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Collaborative Student Project Grant

Please note that this funding is no longer available.

This funding homepage was a page for information about the application process and links to the application forms for ACTOR’s Collaborative Student Project Grant Funding. Please note that this funding is no longer available. See below for a list of funded projects, or visit the Projects page for all projects, or see the Project Reports of the completed projects on the TOR.

INFORMATION REGARDING THE ACTOR COLLABORATIVE STUDENT PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS AND INFORMATION: Please read carefully before beginning/submitting your application!  

The purpose of the ACTOR Collaborative Student Project Grant is to support research in line with ACTOR’s mission to bring the musical use of timbre to the forefront of scholarship, practice, and public awareness as well as to provide students with funding for the summer period and encourage interinstitutional collaboration among students in the ACTOR partnership.  

A document with best practices regarding working in interdisciplinary collaborative projects has been created to help guide you. We encourage you to review this before applying. 

ELIGIBILTY

• Two (2) student applicants per research proposal, each from different institutions, with at least one (1) applicant from an ACTOR academic partner institution.

• Student applicants are required to be ACTOR members at the time of application.

• Postdoctoral members are not eligible for this funding.

• At least one of the applicants must be an enrolled student during the full period of the award.

• Each student must be sponsored by an ACTOR member at their institution. If there are no ACTOR members in the institution, students may be sponsored by a faculty member.

DISBURSEMENT AND REQUIREMENTS

• The maximum funding for selected applications is $8,000.00 (CAD) per project distributed as $4,000.00 (CAD) per student through each student's institution.

• The award will be disbursed as follows: 80% issued in June and 20% after the completion of an online module item for the ACTOR Timbre and Orchestration Resource (peer-reviewed) by 30 April of the following year. E.g., successful applicants selected for funding will receive 80% of the grant in June first year and the remaining 20% in April the following year.

• All module items submitted by Collaborative Student Project Grant recipients will be peer-reviewed.

• All submissions to the TOR must follow the TOR Submission Guidelines and all accompanying files must be clearly labelled and organized. It is the responsibility of the applicant to curate all data being submitted making sure it is identifiable and understandable to any potential user.

• Recipients are expected to present their work at the ACTOR Summer Workshop (in-person, live video, or pre-recorded video with live discussion) in the following year, after the completion of their TOR module item.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

• Applications will be accepted on an annual basis on February 1st until 5:00pm EDT !! If the deadline falls on a weekend, applications will be accepted through the following Monday at 5pm EDT.

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Applications must be submitted via the Online Application Form.

  • Applications must include a signed (ink or digital) form from ACTOR advisor.

• Late or incomplete applications will not be processed.

SELECTION PROCESS

• Applications will be evaluated by the ACTOR Training and Mentoring Committee (TMC). The TMC will select up to four awarded projects per year.

• The project proposal will be evaluated on criteria including (but not limited to):

  • Originality/innovation

  • Artistic/scientific merit

  • Interdisciplinarity and plans for collaboration

  • Impact of proposed Timbre and Orchestration Resource module

    • The TOR module item could be an article, video presentation, interactive module, or another innovative format. For more format options and to learn how to submit to TOR, see the TOR Submission Guidelines.

• Committee members will recuse themselves from deliberations regarding any research project they oversee or that may pose a conflict of interest for them. Any recusals associated with the award winner will be made public when the award is announced.

• The winners will be notified in May and will have two weeks to accept or decline the Fellowship.

For additional information on this funding opportunity, please visit Collaborative Student Project Grant – Information Page.

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