Member Funding Opportunities

The main goals of the LangSci Research Project fund are to:  

1. Support faculty who need seed funding to undertake pilot studies or initial research to help with future external research grant applications  

2. Support collaborative research (must be interdisciplinary in nature and include Language Sciences member from at least two different departments), with the potential to lead to additional external funding  

3. Support faculty to recruit graduate students and provide an opportunity for students to be involved in research projects in language sciences 

4. Support faculty in need of a small amount of funding to complete a project 

Examples of eligible expenses for the Research Project Fund include: 

• Hiring a UBC student to support research project tasks such as data collection/entry, literature reviews, and stimulus/interview question creation 

• honoraria for research participants and consultants, data entry, or stimulus/interview question creation  

Budget items must comply with UBC policies and guidelines and follow the principles laid out in the Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration. Please see the UBC Expenditure Guidelines for Tri-Agency Grant Spending: https://finance.research.ubc.ca/fundingagency-policies/tri-agency-grants  

Important notes: 

Please note that LangSci's Research Project Funds are intended to support early-stage research that will lead to external funding. Please clearly specify the external funding you plan to apply for, and delineate how the LangSci funds will contribute to its application.  

The maximum amount of the Language Sciences Research Project Fund per application is $4000. Projects that have previously secured funding from the LangSci Research Project Fund are not eligible for additional Research Project Fund funding. 

The main goals of the LangSci Knowledge Mobilization and Dissemination Fund are to:  

1. Support the organization of small-scale knowledge mobilization activities, such as workshops and seminars, to encourage collaboration or the dissemination of research results both within and beyond the academic community.  

2. Support the development and production of products, such as multilingual curriculum materials, mobile apps, leaflets etc. that facilitates the dissemination of research results both within and beyond the academic community. 

Examples of eligible expenditures for the Knowledge Mobilization and Dissemination Fund include: 

• Hiring a postdoctoral fellow or Graduate (or Undergraduate) Academic Assistant to help organize a workshop or symposium, host a guest speaker, or liaise with community organizations on knowledge translation/outreach activities 

• Providing honoraria and covering travel costs for guest speakers, panelists, and community-based collaborators for workshops, symposia, and public events 

• Covering event costs such as venue rentals, catering, captioning, and interpreters 

• Covering costs related to developing and distributing tools and resources for use in-community (such as language curriculum materials) 

Budget items must comply with UBC policies and guidelines and follow the principles  in the Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration. Please see the UBC Expenditure Guidelines for Tri-Agency Grant Spending: https://finance.research.ubc.ca/fundingagency-policies/tri-agency-grants  

Important notes: 

Each independent project can apply for maximum of $5000 from the Language Sciences Knowledge Mobilization and Dissemination Fund, with the exception of applications that are for matching funds, where the maximum is $8000 as long as the additional funds applied for are equal to or greater than the amount of LS funding applied for.  

Priority will be given to activities that show clear plans for self-sustainability in the future, such as being geared towards an application for external funding.  

Projects that have previously secured funding from the LangSci Knowledge Mobilization and Dissemination Fund are not eligible for additional KM&DF funding.

All LangSci Member Funding requests will be assessed on: 

• Inter- and/or cross-disciplinarity (you may find a potential collaborator here) 

  • Request includes team members and demonstrated contributions from multiple departments and/or faculties 

  • Request includes explicit statement of how proposed project crosses disciplinary boundaries 

• New teams and/or new directions 

  • Proposal describes either ways in which the team constitutes a new partnership or takes an existing partnership in a new direction 

• Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, minimally within the team and, if relevant, as an outcome of the project 

• The clarity and feasibility of the following request components: 

  • Project rationale and timeline 

  • Outcomes (such as events held, communications/publications, reports, policy briefs) 

  • Budget 

  • Roles of team members 

In addition: 

Research Project requests will be assessed on whether the request provides a clear plan and timeline for leveraging LangSci funds for external funding 

Knowledge Mobilization and Dissemination requests will be assessed on benefits to communities outside of the university, plans for obtaining in-kind support from other units or matching external funds, or intended new research synergies, as appropriate for the specifics of the request.