Funding opportunity: Sustainability Research Grant

The application deadline for the TRU Sustainability Research Grant is Feb. 10, 2015.

The grant is funded by TRU’s Office of Environment and Sustainability, and was established in September 2014.

This is a prestigious internal seed fund  that may be held only once and for one year at an annual value of $10,000. With the approval of the grant holder’s department and dean, a portion of the funds (up to $7,500) may be used as a research time stipend.

The grant holder will be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member not currently holding a major multi-year Tri-Agency external grant or contract (over $50,000) as the principal investigator.

The purpose of the grant is to: “Encourage interdisciplinary research and expand knowledge of sustainability and sustainable development, defined in terms of sustainability’s four pillars — environmental, social, economic and cultural.” Preference will be given to applications incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives and/or methodologies.