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EC3R: Establishing Capacity, Connection and Collaboration for Early Career Researchers working at the
intersection of the Arts, Humanities, and Health
Are you an Early Career Researcher* (ECR) working at the intersection of the Arts,
Humanities, and Health? Do you have an idea for an event or small project where you
need funding to get it off the ground?
Paula.ravitz@SinaiHealthSystem.ca
We are offering three £800 grants for ECRs based in the UK and three CAD$ 1,000 grants for
those based in Canada to support you to get your ideas off the ground. The funding forms part of
a grant awarded to University College London and the University of Toronto. The aim of the
scheme is to support the ECR career development of those working at the intersection of the arts,
humanities and health across three strands:
1) CAPACITY. Support with skills development to enable ECRs to deliver timely research.
2) CONNECT. Bring together ECRs to connect over shared research priorities, engage in
reflective dialogues, and build networks.
3) COLLABORATE. Facilitate collaboration to address cross-cutting research gaps.
Ideas of what we might fund include, but are not limited to:
A networking or social event to bring ECRs together who have shared research interests
A training or knowledge-exchange event to share innovative methods or interdisciplinary
ways of working
A ‘sandpit’ event to gather ECRs together to formulate ideas for a future research project
Time for you and other ECRs to write a funding application together to apply for funding
(e.g., research funding, development money)
A writing retreat for you and other ECRs to support you to collaborate on journal articles
or other publications
Budgeted costs might include: travel stipends for participants, honoraria for speakers or admin
support, graphic recording of the event, accessibility costs such as ASL translation, booking
space, and providing hospitality (food and non-alcoholic beverages). You must clearly justify how
the money will be spent and how it aligns with the aims of the EC3R fund in your application. The
money will be transferred directly to you, as the lead application, and must be managed by you.
If there are any ethical implications of your idea (e.g. you require institutional ethical approvals to
carry out the activity), you should also state clearly how you will address these. You can include
collaborators in your application, but the lead applicant must be an Early Career Researcher.
Following your project, you will be asked to provide a short financial report of your spend which
includes feedback on how the funds supported your project, in addition to writing a blog for our
website.
Important: if you are an applicant from the UK, all the money for your activity must be spent by 31
July 2023. If you are an applicant from Canada, all the money for your activity must be spent by
31 December 2023. (It may be possible for your activities to take place after these dates, as long
as all money has been spent and reported to us.)
How to apply
There are two ways to apply. You can either complete the questions below through Microsoft
Forms OR answer the questions through a video entry (maximum 5 minutes). If you are applying
by video, please send your application via email to Dr Katey Warran k.warran@ucl.ac.uk If your
video is a large file, please use Dropbox, WeTransfer etc.
Deadline
The deadline to apply is Tuesday 28th February 2023. We will aim to get back to you with a
decision on whether you have been successful by Friday 17th March.
*We define an early career researcher as: a postgraduate student, a researcher within 8 years of
receiving your PhD or an early-career professional working in research or evaluation (this includes
artists and healthcare staff).