Alberta Land Institue Research Grants

Eligibility

Applicants (i.e., Principal Investigators) must be Tri-Agency eligible (eligible to apply for Tri-Agency funding, i.e. CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) through their respective academic institution. 

Please note that Co-Investigators must also be eligible to apply for and hold funds as per the policies of their institution. Collaborators do not need to be Tri-Agency eligible. 

Summary

The Alberta Land Institute is accepting for consideration research proposals in the following three research areas:

Water Licensing

Alberta Carbon Sink Potential

Sustainable Agriculture: Amidst the Changing Climate  

Proposals must fit one of the three Research Categories within ALI’s research portfolio (see further info below): Discovery Research, Policy Research, or Educational Projects. ALI is particularly interested in research that relates to and informs the public policy process.  

The Alberta Land Institute is also accepting for consideration research proposals in the Open category. Proposals must fit one of the three Research Categories: Discovery Research, Policy Research, or Educational Projects, and must engage directly in another current area of study within the Institute’s mandate.

Research Categories

The Alberta Land Institute funds and conducts research in the following three categories:

Discovery Research

Research undertaken to identify and examine emerging and future issues critical to the Institute’s mandate. Successful proposals in this category will articulate broad research questions, inform long-range policy development using different disciplines and theoretical perspectives, and offer or inspire new information or innovative solutions to land use and land use management problems.

Policy Research

Projects focusing on a specific issue of immediate and critical concern to ALI’s stakeholders, providing concrete analysis of policy alternatives, land use instruments, etc., and supported by comprehensive academic research. The primary purpose of projects in this category is to fill knowledge gaps and support decision making in Alberta.

Educational Projects

Projects aimed at translating and transmitting existing or new ALI or other relevant knowledge beyond the academic community in order to shed light on issues specifically relevant to ALI’s partners and stakeholders and to support public discussion and policymaking in Alberta.

Resources:

Call for proposals

Grant guidelines

Overhead

Not applicable

Application deadlines

RSO detailed review deadline

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.

Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.

Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at rsotrainee@ucalgary.ca. Trainees should not use RMS at this time.

Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via either RMS or the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:

• Principal Investigator
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean
• Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)

Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.

Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.

Submission instructions:

1. Complete your application form - template available here - and Tri-agency data form for principal applicant and co-applicants.
2. To initiate internal approvals, complete the Pre-Award/Application record in RMS (https://research.ucalgary.ca/conduct-research/additional-resources/resea...), attach your completed Application, and submit for approvals from your department head and/or faculty Associate Dean (Research). *Important: when submitting in RMS, please ensure that you allow time for academic approvals prior to the Research Services review deadline of 12:00pm on November 28, 2023.
3. Once these approvals are obtained, RMS will automatically forward the Application record to Research Services for institutional review and approval.
4. Research Services will review, provide feedback (by email) if necessary, and will provide the institutional approval. RSO will also provide the capping institutional signature and will advise when ready.
5. Full Applications, including any supplementary documentation, should be submitted to the agency by email to albertalandinstitute@ualberta.ca on or before Friday, December 1, 2023.