The FAS Awards for Project-based & Portfolio PhD Research provide financial support for students pursuing doctoral research who are undertaking a project option and/or a portfolio PhD (see the application form for a description of the three options available to students pursuing a PhD).  The Award supports costs directly related to the completion of the degree to a maximum value of $3,000.  The deadline is March 15. Please spread the word to your PhD students and their supervisors.

The FAS Conference Fund provides support for regular faculty members and continuing adjuncts in the Faculty of Arts and Science who are organizing professional conferences, colloquia, symposia, or workshops in the Kingston area or at the Bader International Study Centre in Herstmonceaux. The maximum amount of an award is $1,000. The funds may be increased to $3,000 for use as in-kind matching funds for external funding obtained through successful applications to external programs like the SSHRC Connections Grants Program. If an application for external funds is unsuccessful, the applicant may still be eligible for $1,000 in support from this fund.

Funding is awarded on a competitive basis and priority is given to events that (a) reach a broad audience, particularly at the national or international levels, (b) include student participation, particularly involving presentation of their research, (c) include partnering support from a department or departments and (d) how they incorporate attention to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigeneity. The deadlines for applications are October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1. Funds must be spent no later than 12 months after the deadline for the competition in which the funding application was submitted. Normally, funding decisions are made, and applicants are informed, no more than two weeks after the relevant application deadline. Apply here.

The Professor Frank Pearce Prize ($1,500) was established in September 2016 by the Steve and Sally Stavro Family Foundation, in honour of Professor Emeritus Dr. Frank Pearce. The prize will be awarded to the Master's- or PhD-level student ( enrolled in the Department of Sociology, Department of Political Studies, Department of Geography and Planning, Department of Philosophy, or the Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Program) who submits the best 5,000-word essay on the topic of radical critical theory and social justice.

The prize is available to funding-eligible Master's- or PhD- level students . The recipient of the prize will be selected by a committee, chaired by the Vice-Dean or a delegate, consisting of faculty members and a representative from the Arts and Science Advancement team. Find out more and apply here by March 8.