Apply for FI Fund - Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies

With the goal of making the FI application process as accessible as possible, we ask applicants to provide the following information using the form below:

Name of applicant
Department or home unit
Email address
Title of initiative (up to 20 words)
Short description of initiative (between 150 to 200 words)
Requested funding amount and budget justification
Self-identification from the priorities listed above (check all that apply)
Research Project Information Form

While a completed UBC Research Project Information Form (RPIF) is not required for FI Fund application, it is strongly recommended that you prepare and complete the form while developing your application. Recipients will be required to submit a completed RPIF within five business days of notification of their successful application. The RPIF is paramount for creating an ORS research account, which will be used for the transfer and administration of funds. The ORS research account will be managed by FI Fund recipients’ home department. If you have questions about the RPIF or need assistance obtaining the required signatures, please reach out to arts.research@ubc.ca. If you have questions about the FI Fund application process, please email acre.info@ubc.ca.

Successful applicants will be invited to an informal celebration of Asian Canadian research and engagement at UBC, to be hosted by ACRE in April or May 2025. We will also ask successful applicants for a short report-back (about 250 words) on their funded activities and impact, which we will use to produce letters of support for ACRE-funded faculty members (e.g., for tenure files) and to report back on ACRE-supported activities.

If there are any other questions regarding the FI Fund or the application process, please see the FAQ section and/or contact the ACRE team at acre.info@ubc.ca.

ACRE Faculty Initiatives Fund 2025

First name(s)*
Last name*
Home department or unit*
Email*
Title of initiative*
Up to 20 words
Short description of initiative*
Between 150-200 words
Requested amount (up to 2,500)*
Please enter a number less than or equal to 2500.
Please provide a brief budget justification*
List expense items and/or activities that will be supported
Check all applicable FI Fund priorities*
- Applicants who did not receive FI support in the previous cycles (March 2024, December 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
Research Project Information Form (RPIF)
Max. file size: 20 MB.
While a completed RPIF is not required for FI Fund application, it is strongly recommended that you prepare and complete the form while developing your application. Recipients will be required to submit a completed RPIF within five business days of notification of their successful application.
Click here to download Research Project Information Form