Please reply to: Melissa Tetley (melissa.tetley@utoronto.ca)
Under certain SSHRC and NSERC programs (e.g. SSHRC Standard Research Grant and NSERC Discovery Programs), grantees receive an automatic one-year no-cost extension following the original funding expiry date to complete their research using unspent funds. After the automatic extension year, SSHRC and NSERC allow unspent funds to be transferred to the University’s General Research Fund (GRF) which supports critical research initiatives at the discretion of the Vice-President Research. The GRF funds the University of Toronto Excellence Award, the University of Toronto Research Completion Award, and other research initiatives. The Vice President, Research establishes annual allocations from the GRF for these initiatives.
The University of Toronto Research Completion Award is a program where under exceptional circumstances and subject to review conducted under the auspices of the Vice-President Research, access to a portion of a grantee’s remaining balance in an expired SSHRC or NSERC grant may be approved. UT-RCA applications are considered on the justification for the request and the merit of the proposed use of funds relative to other applications in the context of the annual allocation. It is important to note that due to limited funds available in the GRF pool and to competing demands for funding to support a range of research initiatives as mentioned above, successful UT-RCA requests may receive partial funding only.
The UT-RCA competition deadline is April 16, 2012. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered. For complete program details and the 2012 UT-RCA application form, please refer to http://www.research.utoronto.ca/research-funding-opportunities/university-of-toronto-research-completion-award/
Questions about the UT-RCA program may be directed to Melissa Tetley, Research Funding Manager, Internal Programs at melissa.tetley@utoronto.cautoronto.ca or 416-946-7848.
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