Webinar: Granting Journeys: Applying for Funding with Canada’s Tri-Council Agencies

Are you interested in applying for grants from Canada’s Tri-Council research funding agencies? Are you unsure which agency is the best fit for your research? Does your research sit at the intersection of different disciplines? The Canadian Chapter of ASIS&T is hosting a webinar to introduce participants to the Canadian Tri-council research funding agencies: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). We will outline considerations for applying to each of the funding agencies, discuss different funding opportunities for each, and provide examples of successful applications. Panelists will discuss their experiences applying for and managing Tri-Council funds. The panel will feature break out sessions for each of the three funding agencies to enable participants to ask questions and discuss specific funding opportunities. This webinar is for everyone. Early career scholars will benefit from learning more about selecting funding opportunities and grant writing; experienced scholars are welcome to join and share their expertise. If you are unsure if you are eligible to apply for a Tri-Council research grant, please see the eligibility requirements for the three funding agencies here: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/eligibility-admissibilite/faculty-corpsprof_eng.asp

This session will be moderated by Cansu Ekmekcioglu, Assistant Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Presenters

Devon Greyson (MLIS, PhD) is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health, an Investigator at the Vaccine Evaluation Center at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar, and the CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair in Building trusted population health information systems and interventions. Dr. Greyson is a health information scientist who applies qualitative, multiple, and mixed methods to understand health information behaviour and to assess effectiveness of population health information interventions. Devon’s research is funded by CIHR, SSHRC, the Canadian Immunization Research Network, Michael Smith Health Research BC, and the BC Immunization Committee.

Orland Hoeber (PhD) is a Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Regina. Dr. Hoeber’s primary research interest is at the intersection of interactive information retrieval and information visualization. He has an active research team working on the design, development, and study of visual and interactive software to support exploration, analysis, reasoning, and discovery in the context of digital library search, with a specific interest in exploratory search and cross-session search. His research is funded by NSERC through their Discovery, Alliance Society, and Alliance International Catalyst programs. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST).

Danielle Allard (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. Dr. Allard’s research interests include feminist and community-led research methods, community and activist archiving; sexual violence and sexual harassment in libraries; critical information studies; and the inclusion of equity deserving communities, cultural heritage, and knowledge domains in digital and real-world information institutions. Her research has been funded by the SSHRC Insight Grant program.

Heather O’Brien (MLIS, PhD) is a Professor at the School of Information, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Dr. O’Brien’s research focuses on user engagement, information seeking and retrieval, information access, and research methods. Dr. O’Brien has received funding from SSHRC and CIHR for individual and collaborative research programs.

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