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Internal Research Grants

Internal Funding Opportunities

The General Seed Grant supports scholarly, research, and creative initiatives that will provide the foundation for external funding applications and/or industry partnerships. It is expected that recipients will apply for an external funding opportunity within two years of receiving the grant and that outcomes from General Seed Grants will be disseminated through at least one of the following: peer reviewed conferences and/or journals; public report or workshop/event; artistic/creative output; digital platforms with high user engagement (e.g., YouTube, Twitch, etc.). Mentoring and training of student Research Assistants should comprise a significant portion of the budget.


MAXIMUM REQUEST: $6,000

The application form will prompt you to "Make a Copy" when you open it. This is to keep the document confidential; it can only be seen by users that you share it with directly. It will be saved in your Google Drive and can be downloaded in multiple formats (Microsoft Word, PDF, etc.).

The Design + Technology Lab Seed Grant supports faculty SRC activities in the Lab, with emphasis on projects that advance technology use within the creative sector. Projects can include, but are not limited to: AR/VR, 360 videos, flatbed UV printing, robotics, digital fabrication, 3D knitting and textile computing, drones, photogrammetry, 3D scanning, motion tracking/capture, 3D printing, and wearable technology.

The Justice, Equity, and Community Initiatives (JECI) Grant supports scholarly, research, and creative initiatives that address pressing issues with respect to social, environmental and/or economic justice, and meaningfully engage the communities most impacted by these challenges. The JECI Grant funds projects that demonstrate an ethical and reciprocal research design with equity-deserving communities as co-producers of knowledge, and an attentiveness to equitable and inclusive research methods, team membership, and approaches to training. As an internal grant, the JECI is designed to foster the development of an emerging research agenda and prepare researchers for external funding opportunities.  

It is expected that recipients will apply for an external funding opportunity within two years of receiving the grant and that outcomes from these grants will be disseminated through at least one of the following: peer reviewed conferences and/or journals; public report or workshop/event; artistic/creative output; digital platforms with high user engagement (e.g., YouTube, Twitch, etc.). Mentoring and training of student research assistants should comprise a significant portion of the budget.


MAXIMUM REQUEST: $6,000

The application form will prompt you to "Make a Copy" when you open it. This is to keep the document confidential; it can only be seen by users that you share it with directly. It will be saved in your Google Drive and can be downloaded in multiple formats (Microsoft Word, PDF, etc.).

The New Collaborations Grant provides support to new transdisciplinary research teams who will go on to apply for external team-based funding. The grant will support teams of a minimum of three applicants, as specified in the Eligibility section of the  (google doc) grant policy (external link) .

Outcomes from these grants will be disseminated through at least one of the following: peer reviewed conferences and/or journals; public report or workshop/event; artistic/creative output; digital platforms with high user engagement (e.g., YouTube, Twitch, etc.). Mentoring and training of student research assistants should comprise a significant portion of the budget.

It is expected that recipients will apply for an external funding opportunity within two years of receiving the grant.


MAXIMUM REQUEST: $6,000

The application form will prompt you to "Make a Copy" when you open it. This is to keep the document confidential; it can only be seen by users that you share it with directly. It will be saved in your Google Drive and can be downloaded in multiple formats (Microsoft Word, PDF, etc.).

The Travel Fund supports knowledge mobilization plans by providing financial support for travel conducted to present SRC activities (e.g., conferences, exhibitions, etc.) as University RFA. It is expected that faculty members also access their Professional Development (PD) fund and other funding sources, such as external grants, to contribute to their travel expenditures.

MAXIMUM REQUEST: $1,000 per event

 

The application form will prompt you to "Make a Copy" when you open it. This is to keep the document confidential; it can only be seen by users that you share it with directly. It will be saved in your Google Drive and can be downloaded in multiple formats (Microsoft Word, PDF, etc.).

Publication subventions provide partial subsidies toward the cost of publishing scholarly works, such as for the preparation of indexes, licensing of images, and so on. Researchers often encounter challenges finding  appropriate funding pathways to support such costs, particularly early-career faculty working in the humanities and arts-based disciplines. 

MAXIMUM REQUEST: $3,000

The application form will prompt you to "Make a Copy" when you open it. This is to keep the document confidential; it can only be seen by users that you share it with directly. It will be saved in your Google Drive and can be downloaded in multiple formats (Microsoft Word, PDF, etc.).

Special Initiatives

Research Partnership Grant (The Creative School x Kingston School of Art)

This opportunity is not available for 2023-2024.

The Research Partnership Grant supports new collaborations between researchers in The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University and Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London. The grant is designed to kick-start new research partnerships that will serve as the basis for external team-based funding applications within two years of receiving the grant.

MAXIMUM REQUEST: The funding will support two proposals, one in each thematic challenge area, valued at $8,000 CDN/ £5,000 GBP each.

The 2022 funding opportunity invites proposals that respond to one of the following two thematic challenge areas:

Sustainable Practices. We invite proposals that investigate the environmental and social impacts of industry practices. Projects should advance sustainable design strategies with the aim of accelerating a transition into circular and sustainable economies. 

Health and Well-Being. This thematic challenge area supports collaborative research projects in the domains of healthcare, well-being, and user experience. The opportunity is offered in connection with both Kingston University London’s School of Art and The Creative School’s Healthcare User-Experience Lab (HUE Lab).