2024 Margaret Gunn Endowment for Animal Research (MGEAR)

Eligibility

Eligibility 

Applicants for Animal Health Research Grants can hold either of the following types of appointments: (1) Regular and (2) Adjunct.  In the case of Adjunct appointments, the Principal Investigator must indicate who their collaborator is and note that they have a Regular appointment.

Summary

In 1993, the Margaret Gunn Endowment for Animal Research was established in honour of Margaret Dallas Gunn, a dairy farmer from the Carstairs area and friend of the University of Calgary. Funds are made available, annually, to support an Animal Health Research Grants Program.

The purpose is to support research in animal health and behaviour: with special attention to agriculture.  This funding is to be viewed as a stepping stone towards future Tri-Council funding (or other equivalent funding as it relates to agriculture) and it must be a new project. 

Please attach the items listed on the checklist to a new RMS record. Find and select the funding opportunity for MGEAR 2024 and submit for internal application approvals. Please note that approvals on the application does not constitute an award of funding, this is merely approval of the proposal. 

Animal Health Research Grants

Award is to support significant research initiatives in animal health and behaviour. Award amounts will be determined by the Committee. Awards are for up to two years and to be used for operating support of the project. Funding available is normally up to $60,000 over two years.

Applicants are to submit proposals on the Margaret Gunn Endowment for Animal Research application for a research grant form and include the following:

• a project budget breakdown (identifying salary, equipment, etc.) and the rationale for the budget; quotes for equipment purchases over $3,000 must be attached
• an updated curriculum vitae
• an abstract/purpose statement (not more than 1 page in length) explicitly addressing how the project addresses the purpose of the endowment
• a project proposal of not more than four (4) pages
• the project summary and budget summary pages for active and pending research application submissions

Applicants are encouraged to seek matching financial support from other eligible sources.

In all cases, applicants are responsible for reading all relevant materials before submitting an application.

The Committee requires an electronic version of the application to be submitted to Research Services.

Incomplete or late applications will not be considered by the Committee.

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.

Submit an electronic version of the complete application submission as a single pdf document (which includes the attachments) below. 

Download checklist and form 

Download Appendix A