Nothing says "good idea" like a few hundred bucks to back it up!
--- Dean's Student Initiatives Fund Award: up to $1000 Deadline to apply: November 1 "The Dean’s Student Initiatives Fund has been established to provide financial support for student initiatives that aspire to create dialogue and foster a greater sense of community through special events, lectures, or other forms of community engagement." Previously funded projects include: Oxfam U of T's Hunger Banquet, a reading series hosed by the Canadian Literature Group, an exhibition of Haitian art as part of the Caribbean Studies Student Symposium, the North East Linguistics Society conference, and the Caribbean Studies Student Academic Conference on the Caribbean diaspora. For more information on the Dean's Student Initiatives Fund click here! For more information on previously funded projects click here. --- Good Ideas Fund Award: up to $1000 Deadline to apply: rolling; next deadline on November 5 "Your good ideas help enhance student life. Tell us about a film screening, conference, exhibit, performance, or other activity and you could be awarded up to $1000 towards making it happen." For more information on the Good Ideas Fund click here! --- Student Initiative Fund Award: up to $5000 Deadline to apply: N/A (students can apply at any time of the year) "The Student Initiative Fund (SIF) offers financial support to projects that enhance the student experience and foster a sense of community at the University of Toronto." For more information on the Student Initiative Fund click here! --- Undergraduate Research Fund Award: varies Deadline to apply: November 15 "The Undergraduate Research Fund fosters research experience at the undergraduate level by providing students with an opportunity to develop a research project of their own, for which there is no other available funding. The Fund is to be used for research initiated by students, related to their degree, and supervised by a faculty member either through a regular course, an independent study, a research essay, or other academic project. For example, students may want to explore in more depth ideas that emerged in a 299Y course, or to further develop some implications of the research they have done in a seminar, or to undertake additional research required to turn a final essay into a publication (e.g., journal article)." Previously successful proposals were submitted by:- Annette Gagliano, a human biology major also studying the environment and French, looked at the ways teaching labs can promote more environmentally efficient practices. Gagliano worked with Beth Savan of the Centre for the Environment and U of T’s Sustainability Office.
- Leah Girardo, a women and gender and equity studies student, investigated the connection of modern printmaking to the Canadian social justice movement. Girardo worked with Judith Taylor of sociology and women and gender studies.
- Nitin Kapadia, who’s working towards a double major in physics and microbiology, investigated how to minimize tissue damage in laser surgery. Kapadia worked with Robin Marjoribanks of physics.
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