Internal Funding

Explore Grants can be used to develop or pilot or to help seed an external grant application in the social sciences and humanities (e.g. SSHRC Insight Grant or Insight Development Grant). The maximum funding value per grant is $5,000.

Deadline: February 1, 2024 at 4:30pm AST

SSHRC Explore - 2024 Application Form [PDF 210 kB].

For questions or to apply please contact GrantsandContracts@dal.ca.

Exchange Grants can be used to fund knowledge mobilization (KM) activities, namely to travel to a conference or to organize a KM activity such as a conference or workshop. Proposed activities must help seed new external grant applications in the social sciences and humanities or disseminate the results of SSHRC-funded research.

The maximum funding value per grant is $2,000 to travel to a conference or $5,000 to organize a KM activity.

Deadline: February 1, 2024 at 4:30pm AST.

SSHRC Exchange - 2024 Application Form [PDF 247 kB].

For questions or to apply please contact GrantsandContracts@dal.ca.

As noted in Article 30.22 of the Dalhousie Faculty Association’s Collective Agreement, the University's Board of Governors provides a fund each year for research grants to supplement salary, for faculty members granted sabbatical leave or special leave for part or all of that year.

Further, as noted in Article 30.28(b) of the DFA Collective Agreement, faculty members granted sabbatical leave or special leave may also apply for leave remuneration to be paid as a research grant.

As noted in Article 30.32(f) of the Dalhousie Faculty Association’s Collective Agreement, the University's Board of Governors provides a fund each year for research grants to supplement salary, for instructors granted educational leave or special educational leave for part or all of that year.

Further, as noted in Article 30.32(i) of the DFA Collective Agreement, instructors granted educational leave or special educational leave may also apply for leave remuneration to be paid as a research grant.

As noted in Article 32.15 of the Dalhousie Faculty Association’s Collective Agreement, DFA members who are not on leave may apply for a research grant of up to one year’s duration.

Note that grants awarded under this program are considered taxable income and will be reported on a T4A slip as a research grant. No income tax will be deducted by Dalhousie University. The grantee is responsible for reporting this income to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), declaring against this income any eligible expenditures and dealing with any subsequent negotiations with CRA as per the Canada Revenue Agency Income Tax Folio S1-F2-C3.

Supplemental Sabbatical and Educational

Faculty members and instructors are requested to complete the application form [PDF] for these grants, and submit this form through the ROMEO Researcher Portal. Select and complete the Investigator Checklist - Funding Application/Agreement, and upload the application form to the Attachments tab.

Sabbaticals for 2025/2026 will cover the academic year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. They could take place from one of the following:

• July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
• July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025
• January 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026

Deadlines are as follows:

• Supplemental sabbatical/special leave grants: February 28, 2025 [Only One Deadline]
• Supplemental educational/special educational leave grants: February 28, 2025 [Only One Deadline]
• Leave remuneration paid as a research grant: February 28 or September 30

Please note that there is now only one form for the three above opportunities.

 

Reduced Salary for a Research Grant when Not on Leave

Faculty members and instructors are requested to complete the application form [PDF] and submit this form through the ROMEO Researcher Portal. Select and complete the Investigator Checklist - Funding Application/Agreement, and upload the application form to the Attachments tab.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications by May 15 each year.

Note that income tax is not deducted from any of these awards. Financial Services will issue a T4A tax form for the award amount in the appropriate calendar year.

All expenses claimed against the grant for tax exemption must be supported by receipts to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Any questions about the eligibility of expense deductions and taxation regulations should be referred directly to the CRA; please consult the Canada Revenue Agency Income Tax Folio S1-F2-C3.

Funds are transferred via payroll by Financial Services. A research account will not be opened for this program.

The Ocean Frontier Institute is seeking proposals for its Seed Fund, which supports ocean-related projects that have a high potential for innovation success but need small amounts of funding to help them move forward — and grow. Awards range from $10,000 to $15,000, with particularly compelling ideas considered for up to a maximum of $30,000. Faculty, staff and students of Dalhousie University are eligible to apply. Learn more.

Deadlines 2022: June 30

The Global Research Seed Fund  is an internal small grant which is intended to support the development of international research initiatives between Dalhousie researchers and their global partners. 

Applications are accepted from researchers who are eligible for tri-agency funding; resulting grants are intended to support new or emerging collaborations, of up to one year’s duration, which require start-up support to develop research ties. Such collaborations will be funded up to a maximum of $5,000.

The submission deadline for the 2024  competition is November 22, 2024.

The guidelines are available here [PDF - 152 kB]

The application form is available here [Word]

For any questions regarding the GRSF, please contact ovpri@dal.ca.

In keeping with Dalhousie's strategic plan and commitment to increasing diversity and gender equity, and to support and enhance research excellence across the institution, the Offices of the Provost & Vice-President Academic and the Vice-President Research & Innovation launched the Dalhousie Belong Research Fellowship Awards in November 2018. The goal of the fellowship awards is to provide pre-tenure, tenure-track faculty members who are Indigenous and/or members of equity-deserving groups with support to further research in their respective fields. Up to four fellowships of $5,000 each are available annually.

Terms of Reference [PDF 175 kB]

Eligibility criteria:

• Candidates must be pre-tenure, in a tenure-track appointment.
• Candidates must be Indigenous and/or members of one or more equity-deserving groups as defined by Dalhousie
• Candidates must not hold a funded chair.
• Candidates must not have previously held, nor currently hold, external research funds as principal or co-principal investigator.

Application packages will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Research problem or phenomena of interest is significant and clearly stated. 
• Appropriate review of relevant literature is presented.
• The objectives/aims/purpose are potentially significant, specific and feasible given proposed time frame and requested budget. If action research, the intended improvement in outcomes is clearly stated.
• The proposed methodology is succinct, clear and written for an audience who are not subject-matter experts.
• The proposal includes a clear explanation of how the projecct will further the applicant's overall program of research.
• Budget includes total and itemized expenses, as well as an explanation or justification for how the funds will be used over each year in the period; equipped expenses do not exceed 25% of the budget request; conference travel is not an eligible expense.
• The applicant shows strong research potential as evidenced by any of the following:

a) Non-traditional forms of scholarship and traditional ways of knowing, as appropriate to the applicant's discipline

b) Professional, academic and extracurricular activities, interactions and collaborations (e.g. community engagement, teaching, chairing committees, organizing conferences)

c) Awards or scholarships

d) Collaboration on research projects

e) Submitted or published articles in peer-reviewed journals or other peer-reviewed contributions (e.g. conference abstracts)

f) A ground-breaking and compelling proposed program of research

* The submission deadline for the 2024 Belong Research Fellowship competition is February 9, 2024.

The application package must include the following:

1. Completed application form [Word Doc]

2. Supporting letter from the applicant's Head/Chair/Director providing comments regarding:

1) the applicant's need of funding and,

2) the applicant's research potential, making reference to the following (using their CV as an information source): 

a) Non-traditional forms of scholarship and traditional ways of knowing, as appropriate to the applicant's discipline

b) Professional, academic and extracurricular activities, interactions and collaborations

c) Awards or scholarships

d) Collaboration on research projects

e) Submitted or published articles in peer-reviewed journals or other peer-reviewed contributions (e.g. conference abstracts)                                  

3. An electronic copy of the applicant's current curriculum vitae.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to collect and collate all required materials including the support letter. The applicant is responsible for submitting the application package via the ROMEO Researcher Portal, allowing sufficient time for routing through Departmental and Faculty level approvals prior to the deadline.

2022:

Rina Wehbe
Faculty of Computer Science

Xiaohong Sun
Faculty of Agriculture

Research Project: Upcycling the side stream from potato starch industry: A new sustainable protein source

Cheryl Simon
Faculty of Law

Research Project: Reclaiming L'nuk Identity

Stacy Allison-Cassin
Faculty of Management

Research Project: Linked Data Tools and Indigenous Terminologies: A Preliminary Study

Sarah Ross
Faculty of Law

Research Project: Stores of Displacement

2021:

Mayra Donaji Barrera Machuca
Faculty of Computer Science

Research Project: Understanding how diverse users function in AR and VR environments

Qi Deng
Rowe School of Business, Faculty of Management

Research Project: How and Why Hashtags Influence Brand Engagement: Evidence from Twitter

Maria Dugas
Schulich School of Law

Research Project: The Impact of Race and Culture in N.S. Child Welfare System

Ana Maria Gonzalez Barrero
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Health

Research Project: Shared-Book Reading in Children with Autism Specturm Disorders from Minority Language Backgrounds

2020:

Olabisi Akinkugbe
Schulich School of Law

Research Project: Illicit Financial Flows, Trade and Sustainable Development in Africa

Yang Gu
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry

Research Project: Do Th1, Th2, and TH17 mediated immune responses play active roles in oral lichen planus and oral lichenoid mucositis?

Asha Jeffers
Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Research Project: Against: Rebellious Daughters in US Black Immigrant Fiction

Masud Rahman
Faculty of Computer Science

Research Project: Making Software Development Efficient Using Artificial Intelligence in Code Reviews

Tasha Richard
Department of Business & Social Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Reserach Project: Indigenous Way of Knowing Entrepreneurship, A Preliminary Study

Alana Westwood
School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Management

Research Project: Setting a foundation for Indigenous knowledge-guided multi-species conservation planning in the Western Boreal Region of Canada

2019:

Sorayya Askari
School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health 

Research Project: Factors Describing Cognitive Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

Timothy Bryan 
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Research Project: Hate Crimes in Nova Scotia

Lisa Binkley
Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Research Project: Makazinanag: Many Tender Feet

2018:

Dr. Parisa Ghanouni
School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health

Research Project:  Challenges and Facilitators During Transition of Adolescents with Autism to Adulthood

Shauntay Grant 
Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Research Project: Rewriting Canadian folklore, Repositioning Black Canada:  A case from old Nova Scotia

Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch
School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health

Research Project:  Benefits or Challenges of Culturally-Specific Programs in Attributing to Students’ Success in Post-secondary Education

Dr. Fadi Oudah
Civil Engineering (Structures and Solid Mechanics), Faculty of Engineering

Research Project: Reliability-Based Approach for Optimizing Tidal Turbine Base Foundation for Reduced Weight

Dr. Melanie Zurba
School of Resource and Environmental Studies, College of Sustainability

Research Project: Designing Governance Frameworks for Protected Areas with Meaningful Indigenous Participation

 

Mawkwil~mn~j aims to provide financial support to Indigenous communities and Dalhousie researchers seeking to build and grow relationships with each other. Applications for this seed fund can be initiated by Indigenous Nations, organizations, and communities within the Atlantic region or across other parts of Canada, or by Dalhousie researchers who are able to demonstrate intention to address research priorities as identified by an Indigenous Nation, organization or community.

This seed fund encourages meaningful engagement, co-learning, and sharing, and is meant to honour cultural protocols and respectful processes for partnership development. This fund offers a unique opportunity for Indigenous communities and organizations to leverage the research talent, expertise, and resources at Dalhousie University, and enables communities and researchers to become better acquainted with potentially aligned interests and research priorities. The seed fund permits partnership development activities and connections to occur in preparation of subsequent grant cycles.

Up to $3000 per award, with an award period of up to two (2) years.

Indigenous Nations, organizations or communities who wish to work with Dalhousie researchers, or

Dalhousie researchers seeking to develop new or enhance existing relationships with Indigenous communities or organizations in support of shared research interests and priorities. Refer to the PI Eligiblity Guidelines [PDF 138 kB].

Priority will be given to new projects and/or partnerships.

To apply for support through the Mawkwil~mn~j, please complete the Application Form.

Indigenous Community or Organization: Submit the completed form via email to IndigenousResearch@dal.ca

Dalhousie Researchers: Submit the completed form and confirmation of community interest via ROMEO.

Deadlines:

• May 30 (anticipated award date in July)
• November 30 (anticipated award date in January)