Important messages, dates and news from the Faculty office.
Monday August 5, 2019
Civic Holiday (Classes will not be held)

Monday August 12, 2019
Deadline for instructors to submit & Department Heads to approve all final grades for May-July 2019 undergraduate courses

Thursday August 15, 2019
Faculty members applying for Renewal, Tenure, or Promotion must submit materials to their Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion Committee. (see Collective Agreement, Article 30.9.1)

Friday August 16, 2019
Visiting Scholar Program Applications due

grantProject Grant: Fall 2019 Competition 

The Canadian Insitutes of Health Research just launched the Project Grant: Fall 2019 Competition and related Priority Announcements. 

The Registration deadline for the Fall 2019 competition is August 14, 2019 and the application can be submitted until September 11, 2019, 8:00 PM (Eastern time).
 
The Learning for Applicants page has been updated with materials to support applicants through the Registration and Application stages of the competition.
 
Specifically, these learning materials include:
New to this competition:   Applications submitted in French are now allowed two additional pages of research proposal. This provision will ensure an equitable amount of space for applications written in either official language, as evidence demonstrates that documents written in French require approximately 20% more space than similar documents in English.
scholarVisiting Scholar Program (Reminder)

A separate fund to be administered by the Faculty Deans has been established to encourage academic visits by women, visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, and people with disabilities. This is not to be confused with the Principal's Development Fund - International Visitors Program (Categories 1, 2, and 3)

See the Guidelines for Recommendation. The Principal's Office will establish an Advisory Committee to review all applications and make recommendations to the Dean on those proposals deemed worthy of funding. Decisions should be made by early September 2019.

Please forward your application(s) to [email protected] by  August 16, 2019. 
FrontierNew Frontiers in Research Fund (Reminder)

The second call for applications to the New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration 2019 has launched. It is expected that a minimum of 100 grants will be awarded nationally ($250K total for two years including indirect costs).
 
Much of the program details are similar to those used for the inaugural call; for example, the requirements for the research to be interdisciplinary, high-risk and high-reward remain. 

Important changes:
  • the competition is open to researchers at any career stage
  • applications must include a co-applicant or a co-PI in addition to the Nominated PI
  • current Exploration grant holders (PI, co-PI or co-applicant) are not eligible to apply 
Required Deadlines for applicants :
  • August 7: Notice of Intent (mandatory)
  • September 4: Letter of Intent (adjudicated; peer-reviewed)
  • October 31: successful applicants invited to submit full application notified
  • December 10: final application deadline (reviewed by internal and external panels)
**Internal URS deadlines are outlined in the  URS Fund Opps notice.
 
You may also find the following helpful:
SPSQueen's International Institute on Social Policy (Reminder)

The School of Policy Studies is holding its annual Queen's International Institute on Social Policy August 20 & 21, 2019 and is offering Queen's Faculty of Arts and Science staff and faculty members the opportunity to attend for FREE. 
 
If interested, please use the website link below and click REGISTER NOW.  Begin using the Non-Governmental Organization fee and apply Promo Code FAS2019 when prompted.   


An exceptional group of speakers will tackle these issues at the 2019 Queen's International Institute on Social Policy on Inclusive Prosperity: Recoupling Growth, Equity and Social Integration (August 20-21).
 
Our international speakers come from leading research organizations around the world: the OECD in Paris, the IMF in Washington, the  Institute for New Economic Thinking at  Oxford University, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, the European University Institute in Florence, the Centre of Wealth and Inequality at  INSEAD in Paris, and  The Resolution Foundation in the UK.
 
They will be joined by all-star cast of Canadian researchers and commentators from McMaster, Ryerson, the Brookfield Institute, Concordia, UBC, the United Way of Greater Toronto, Environics, The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star.
 
Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity and plan to attend the conference.
When:   August 20 - 21, 2019
Where:  Residence Inn by Marriott , Kingston Waterfront
 
For full conference information, including a list of confirmed speakers, the agenda,  and information on how to register, please visit the conference website at   www.queensu.ca/qiisp  .