Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Funding agencies are offering a range of awards, fellowships and research funding opportunities in the following areas of social sciences: psychology, peace research, societal and economical studies, quality of life research, asian studies and Canadian foreign affairs.

Upcoming Major Deadlines

SSHRC Partnership Grants, Stage 1 (Deadline Feb 15, 2018)

Partnership Grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over 4 to 7 years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization.

Upcoming Research Funding Opportunities

Global Grand Challenges: Saving Lives at Birth (Deadline Feb 28, 2018)

The Gates Foundation and its 5 partners are seeking innovative interventions for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the time of delivery. The goal is to harness scientific, technological, social, and business ingenuity in order to achieve sustainable transformational gains in maternal and newborn survival and in the prevention of stillbirth globally. *NOTE: Please review to ensure you can meet reporting requirements, and contact ors@sfu.ca if you intend to apply.

Peace Research Grants (Deadline Feb 28, 2018)

International Peace Research Association Foundation (IPRAF) awards grants to help fund peace research projects in places as diverse as Argentina, Bosnia, inner city communities in the United States, the Middle East, the Philippines, the Punjab, and Uganda.

Law Foundation Research Proposals (Deadline March 1, 2018)

Upcoming Fellowships

Field Research Fellowships (Deadline Feb 15, 2018)

The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS), with funding support from the US State Department Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Council of American Oversees Research Centers, invites applications for the the ACMS Field Research Fellowship Program to support short-term student, post-doctoral, or faculty field research in Mongolia in the Summer or Fall 2018.

Koret Foundation: Koret Fellowship in Korea Program (Deadline March 1, 2018)

The Koret Foundation of San Francisco is offering a fellowship for scholars to conduct research at Stanford University on contemporary Korean affairs, with the broad aim of strenghening ties between the United States and Korea.

International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) and IIAS/CEM-FMSH Fellowship (Deadline March 1, 2018)

IIAS invites outstanding scholars to apply for a fellowship at IIAS to conduct research focused on three IIAS clusters 'Asian Cities', 'Asian Heritages' and 'Global Asia'.