Funding for Public Engagement | Office of Public Engagement

Funding Opportunities for Public Engagement

Funding opportunities include grants, scholarships, awards, internships and any other program providing financial support and recognition for public engagement activities at Memorial University.

This list of resources is a living document that we hope to keep udating over the years. If you are aware of any resource that is not currently listed here, please reach out to us (engagement@mun.ca) and send a description and a link to the public engagement resource you would like to see added to the list.

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund, Office of Public Engagement

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	10,000.00	2	students, faculty, staff	Signal Hill

Memorial University’s Public Engagement Accelerator Fund is intended to help meet the goals and objectives of Memorial’s Public Engagement Framework by increasing capacity of our faculty, students and staff to collaborate with partners outside the University (i.e., the public).

Catalyst Conference Fund for Public Engagement, Office of Public Engagement

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	5,000.00	1	students, faculty, staff	Signal Hill

The Catalyst Conference Fund for Public Engagement supports conference organizers in creating opportunities for public engagement as part of large events. The fund is designed to support academic conferences that align with the goals and objectives of Memorial’s View the Framework (Vision, Values, Goals and Objectives) by encouraging opportunities for public participation in conference activities.

Quick Start Fund for Public Engagement, Office of Public Engagement

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	2,500.00	1	students, faculty, staff	Signal Hill Campus

The Quick Start Fund offers up to $2500 for projects that contribute to meeting the goals and objectives of Memorial's Public Engagement Framework. The purpose of the fund is to support new public engagement partnerships, projects and initiatives such as preliminary meetings, events and service learning projects.

President's Award for Public Engagement Partnerships, Office of Public Engagement

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	5,000.00	1	faculty, staff, partners	Signal Hill Campus

The President's Award for Public Engagement Partnerships celebrates exemplary public engagement partnerships, projects and programs that are active in the current year.

Public Engagement Postdoctoral Fellowship, Office of Public Engagement

	Amount	Cycles	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	50,000.00	once every two years	post-docs	Signal Hill Campus

The Public Engagement Postdoctoral Fellowship (PEPDF) is offered by Memorial’s Office of Public Engagement (OPE) in collaboration with a Memorial faculty member or academic unit and participating external organizations.

Community Scholars, The Harris Centre

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	10,000.00	1	post-docs	Signal Hill Campus

The Community Scholars Program is an initiative of the Office of the President and administered through the Harris Centre. The program provides up to $10,000 to approximately 10 scholars annually who would like to spend 8-10 weeks in a community in Newfoundland and Labrador and engage with the residents in a range of public engagement activities.

The David Curran Award for Memorial University Undergraduate Students, The Harris Centre

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	See website for more information	1	undergraduate	Signal Hill Campus

This scholarship was established by the Harris Centre, Newfoundland and Labrador Regional Economic Development Association, and Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador in recognition of David Curran, a passionate advocate and tireless champion of rural Newfoundland.The award recognizes one Memorial University undergraduate student who embodies that same spirit of community development innovation.

MMSB Waste Management Applied Research Fund, The Harris Centre

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	15,000.00	1	students, faculty, staff	Signal Hill Campus

Open to all faculty, students and staff at Memorial, the Harris Centre - MMSB Waste Management Applied Research Fund provides up to $15,000 per project/per year to investigate waste management issues in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Thriving Regions Applied Research Fund, The Harris Centre

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	15,000.00	1	students, faculty, staff	Signal Hill Campus

The Thriving Regions Applied Research Fubd provides support for research projects that address community priorities in Newfoundland and Labrador.

West White Rose Employment Diversity Research Fund, The Harris Centre

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	20,000.00	1	students, faculty, staff	Signal Hill Campus

Memorial University’s Harris Centre, will fund research projects related to growing the pool of available qualified workers from under-represented groups in the natural resources sector in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Grenfell Campus Engagement Awards, Grenfell Office of Engagement

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	500.00	1	students, faculty, staff	Grenfell

The Grenfell Campus Engagement Awards are awarded annually to a student, staff member and faculty member to acknowledge their engagement in their communities.

Health Professional-led Research Funding, NLSUPPORT

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	10,000.00	2	faculty, staff	St. John's - Medicine

The purpose of the Health Professional-led Research Funding is to develop patient-oriented research and evaluation capacity amongst health professionals. Applicant must be a clinician, nurse or other health professional working actively in a clinical role within aresearch, health or community care institution in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Graduate Student Funding Opportunities, NL SUPPORT

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	16,000.00	1	PhD students	St. John's - Medicine
	20,000.00	1	MSc students	St. John's - Medicine

NL SUPPORT and Quality of Care NL build learning, capacity development and sustainability in patient-oriented research. We strive to nurture the next generation of researchers and provide career development for current researchers and staff. To that end, we provide support in the form of graduate student fellowships each year. The value of this fellowship is up to $16,000/year for up to two years for master’s students and up to $20,000/year for up to three years for doctoral students.

Undergraduate Training in Research Assistance (NUTRA), NLSUPPORT

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	Stipend up to 16 weeks	1	undergraduate students	St. John's - Medicine

The NL SUPPORT Undergraduate Training in Research Assistance (NUTRA) program is designed to match undergraduate students with faculty supervisors who are conducting patient-oriented research, and provide them with stipend funding for up to 16 weeks to complete a summer project.

Social Ventures Incubator, Centre for Social Enterprise (CSE)

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	2,500.00	1	students, recent graduates	St. John's - Business & Administration

Our social enterpreneurs have powerful ideas for social impact. The CSE Social Ventures Incubator helps bring those ideas to life. The Social Incubator aim is to support ventures whose objective is positive social impact. They must have a strong social mission at the core of what they do and they must make a commitment to demonstrate their social impact.

Insight Business Consulting Program, Research Innovation Office (RIO)

	Amount	Cycles per year	Who can apply	Campus⁄Faculty
	4,500.00	3 (one per semester)	MBA students	St. John's