RIC Engaged Scholarship Award
The Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students (RIC Award) recognizes graduate students that conduct research projects following engaged scholarship principles. These principles lead to increased awareness of audiences beyond academia or changes in stakeholder actions, practices, guidelines or policies. This award recognizes engaged scholarship (“making research with the people who benefit from it”), co-creation of knowledge or integrated knowledge translation efforts among graduate students of our Canadian member institutions, regardless of discipline.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply, the applicants must:
- Be a graduate student registered at one of RIC’s Canadian academic member institutions, at a year-two stage or part-time equivalent (Master’s or Doctorate candidate), in any discipline, or be a recent graduate (up to one year after graduation date).
- Be leading or have led a significant research project (e.g. research for a thesis or dissertation) following engaged scholarship principles that resulted in increased awareness of targeted audiences or changes in actions, practices, guidelines, attitudes, policies, etc.
- Demonstrate knowledge mobilization activities that have been implemented or executed to some degree or are at least in the process of being implemented or executed.
Application Information
Graduate students must submit their application package online to the RIC website. Applications are accepted in English or French. The package should include the following:
- A completed online application form
- An application letter (2 pages maximum)
- A CV (3 pages maximum)
- Two letters of support (2 pages maximum per letter of support):
- A letter from project knowledge users, participants, collaborators, or partners describing the importance of your contribution to changes or impact in their actions, practices, guidelines, policies, etc.
- A letter from an academic supervisor describing your journey, evolution, lessons
Selection and Recognition
Award recipients will be selected by a review committee consisting of staff working at RIC member institutions. Two recipients in the Master’s category will receive $2,000 CAD each and two recipients in the doctoral category will receive $3,000 CAD each. All four winners will be featured on the RIC website, promoted on our social media channels, and invited to present their research at a virtual webinar.