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University Research Fund (Article 25.55)

Acadia's University Research Fund supports faculty research through $150,000 in annual funding provided from the Board of Governors and managed by the Research & Innovation Office. A call for applications will be sent to campus (via email) in September and January each year.

This support is described in Article 25.55 of the .

Guidelines for Applicants

The Research & Innovation Office has moved our funding application files onto a SharePoint site, which can be accessed by Acadia faculty at . The SharePoint site hosts supporting documents for each of our internal funding competitions, along with our research policies.

Steps to download and submit your 25.55 application:

  1. Go to the site.

  2. Review the URF 25.55 guidelines.

  3. Read the Research Proposal and Budget Justification documents.

  4. Download a copy of the 2025 URF 25.55 application.

  5. Complete the application according to the instructions.

  6. Ensure you have an updated CV.

  7. Ensure you have your application and any accompanying documents prepared.

  8. Open the Microsoft Forms Application Portal .

  9. Submit your application prior to the deadline.  

 

Deadlines (Biannual)

February 1st and October 15th, each year - CLOSED

 

Objectives

外流影片 established a research fund to support faculty research, and contributes $150,000 for each year of the towards two open competitions (Fall and Winter). The funds (awards up to $7,000) are administered through the Research and Innovation Office. This Research Fund is available only to current members of the bargaining unit and to Faculty appointees to the Board of Governors.

Funding Priorities (2025-2026)
The following areas are the priorities for 2025-2026, as determined by the URF Adjudication Committee, and are equal in priority ranking.

 Direct costs of research

  • Student engagement in faculty member research (e.g. hiring a student research assistant)
  • Community engagement in faculty member research (e.g. data collection in a community organization)
  • Research user engagement (e.g. meetings with end users to help identify needs and potential research impacts)
  • Travel for purposes of research 鈥渄ata collection鈥� (recognizing disciplinary variation)
  • Purchase of necessary equipment, materials, consumables and/or services for conducting and incentivizing research (evidence of purchase price or quotations needed)

Knowledge dissemination and mobilization within and beyond academia

  • Research presentation by the faculty applicant at professional conferences/meetings (evidence of acceptance for a conference presentation is required)
  • Knowledge mobilization targeted at appropriate research users outside of academia
  • The creation of research outputs in non-traditional media, such as videos and podcasts, translation of research into other languages, and community-based meetings (like a Mawio鈥檓i, for example)
  • Virtual conference attendance and reasonable related expenses are supported
  • Publication costs as they relate to research accepted for publication in legitimate publication venues (i.e., not predatory journals - https://predatoryreports.org/the-predatory-journals)

Non-eligible expenses

  • Conference attendance without presentation
  • Expenses that are largely educational in nature (e.g., course tuition, professional development workshops, purchase or maintenance of teaching equipment / technology)
  • Student attendance at conferences

 

Key Points:

  • Under the terms of the 16th Collective Agreement, applicants can elect to apply for one- or two-year awards, for a maximum amount of $7,000. [NOTE: Unless you are certain that your project will require a full two years, it may be best to apply for a one-year award. If it becomes apparent that you will require extra time, you can automatically extend your one-year award for an extra year, as per Article 25.55(d). This avoids the situation of receiving a two-year award, finishing early, and then not being able to apply again until the 2-year term has ended.]
  • Applicants eligible to apply for external funding cannot receive funding from this source for more than three consecutive years, unless a research funding application has been submitted to an external granting organization within that three-year period.
  • Requests for 25.55 funding must be accompanied by a one-page report on the activities and outcomes of previous 25.55 funding, if applicable, unless a report has already been submitted to Research, Innovation, and Graduate Studies.
  • The evaluation criteria utilized by the Adjudication Committee can be found here. Please ensure that all relevant sections of the form are completed, and that it is submitted by the due date.
  • It is important that you justify (not just describe) the budget clearly. Remember, if you are requesting travel funds to present a paper, please include a letter of acceptance and an abstract of the paper being presented.
  • PLEASE NOTE: Article 25.55(g) states, "Applications must also include an updated curriculum vitae of the applicant." Please upload your current CV within the online application form.
  • The deadlines for submission each year are October 15 and February 1 (adjusted to the following Monday if dates fall on the weekend). Decisions will be announced by November 15 and February 28 respectively.
  • If you have any questions, please contact the Research Office at researchoffice@acadiau.ca

TIP: Please remember that there may be no one on the Adjudication Committee who shares your expertise or even your disciplinary background. Write for clarity and understanding throughout your application.

Hiring Student Researchers

Please visit our Hiring Students page for pay rates and more information.

University Research Fund Recipients

2024-2025 Recipients

Stephen Ahern, English and Theatre, $5,000 - Affecting Fictions: New Directions in Literature and Emotion

Garrett Allen, Biology, $5,000 - Investigating physiological distress and energetic constraints in farmed giant sea scallops (Placopectin magellanicus) during their approach to sexual maturation

Paul Arnold, Engineering, $4,119 - Application of a Modified BOD Test to Improve Performance at Wolfville Wastewater Treatment Plant

Sandra Barr, Earth and Environmental Science, $2,000 - Age of volcanic rocks in the northern Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia

Kathryn Bell and Diane Holmberg, Psychology, $4,837 - Bridging the Gap Between Research-Based Knowledge and Societal Beliefs about Trauma and Relationship Violence

Anne Sophie Champod, Psychology, $2,000 - Examining the effectiveness and predictors of attrition in a dual-control group study of brief online mindfulness practice

Alice Cohen, Earth and Environmental Science, and Nandini Thiyagarajan, English and Theatre, $4,924 - Who belongs where? Investigating the protection of Hemlock trees from Woolly Adelgids in Kejimkujik National Park

John Colton, Community Development, $1,953 - Exploring Attitudes and Perspectives on Offshore Wind Energy Development in Nova Scotia

Mariah Cooper, History and Classics, $5,000 - Medieval Victim-Blaming and Rape Mythologies: Case Studies of Margery de la Beche and Eleanor de Clare

Laurie Dalton, Art Gallery, $5,000 - Beyond La Llorona: Women & Resistance in Oaxacan Printmaking - Engaging with Publics & Knowledge Sharing

Janet Dyment, Community Development, $4,795 - Navigating New Horizons: The Future of Outdoor Education

Wasundara Fernando, Biology, $5,000 - Investigating cytotoxic activity of wewakazole B analogs in breast cancer cells

Chelsea Gardner, History and Classics, $4,802 - Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Responsible Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World

Stephanie Gauvin, Psychology, $3,125 - Sexual Well-Being of Trans and Gender Diverse Individuals: A Pleasure-Centered Approach

Glenys Gibson, Biology, $3,500 - The Effects of the 'Safe Alternatives' to Bisphenol A (BPA) on Embryonic Development

Fikir Haile, Politics, $5,000 - African Urbanisms: Theorizing the peri-urban milieu

Esteve Hassan, Computer Science and Engineering, $4,974 - Leveraging Data Analytics to Measure Elevator Car Performance

Joseph Hayes, Psychology, $4,500 - The role of trait impulsivity in withdrawal from life and suicidality

Kirk Hillier, Biology, $5,000 - Pheromones and Chemical Ecology of Hyposmocoma moths

Mark Hopkins, Music, $1,000 - SoundPainting: A vehicle for creativity in every music classroom

Judith Leidl, Art, $1,000 - Drawing into Printmaking: Paradigm Shifts in Art Creation as Self-Exploration

Emily Lockhart, Sociology, $5,000 - 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Legal Consciousness: Legal Decision Making in Cases of Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence

Matt Lukeman, Chemistry, $5,000 - Enhancing Excited State Proton Transfer

Katie Mazer, ESST and WGST, $1,000 - Roads to Resources: Uneven Development, Mobile Work, and the Extractive Imaginary in Canada

Nelson O鈥橠riscoll, Earth and Environmental Science, $5,000 - Quantifying the mercury:calorie ratio of sediment invertebrates in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia

Dr. Zoe Panchen, Biology, $3,000 - Is there a symbiotic relationship between Arctic lousewort species and fungi?: Addressing Inuit food insecurity and sovereignty through developing sustainable cultivation methods for culturally important plants

Anne Qu茅ma, English and Theatre, $2,013 - Citational Poetry: From Walter Benjamin to Er铆n Moure's Poetry

Ahlam Rahal, Education, $5,000 - Crosstalk the Podcast: Critical Commentary with Atlantic Educators

Peter Ricketts, Earth and Environmental Science, $5,000 - Development of a Coastal Communities Climate-Change Adaptation Toolkit

Michael Robertson, Physics, $3,000 - Development of an Inexpensive Air Quality Monitor for Regional Use and High School Student Outreach

Kendra Sampson, Biology, $4,746 - Response of in vitro and traditionally grown Nova Scotia halophytes to fungal bioinoculant

Todd Smith, Biology, $3,100 - Attraction of mosquitoes (Culex territans) to volatile chemical compounds produced by Green Frogs (Rana clamitans) infected with Hepatozoon blood parasites

Mo Snyder, Earth and Environmental Science, $2,430 - Geological Mapping of metasedimentary rocks across the Mani Peninsula, Lakonia, Greece

Ryan Stack, Business, $2,892 - Public Accountability Audits: Mapping the Field

Jaro Stacul, Sociology, $2,123 - Working Students or Student Workers? An Analysis of Work Ethic among Undergraduate Students in Nova Scotia

Michael Stokesbury, Biology, $3,472 - Oceanic migration of SARA listed Gaspereau River Atlantic Salmon smolt

Natalie Swain, Classics, $1,100 - Classical Receptions & Impact of Wonder Woman

Deanne Van Rooyen, Earth and Environmental Science, $2,700 - Searching for the Appalachian Altiplano: the case of the missing mountains鈥�

Steven Van Zoost, Education, $4,687 - Connecting to world, connecting to self: Using A/r/tography to engage teachers in identity constitution

Allison Walker, Biology, $5,000 - Seagrass Fungi of South Australia

Johannes Wheeldon, Law and Society, $2,430 - Criminological Theory: Crime, Law, and Canadian Society

Kevin Whetter, English and Theatre, $2,100 - "Tolhurst Lecture and 'Punctuated Combat, Emotion, and Knightly Fellowship in the Winchester Manuscript-Text of Sir Thomas Malory鈥檚 Le Morte Darthur'鈥�