The Emerging Scholar Award recognizes early-career researchers for their contributions and potential future impact on academia and the community. Recipients must use the funding to engage with MacEwan students by providing research assistantships and developing external funding proposals to further strengthen their research program.
To be eligible for this award, faculty must be an early-career researcher at the time of application. Our ECR definition draws on federal Tri-Agency definitions: “Early career researchers (ECRs) are applicants who have held their first independent academic position within the last five years. The five-year window for being considered an ECR is adjusted to consider instances where a researcher has had an eligible delay in research.”
Members of the University Faculty Scholarship Awards Adjudication Sub-Committee cannot apply for the award in the year they are on the sub-committee.
As part of the application, the following must be provided:
- full CV*
- statement of case letter*
- one letter of support from professional peers who are recognized scholars external to the university (your PhD supervisor may not provide this letter)
- one letter of support from your department chair, associate dean or dean
* More information about the CV and statement of case letter is available in the PeopleSoft template.
Emerging Scholar Award Amount: $5000
University Faculty Scholarship Awards Adjudication Committee Terms of Reference
Apply for the Emerging Scholar Award by following these steps:
- Log in to PeopleSoft.
- Choose the Research tile.
- Navigate to the My Grant Application page and select Emerging Scholar Award from the list of awards. Choose Start a New Application to begin a new application. Applications that have already been started can also be accessed from this screen.
Note: Emerging Scholar Award will only show up in the list when applications are open.