March Steering Committee Update

Special Initiatives Travel Funds Policy

A Special Initiatives travel funding envelope has been developed to facilitate the convening of partnership members across the City Networks and/or Ontario-Quebec to jointly showcase partnership research findings via workshops and panels at national and international conferences and develop new collaborative initiatives that clearly accomplish BMRC-IMRU partnership research and knowledge mobilization objectives as articulated in the SSHRC grant.  For additional information see Travel Funds Policy, March 2, 2018 in the Governance folder in Dropbox or via https://www.dropbox.com/s/icypkz587fq7m8x/BMRC-IMRU%20TravelFundsPolicy%20March22018.pdf?dl=0

Non-Student Researchers Policy

Provisions have been made within the framework of relevant SSHRC guidelines for the hiring of non-student researchers on BMRC-IMRU partnership funded projects where it will enhance the research.   For information see Non-Student Researchers Policy, March 12, 2018 in the Governance folder in Dropbox or via https://www.dropbox.com/s/ip6lot01k8hhxlm/Policy%20Non-StudentResearchers%20March122018.pdf?dl=0

March 2018 Cycle Request for Research Templates

New funding proposals are currently being invited for the Open Call March 2018 Funding Cycle.  All BMRC-IMRU Partnership investigators are eligible to apply as project principal investigators for either small projects or larger projects involving multiple city networks, migrant communities or types of institutions.   Submissions are due by Monday, April 16, 2018 via both Dropbox and bmrc-irmu@yorku.ca.   For additional information and research templates see the March 2018 Cycle folder in Dropbox or via:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k0rhcbvm15tytym/AAC-Xg_5Gpv91xJunhrdm2Mqa?dl=0