York Black Research Seed Fund 2025 (up to $25,000)Deadline: 31 March, 2025

Applications are open for the York Black Research Seed Fund 2025. The York Black Research Seed Fund is intended to support new and early career researchers (ECR) who have a project in a development phase and require funds along with mentorship to generate primary results. Emerging researchers may also apply for this fund to further their research project and better position themselves for future funding applications.

Research should identify ways to strengthen the academic community-based knowledge creation and/or include community-based research opportunity that benefits the Black community. Among others, projects focusing on political, environmental, economic, social, cultural, health and legal areas that shape Black experiences will be considered. A collaborative approach can aid in understanding these areas, and the diversity and intersectionality of Black communities.

Grant

• A grant of up to $25,000 is available.

Eligibility

• Black scholars, pre-tenured faculty members, and post-doctoral fellows may apply. Black retired faculty members who have been research active in the last three years as demonstrated in their CVs may also apply. Only projects with Black researchers as lead applicant are eligible.
• Applicants unique to the Black Research Seed Grant, who do not currently have a pending or previous funding from another source for the applied application are eligible.
• Existing grantees are only eligible to apply once their currently funded projects have been completed. Projects should not be part of a larger externally funded initiative; however, they will accept an application for a new element of an existing externally funded project with sufficient justification.

Applications are welcome from and will be considered in the following priority:

• Black early career researchers (ECR) (a tenure track/pre-tenure holding a York faculty appointment) who currently do not hold a tri-council research grant as a Principal Investigator (co-applicant on a tri-council grant does not exclude you from this opportunity);
  • Early career researchers are within five years of their first research-related appointment and are not yet tenured.
• Post-doctoral fellows who do not hold a tri-council research grant. If you hold a fellowship or scholarship, you are eligible if your funding does not fund the direct costs of research;
• Other Black faculty members (including Black retired faculty members) and scholars who have been research active in the last 3 years.

Deadline: 31 March, 2025

Application

The deadline to submit your application form is March 31, 2025 at 4:30pm. All fields with a red are mandatory fields and need to be filled out in its entirety.

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For more information, visit York Black Research Seed Fund.