Partnership for Change: The RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project
Spring 2016 RESEARCH APPLICATION FORM
All Ryerson University full-time tenured, tenure-track and limited-term faculty members are
invited to submit an application as part of the third annual call for research proposals by
Friday, April 22, 2016 at 5:00 pm.
Partnership for Change: The RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project at Ryerson
University is a seven-year initiative supporting faculty research and student projects focusing
on four thematic areas:
•
Immigrant Employment and Entrepreneurship
•
Social Engagement of Immigrants
•
Immigrants and Mental Health
•
Immigrant Preferences and Consumer Behaviour
The RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project emphasizes primary research as well as
outreach and knowledge mobilization to ensure real-world impacts on policy and practice.
Please note that the adjudication committee may not be familiar the abbreviations,
language and jargon used in your discipline. Your application should use plain language with
sufficient detail for the informed assessment by an individual with no specialized knowledge
of the field.
The adjudication committee is under no obligation to review responses to questions that
exceed the indicated word limits.
1. APPLICANT INFORMATION
a) Principle Investigator contact information
PI’s Full Name
Position/Title at Ryerson University:
Department/faculty:
Ryerson email address:
b) Co-investigator contact information (if applicable)
Co-Investigator’s Full Name
Position/Title:
Department/faculty (and Institution if not Email address:
Ryerson):
2. PROJECT INFORMATION
a) Research project title:
b) Theme addressed:
Immigrant employment & entrepreneurship
Social engagement of immigrants
Immigrants & mental health
Immigrant preferences & consumer behavior
c) Please provide a brief description of the research project to serve as an abstract for
the project (300 words maximum):
d) Will this research project require Ryerson Ethics Board approval? Yes
No
e) Would you classify this research project as: (please check one)
A self-contained research project
A seed project that will be used as the basis for a larger grant application
f) Please provide a brief literature review and theoretical framework to situate this
research project and identify the issue, gap or questions being addressed. (500 word
limit)
g) Please provide a brief summary of the research design (survey, qualitative, etc.) and
the methodology to be employed for this project: (300 word limit)
h) Please provide a reference list of all works cited:
i) Please provide a brief explanation of how your research project will make a valuable
contribution(s) towards advancing knowledge and/or practice in relation to the theme
selected in (2b). (300 word limit)
3. EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the project, the Principal Investigator and their research team (if
applicable) are expected to:
i. Present their research findings in a community forum; and
ii. Submit a paper of publishable quality to be published on the RBC Immigrant,
Diversity and Inclusion Project website and the RCIS and Diversity Institute
websites (copyediting and editorial services can be included in the budget);
In addition to the above requirements, please outline any other knowledge mobilization
activities and outcomes you expect for this research project: (300 word limit)
4. BUDGET AND TIMELINE
a) Please provide a detailed budget using the table below, adding rows where necessary.
The Award will only be used for the direct costs of research, stipends for research
assistants, the direct costs of research dissemination, and other specific expenses
described in the “Use of Grant Funds” section of the Tri-Agency Financial Administration
Guide.
Expenses (Planned)
Salaries
Research Assistants
E.g. Undergraduate
Hourly
wage
$16.98
Benefit
multiplier
1.1242
Total hourly
Hours
wage
(if 4% vac. pay
and 8.42%
benefits)
$19.09
195
Total ($)
$3722.55
Subtotal
Data Collection (e.g. Survey design, travel to conduct data collection, etc.)
Item
Timeline
Total ($)
Subtotal
Knowledge Mobilization (e.g. article processing fees, copyediting, etc.)
Item
Timeline
Total ($)
Subtotal
Miscellaneous (e.g. supplies, printing, etc.)
Item
Total ($)
Timeline
Subtotal
Total Expenses (Planned)
Revenues (Planned)
RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project funding award
Total ($)
Total Revenues (Planned)
b) Please provide a budget justification for all items in your expected budget: (500 word
limit)
c) Are there any other funding sources to which you will be applying and/or have already
applied to for this research project? Yes
No
If yes, please elaborate: (300 word limit)
d) Please provide a timeline for the achievement of key project activities and milestones.
Activities/Milestone
Timeline
E.g. Research Ethics
Weeks 1-6 or 15/04/2015-27/05/2015
Please submit your completed application package to RBCpartnership@ryerson.ca