Contract Faculty Research and Professional Development Fund

UWOFA’s Contract Faculty Research and Professional Development Fund was established in 2017.

Purpose
The purpose of this funding is to support the participation of UWOFA contract faculty Members in professional development activities, academic conferences and research.

Amount
For the 2024 year, UWOFA is to provide up to $20,000 in funding each year, of which $10,000 is available for Limited-Term Members (which includes Members in a Limited-Term Appointment created under Clause 1.1 of the Article Transition Provisions of the 1998-2002 Collective Agreement and Members on a Limited-Term Appointment without a specified end date) and $10,000 is available for Part-Time Members (those holding a Limited-Duties Appointment or a Standing Appointment). However, if the adjudication committee determines that the total of the fundable applications from either the Limited-Term or the Part-Time applicants is less than $10,000 it may allocate the difference to the other group.

Administration and Adjudication
The UWOFA Committee for Contract Faculty is responsible for ensuring that the funding is advertised, setting an application deadline and appointing an adjudication committee. The adjudication committee shall have five members, three of whom shall be members of the Committee for Contract Faculty. The funding shall be advertised on the UWOFA website and to all Members on UWOFA’s contract faculty email lists.

Eligibility
Only UWOFA contract faculty Members are eligible to apply for the funding. Each member can submit only one application in any given year. A Member who receives funding in a year is not eligible in each of the next two years.

Application
The 2024 CFRPDF Application must be filled in full and sent with requested attachments to uwofaco@uwo.ca by the deadline listed on the application form.

Conditions
Funded activities or projects must either have been completed in the twelve
months prior to the submission deadline or be completed within the twelve months following the submission deadline, although in exceptional circumstances in the latter situation an extension may be granted by the Committee for Contract Faculty. If the research project requires approval from Western Ethics Research Board or Animal Use Subcommittee, a copy of the approval documentation must be submitted with the application or forthwith once it is obtained.

Selection
The adjudication committee shall determine the recipients of the funding and shall so advise the President. Among other considerations, it shall consider the merits of each project or activity, the qualifications of each applicant, and the financial circumstances of each project or activity. An application may be funded in full or in part. Up to ten Limited-Term and up to ten Part-Time applicants may be funded in a given year.

Disbursement
The funding will normally be provided as reimbursement, after the funded Member submits receipts for expenses to UWOFA. In exceptional circumstances, a funded Member may request the funding in advance, in which case receipts must be submitted later. In all cases receipts must be submitted within one month of being selected for funding or completing the project or activity, whichever occurs later.

Acknowledgement and Reporting
Funded Members shall, in the project or activity, take reasonable steps to acknowledge UWOFA’s financial support. Funded Members shall, in a timely manner, provide UWOFA with a written report (not more than 500 words) on the completed project or activity. The Committee for Contract Faculty shall provide an annual report to the President on the applications which indicates the number of applications received and summarizes the sorts of projects and activities for which funding was sought.

Approved: Board of Directors – February 3, 2017

Amended: Board of Directors – September 14, 2022

List of Funding Recipients (contact UWOFA for awardees prior to 2022)

2024
Imran Abdool (Social Science)
Luke Arnott (FIMS)
Bassem Awad (Law)
Juan Bello (FIMS)
Alba Devo (Arts & Humanities)
Tanya Doody (Arts & Humanities)
Patrick Feely (Music)
Michael Fulton (Social Science)
Faraj Haddad (Schulich)
Duane Jacques (Engineering)
Les Kalman (Schulich)
Shahed Khan (Social Science)
Kamila Kolpashnikova (Social Science)
Natalie Mathieson (Engineering)
Lee Ann McKivor (Education)
Jacob Reeves (Engineering)
Gregory Ross (Health Science)
Gabor Sass (Social Science)
Richard VandeWetering (Social Science)

2023
Brianna Anderson (Education)
Christine Bell (Schulich Medicine & Dentistry)
Oana Birceanu (Schulich Medicine & Dentistry)
Jorge Cruz Lopez (Social Science)
Michael Dove (Social Science)
Oleksa Drachewych (Social Science)
Pejman Habibie (Education)
Mitchell Hammond (Social Science)
Sarah Hennessy (Education)
Kate Korycki (Arts and Humanities)
Peter Krats (Social Science)
Sarina Vera (Education)
Andrew Wenaus (Arts and Humanities)

2022
Elaine Fournier (Education)
Michael Herbert (Health Sciences)
Bethany Horst (Music)
Angela Park (Music)
Jason Sandhar (A&H: English)
Danielle Sirek (Education)
Peter Timmins (Anthropology)
Marnie Wedlake (Health Sciences)
Natascha Wesch (Health Sciences)