Competition

* Unless explicitly noted, all times indicated for deadlines are for the appropriate NL timezone (NST or NDT)

The Post-Secondary Sector and Scientific Knowledge in French Support Fund subcomponent aims to:

• to support post-secondary education in the minority language, including distance education and the development of a virtual post-secondary education network

• to facilitate access to post-secondary education in the language of the minority, so as to enable more Canadians to improve their first language skills

• to contribute to research and dissemination of knowledge, methods and tools so as to support minority-language education

More specifically, the projects must contribute to:

Support for the Post-Secondary Sector

• stabilizing and strengthening the minority-language post-secondary education sector;

• increasing collaboration between Official Language Minority Community (OLMC) organizations and post-secondary institutions serving these communities;

• expanding and diversifying the range of partnerships to improve service and program offerings and access to quality post-secondary education in the minority language;

• fostering the development of minority-language post-secondary education through initiatives aimed at collaboration, mobility or sharing of resources among eligible post-secondary institutions.

Scientific Knowledge in French

• contributing to the dissemination and promotion of scientific knowledge in French;

• promoting better mobilization of scientific knowledge in French;

• strengthening exchanges, linkages and networking between the scientific community and target partners;

• having a strategic impact on the future of Official-Language Minority Communities (OLMC) and target populations.

Application Deadline – November 4

When an application deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, it is extended to the following working day.

How to apply

Applicants are required to:

• review the Application Guidelines; and

• contact the Official Languages Support Programs of the Department of Canadian Heritage to request a funding application package and to submit the required documentation.

In addition to the external funding agency’s submission procedures, this opportunity must also be submitted for Departmental, HSS Faculty, and Research Initiatives and Services (RIS) institutional reviews and approvals via Memorial's Researcher Portal (RP). In order to facilitate the HSS Faculty’s administrative review, please ensure "Heather C. O'Brien (Grants Facilitator)" and “Matthew Milner (Grants Facilitator)” are added as "Team Members" on your RP file. 

In accordance with University-wide approval protocols, all tabs of the RP file must be completed, the completed application must be uploaded to the “Attachments” tab, all supporting documentation including support for cash and in-kind commitments and/or letters of support must also be uploaded, and “Submit” must be pressed prior to the HSS internal deadline listed below. HSS cannot guarantee completion of an administrative review for application files that are incomplete and/or are submitted after the HSS deadline. For more detailed submission instructions and information, please consult the HSS Research Support Services website.

If you plan to apply to this competition or other research funding opportunities (as either PI or CI), e-mail an HSS Grants Facilitator, Heather C. O’Brien (HSSResearchAdmin@mun.ca or 864-8603) or Matthew Milner (HSSResearchGrants@mun.ca or 864-8050), to notify the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of your intent to apply. E-mailing the intent to apply as early as possible will help to facilitate an efficient review. A Grants Facilitator can answer any questions you may have about internal or external submission procedures and may also be able to help with proposal development.