we work on building our own website.
Funding Priorities
Along with the above, this FI Fund cycle will prioritize the following applications:
- Applicants who did not receive FI support in the last cycle (March 2024)
- Applications from untenured and non-tenure-track faculty members;
- Applications that align with the following ACRE research cluster efforts: (i) Browning Asian Canada and (ii) Community Archives, Collections and Heritage Exhibitions (CACHE)
- Applications from faculty members from historically, persistently and systemically marginalized (HPSM) groups
- Applicants currently without existing funding to support their proposed project
- Initiatives that nurture and/or grow ethical and reciprocal faculty engagement with community partners
- Projects that address equity issues within and across Asian Canadian communities and/or in Asian Canadian studies
- Projects and initiatives in the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative & Performing Arts disciplines
- Applicants whose main appointment resides in the Faculty of Arts
Eligible Costs
Examples of eligible costs for the FI Fund include, but are not limited to:
- Undergraduate and/or graduate student staffing salaries & benefits
- Costs of engaging, gathering and/or convening people in university and/or community settings: such as food/catering, space, gifts/honoraria
- Honoraria for guest speakers and workshop attendees
- Costs for research project-related travel (e.g., conferences, field work or archival work)
- Publication related supports (e.g., indexing of manuscripts, copyediting, costs for copyright permissions)
- Educational leadership, curricular or pedagogical activities to enhance Asian Canadian teaching and learning at UBC
- Fees for teaching- or research-related professional development activities.
Funding cannot be used to cover the costs of equipment, administrative/operational costs for UBC units and community organizations, or alcohol (or related costs such as liquor licenses). Please refer to the FI Fund’s FAQ page for more information on the fund, including expenditure guidelines, funding restrictions, funding periods, and reporting process.
Each applicant can apply for up to $2500, with a maximum total of $20,000 of FI funding to be disbursed for this pilot round.
