

{"id":1375,"date":"2012-12-23T18:22:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T23:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupfa.org\/?page_id=1375"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:22:07","slug":"grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/professional-development\/grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Professional Development Research\u00a0 Grants\u00a0 (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/documents\/pd\/2026_Large_Grants_Webinar.pdf\">details also reviewed in a\u00a0slide presentation, PDF 3MB<\/a><\/strong>)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>* See budget proposal documents below and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cupfa.org\/professional-development\/grant-reports\/\">Reports &#038; Expenses<\/a><\/b><b>\u00a0section for required submissions following an approved grant.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members can apply for up to a maximum $7500 in funding for research and training activities under CUPFA PD Research Grants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The categories for Research\u00a0 Grants are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conference Presentation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workshop\/Training<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparation of Art\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparation of Manuscript<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be eligible for CUPFA PD Research\u00a0 Grants members must have a minimum of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cupfa.org\/faq\/\"><b>18 seniority credits<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as of the current seniority list. To find your official seniority, go to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fris.concordia.ca\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FRIS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and select \u201cPart Time Professors and Applicants\u201d. Scroll down to the links under \u201cRelevant Documentation\u201d to \u201c<\/span><b>CUPFA Seniority List<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and other useful links to current course postings and instructions regarding applications, contract signing and pdf merging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In accordance with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/content\/dam\/common\/docs\/policies\/official-policies\/VPRGS-5.pdf\"><b>Concordia\u2019s Conflict of Interest Policy<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, members must disclose when they are hiring a Related Party, provide a written justification that outlines the Related Party\u2019s qualifications, and convey any financial benefit to the overall cost of the project. \u2018Related Party\u2019 means a Member\u2019s immediate family member (spouse, child, parent or sibling), or other person living in the same household, or any other person with whom the Member shares a financial interest, either directly or indirectly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Deadlines for CUPFA PD Research\u00a0 Grant Applications\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 01<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 15<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January 15<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deadlines falling on a weekend will be extended to the following Monday.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Application<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: electronic applications should be submitted to: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pdgrants@cupfa.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All files must be compiled in <\/span><b>one PDF document <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>following order<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CUPFA Research Grant application form<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed budgets (you must use CUPFA budget forms)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Description of project<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Description of how the activity will enhance teaching<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional budget Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Official conference and training information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel quotes from University travel agencies (or other travel quotes when applicable)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seniority list (include only one page)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curriculum Vitae\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Size<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Your electronic submission must not exceed 10 MB in size.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Merge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: To merge your PDF documents:\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdfmerge.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.pdfmerge.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>File name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Must be \u2013 LastnameFirstname_yymm (e.g. DoeJane_21Oct)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Acknowledging CUPFA Professional Development Research\u00a0 Grants<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you receive a grant, you are required to acknowledge the support from Concordia University Part-time Faculty Professional Development in any publication, exhibition, catalogues, invitations, film, CD, etc. produced as a result of the award. (see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cupfa.org\/collective-agreement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CUPFA Collective Agreement, Article 17<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). This recognition must be equal to that given to other funders, sponsors, or donors for similar support. In addition to the written statement you must include the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cupfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/c_u_p_f_a_logo_300.jpg\"><b>CUPFA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> logo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in your acknowledgement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CUPFA Professional Development Forms<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To apply for CUPFA Research\u00a0 Grants, please download and complete the application form and appropriate budgets. PDF files opened in Acrobat Reader are editable and have an auto-calculate function. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free from any web browser. Please do <\/span><b>\u00a0NOT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> use \u201cPreview\u201d (while it will work, the software appears to corrupt the PDFs and disable the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">date field<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">auto-calculate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> functions).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fund Grant <strong>Proposal<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\u00bb\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pd_form_application-revised.pdf\">pd_form_application <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pd_form_application-revised.pdf\">revised<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Proposed Budget<\/span> <strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Travel<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cupfa.org\/documents\/pd\/pd_travel.pdf\">pd_travel<\/a> <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Proposed Budget <strong>Conferences, workshops, training, etc.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00bb\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cupfa.org\/documents\/pd\/pd_conference.pdf\">pd_conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proposed Budget\u00a0 <strong>Preparation of art, music, etc.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00bb\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cupfa.org\/documents\/pd\/pd_arts_music.pdf\">pd_arts_music<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proposed Budget <strong>Research<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00bb <span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cupfa.org\/documents\/pd\/pd_research.pdf\">pd_research<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Proposed Budget <strong>Other<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00bb <span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cupfa.org\/documents\/pd\/pd_other.pdf\">pd_other<\/a>\u00a0<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(if other docs do not suit your project)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Professional Development Research\u00a0 Grants\u00a0 (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/documents\/pd\/2026_Large_Grants_Webinar.pdf\">details also reviewed in a\u00a0slide presentation, PDF 3MB<\/a><\/strong>)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>* See budget proposal documents below and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":1324,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7418,"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions\/7418"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cupfa.org\/en_CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}