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Social Innovation Funding Opportunities | Call for Proposals
NSERC has launched a new competition for the College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF). The CCSIF supports college social innovation research projects in areas such as education, integration of vulnerable populations and community development, in partnership with local community organizations. Applicants will be invited to apply for up to $120,000 per year for a duration of 1-3 years.
The Office of Research & Innovation will provide support for GBC employees interested in applying for funding. This year, NSERC is only allowing five applications per college to be submitted. The ORI will be introducing a new internal review process and shortlist applications after the internal applications are received. Any GBC staff or faculty interested in this opportunity must complete the expression of interest to receive the internal application. The deadline for the internal application is Monday November 30, 2020 to be considered for internal ORI review.
If you are interested in this opportunity, click the link below to learn more about the application requirements. To learn more about our previous CCSIF projects, read our Social Innovation Report.
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Timeline for Submission
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Internal application due to ORI
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November 30, 2020
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Decision on shortlisted applications
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December 7, 2020
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First draft of proposal due to PM
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January 4, 2020
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Supporting documents due to PM
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January 11, 2020
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Final grant proposal submission to PM
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January 18, 2021
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Submission to NSERC
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February 1, 2021
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PAST SOCIAL INNOVATION PROJECTS
Community Guide to Cancer Nutrition
This project aims to research, test and produce a comprehensive, informative and accessible handbook on cancer nutrition. The nutrition guide will be equipped with health – promoting recipes that could be used by Gilda’s Clubs and cancer care affiliates nationwide as a model for running similar health –promoting, and socially and emotionally supportive supper clubs. This research will be conducted in George Brown College’s Chef School.
Faculty: Amy Symington
Partner Organization: Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto
Adaptive Clothing for Persons Living with Hemi-paresis
For its survivors, a stroke can impact everyday tasks like getting dressed, shattering a survivor’s sense of normalcy and well-being. Enter a collaboration between George Brown College and the University of Toronto focused on a line of adaptive clothing. See how this project changes the way we see adaptive clothing
Faculty: Milan Shahani
Partner Organization: University of Toronto
Job Talks: Innovative Study and Website for Recruitment in the Skilled Trades
Through a national survey, recorded interviews and an interactive website called “Job Talks” the project will mobilize a new understanding of tradespeople by allowing the public to interact with the research findings, view videos of passionate tradespeople, and access career information.
Partner Organizations: The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, Skills Ontario and Q.I. Value Systems
Faculty: Jonathan Callegher
