Category: Music

Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP)

The Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) provides funding for senior undergraduates and graduate students conducting research in the North. 

This is a supplementary grants program which was put in place to help defray the high costs of conducting fieldwork in the North and to encourage students to develop a commitment to northern research. Students must also have other sources of funds to be eligible. The program funds thesis-based research projects on northern topics from all disciplines and in multi-disciplinary fields.

DEADLINE : The deadline for completing the online application is 11:59 pm, November 10, 2022. The application portal will close after the deadline.

ONLINE FORMS: The Online forms are available at https://nstp-pfsn.smapply.io/

CRITERIA and ELIGIBILITY: The Program supports field research in any discipline – life, physical, human and health sciences – as long as the research has an essential orientation and impact on the North, and is part of the student’s thesis research.
The student must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and enrolled in a graduate or senior undergraduate program at a Canadian university. NSTP funding may be used for the purpose of dissemination or reporting back to the community. Students may apply for up to $6,000.00 in funding per year.
The research must relate directly to their thesis (undergraduate honors, Masters or PhD) research. Part time students are eligible for NSTP funding.
A student who is employed or remunerated for their research in the field cannot receive NSTP. Post-doctoral researchers and research assistants (with the exception of Northern post-secondary students) are not supported.
Field schools are not eligible.
Geographic eligibility:  The research activity and travel must be north of the sporadic discontinuous permafrost line (approximately 50 deg N), ANYWHERE in the Northern Hemisphere.

APPLICATION PROCESS: The application and statement of research require significantly less content and effort than NSERC, SSHRC or OGS!
Students must go online, create a profile and complete the online application form.  New supervisors will have to create a profile as well.  The forms for students and supervisors are available at: https://nstp-pfsn.smapply.io
Following the field season for which funding was provided, a brief report is required from the student through the online system. 
Please follow the instructions in the information manual on the main page of the NSTP application system website. Incomplete or incorrectly formatted applications will be returned to the applicant for revision.  Applications received at the deadline that is incomplete or requires changes may not be accepted.
Further information on the program is available in the information manual, which you can access on the NSTP Application and Reporting system website: https://nstp-pfsn.smapply.io

CONTACT INFORMATION: Please direct any questions to Dr. Gordon Osinski, Chair, Northern Studies Committee at northern@uwo.ca.

END OF TEMPORARY MEASURES: The NSTP has ended the temporary measures that were put in place due to Covid-19. As a result, students who received funding between 2020 and 2022 will have until March 31st, 2023 to use the funds;  extensions will no longer be granted. Students planning fieldwork between April 1st, 2023 and March 31st, 2024, are required to submit a new application.
Students who received funding for the 2022-2023 fiscal year and who plan to do their fieldwork between November 10th, 2023 and March 31st, 2023 should submit a preliminary report.

COVID-19 Research Update – Western Research

The university’s most recent COVID-19 update (COVID-19 website ) has been developed to ensure the Western community continues to keep each other safe this fall. Western Research has correspondingly updated their guidance for research, scholarship and creative activity. These are posted on Western Research COVID website (https://www.uwo.ca/research/covid19_updates.html) and provided below, as follows: 

  • Beginning Sept 1, 2022, Medical-grade (ASTM level 3) masks will be required for all research personnel, visitors and research participants in indoor spaces. 
  • Beginning Oct 1, 2022, Proof of vaccination, with a minimum of three doses, is required for all on-campus personnel and visitors. Please see Western’s vaccination policy for exemptions and additional information. 
  • Capacity in research spaces will remain at 100 per cent. 

Western Research Launches Research Ethics Handbook for Arts and Humanities Projects

Western Research has released a new handbook to help arts and humanities researchers navigate the research ethics review and approval process, and to help provide information about how ethics guidelines may apply to their research. Training and education sessions will be organized this fall to help build on the content provided in the handbook.

The handbook serves as a foundation for continued education and mutual learning for all stakeholders in the non-medical research ethics space at Western.

IDRC – International Doctoral Research Awards 2022

IDRC (International Development Research Centre) International Development Research Awards (IDRA) are intended to build capacity and develop research skills in Canada and the Global South to improve the lives of people in the developing world.

The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacities of emerging researchers at Canadian universities, growing the cohort of researchers able to design, lead and carry out high-quality research that contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals and specific development outcome areas of particular interest to IDRC.

Amount: up to $20,000

Deadline: August 31,2022

Eligibility criteria:

  • You must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, or a citizen of a developing country (i.e., defined as ODA-eligible by the OECD Development Assistance Committee) in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • You must be enrolled at a Canadian university at the doctoral level.
  • You must have completed several courses of the doctoral program, but not necessarily all courses, when you submit your application. Note: if you are awarded, you must have completed all coursework and passed comprehensive exams before taking up the award.
  • Your research proposal must be approved by your thesis supervisor. Proof of this is required as part of the application.
  • Your proposed field research must be conducted for a doctoral dissertation and must take place in one or more developing countries.
  • Your field research must be relevant to one of following five development outcome areas to which IDRC aims to contribute through its work:
    • Climate-Resilient Food Systems
    • Democratic and Inclusive Governance
    • Education and Science
    • Global Health
    • Sustainable Inclusive Economies

More information and applications…

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities, and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers.

Amount: $45,000 per year over one or two years

Deadline: September 14, 2022

The purpose of these fellowships is to provide stipendiary support to recent PhD graduates who are:

  • undertaking original research;
  • publishing research findings;
  • developing and expanding personal research networks;
  • broadening their teaching experience;
  • preparing for research-intensive careers within and beyond academia; and
  • preparing to become competitive in national research grant competitions.

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship awards are tenable at Canadian or foreign universities and research institutions.

Eligibility: applicants must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada

More information and applications…

Western Research – COVID-19 Research Update

The Province of Ontario has recently revised its public health measures and advice to eliminate mandatory masking in public spaces. Western has similarly removed its mask mandate inside its buildings at this time.

Requirements for in-person research have correspondingly been modified to reflect these changes. Mask-wearing is now a personal choice except in on-campus clinics where patient care is delivered.

All research in clinics is to be conducted according to safety guidelines established by the clinic (e.g., dental clinics still require full PPE by dentists and staff). Please note that PPE must also continue in settings where this safety measure is required independent of COVID.

Medical-grade (ASTM level 3) masks must still be made available to all researchers and participants across all research models and spaces.

Western recognizes that Coronavirus Omicron variants continue to present serious risks and are working with public health officials to monitor these risks and to act accordingly. All researchers are encouraged to continue prioritizing safety in this context. Thank you for your continued diligence.

Additional notes:

23rd Annual Western University Graduate Symposium on Music- Call for Papers

The Society of Graduate Students in Music at Western University is pleased to announce the

23rd annual Graduate Symposium on Music (WUGSOM)
August 26 – 27, 2022.

Keynote:
“Rules, Rites, and Respect: Performing Black Moroccan Music and Culture.”

by
Dr. Maisie Sum
Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo

WUGSOM will continue to hold the conference online. The program committee invites graduate students from all institutions and disciplines to submit proposals for papers on any aspect of music, including but by no means limited to music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, music cognition, music education, composition, and performance. They welcome papers on any topic and encourage a diversity of excellence in research across many fields.

The deadline for submission is Friday, June 30th, 2022 at 4:00 pm EST.

Presentations are limited to 20 minutes, with a 10-minute question period. All submissions must include the title of the paper and a proposal not exceeding 350 words. Proposals should not include supplementary materials or figures and should not include your name or other identifying information. Please send submissions using the form available at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSee-M8f6Q_ZxznZLMgqoRDhtaqEAck8AIY9kyv3Vlvbe2jonw/viewform.

Further information will be posted to the conference website as it becomes available: https://www.sogsim.com/conferences


Western’s 2022 Head & Heart Indigenous Research Fellowship Accepting Applications

The Head & Heart (H&H) Indigenous Research Fellowship offers Indigenous undergraduate and graduate students of various disciplinary backgrounds hands-on, 10 week, culturally-relevant research experience guided by a designated faculty supervisor. Grounded in Indigenous pedagogical approaches, the fellowship is explicitly designed to nurture and inspire Indigenous scholars through weekly co-curricular learning sessions focused on topics and skills development relevant to Indigenous scholars, including promising practices, innovations in research, and professional development.

Deadline: April 11, 2022 at 4:30 pm (EST)

Amount:
Each undergraduate award is valued at $8,400.00. The expectation of this award is that students will participate in 35 hours/week of research-based activity, which will include co-curricular activities over the 10-week period.

Each graduate award is valued at $10,000.00. The expectation of this award is that students will participate in 35 hours/week of research-based activity, which will include co-curricular activities over the 10-week period.

Additional information: 

Online applications:

International Policy Ideas Challenge 2022

The sixth edition of the International Policy Ideas Challenge call for proposals has just been launched.

Description: The objective of the program is to draw on the network of talented Canadian graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and early-career civil society researchers to identify concrete, innovative solutions to emerging international policy challenges faced by Canada.
The program offers applicants a chance to test their skills at translating academic expertise into policy language and insights.

Themes:Each proposal should outline a trend, dynamic, or research question affecting Canadian foreign policy in relation to one or more themes provided below that applicants believe needs additional study.

  1. Canada-led or- supported actions with close partners, including the G7 and NATO, and/or through Canada’s engagement with international organizations, including the UN, that aim to do 1 or more of:
    • promoting peace and security
    • responding to arbitrary detention, economic coercion or cyber-threats
    • responding to the international COVID-19 pandemic
  2. Canada-led or -supported international responses that advance support for democracy, rule of law, media freedom, inclusive governance and/or human rights, particularly those made in coordination with the G7 and NATO, which could include responding to foreign interference in democratic processes and/or egregious violations of human rights
  3. Applying lessons learned from COVID-19 response and recovery to informing and strengthening Canada’s international assistance in the areas of pandemic preparedness and recovery; you may focus on priority issues, such as:
    • strengthening health systems
    •  the One Health approach
    • education for refugees and forcibly displaced children and youth
    • prevention of gender violence
    • paid and unpaid care work
    • protections for migrant workers in the care economy
    • decent work and employment in a post-COVID-19 world
    • other social and economic considerations
  4. Ways Canada should further support developing countries in taking climate action through adaptation, mitigation and resilience, with particular emphasis on the needs and rights of women and marginalized vulnerable groups; you may focus on 1 or more priority issues, such as:
    • international climate finance, including blended finance
    • feminist approaches
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • small-island developing states
    • Africa-focused programming
    • Indigenous-led solutions
    • locally led climate solutions
    • climate change and security
  5. How Canada can help to build and safeguard an open and inclusive rules-based global trading system that will help raise the standard of living for all Canadians. You may focus on 1 or more priority issues, such as:
    • Strengthening and securing critical supply chains
    • Advancing Canada’s global leadership on critical minerals
    • Ensuring that Canada’s trading relationships are mutually beneficial economic relationships
    • Ensuring that Canadian businesses operating abroad do not contribute to human rights abuses
    • Combatting protectionism, unfair trade practices and economic coercion around the world
    • Positioning Canada as a top destination for global investment while balancing Canada’s national interests
  6. Ways to advance Canada’s export diversification strategy, to enable Canadian businesses to grow internationally and to create economic opportunities through increased and more diverse trade and investment. You may focus on 1 or more priority issues, such as:
    • Addressing bilateral trade issues with the United States
    • Developing a strategy for economic cooperation across Africa
    • Reinforcing economic cooperation in our hemisphere
    • Building stronger economic linkages as part of a new Indo-Pacific strategy
    • Negotiating a Canada-United Kingdom Trade Agreement
    • Advancing Canada’s inclusive free trade agenda

Eligibility: current graduate students (Master’s or PhD level) and post-doctoral fellows at a recognized Canadian post-secondary educational institution; must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada

Deadline: May 20, 2022

Amount: $3000

More information and how to apply…

Questions: contact Global Affairs Canada at: IPIC-CIPI.POR@international.gc.ca.

American Musicological Society Travel and Research Grant Applications

The American Musicological Society (AMS) is now accepting applications for travel and research grants. These are primarily for doctoral candidates.

Deadline: 11:59pm ET, 15 April 2022

More information and applications…