Faculty/Staff Search

OR

Department/Unit Search

Faculty Funding Support

Faculty Funding Support

Faculty research in Music is supported through a range of faculty-level, university-level, and external funding opportunities.

Faculty Funding Support

Faculty research in Music is supported through a range of faculty-level, university-level, and external funding opportunities.

Faculty Funding Support

Faculty Funding Support

Faculty research in Music is supported through a range of faculty-level, university-level, and external funding opportunities.

  1. Home
  2. Research
  3. Funding Support

Funding Support

The Music Faculty Research Office supports faculty research across all stages of the funding and research development process. Whether faculty members are exploring a new project idea, preparing a grant application, developing partnerships, or navigating institutional processes, the Research Office can provide guidance, coordination, and strategic support.

Support may include:

  • identifying funding opportunities and assessing program fit;
  • early-stage project and research development conversations;
  • proposal development, editing, and milestone review;
  • strategic guidance on adjudication criteria, positioning, and research framing;
  • budgeting, timelines, and application coordination;
  • preparation for internal and external peer review processes;
  • interpretation of adjudication feedback and reapplication planning;
  • institutional approvals and ROLA processes; and
  • knowledge mobilization and research communication planning.

Faculty members are encouraged to connect with the Music Faculty Research Office early to discuss research plans and funding opportunities.

Music Faculty Internal Grants

The Don Wright Faculty of Music offers a range of internal funding programs to support conference and performance travel, small-scale research projects, pilot projects, and student research internships. The Research Office will regularly inform eligible faculty members of new and upcoming funding opportunities by email.

For more information about these programs, contact the Music Faculty Research Office.

University Research Grants

Western Research administers several internal university funding programs. Faculty members can learn more about these opportunities on the Western Research Internal Funding webpage.

Faculty members planning to apply for a university research grant should contact their Research Officer and Assistant Dean, Research early in the application process.

External Research Grants

External research funding supports a wide range of scholarly, creative, and interdisciplinary activity in Music, including research-creation, performance, composition, music education, music cognition, archival and historical research, community-engaged research, and collaborations across disciplines and sectors.

Funding opportunities may be offered by scholarly associations, foundations, government agencies, industry and community partners, and national and international granting councils.

External funding programs and agencies that may be relevant to Music researchers include:

Applications for all research funding requiring institutional approval must flow through Western Research before submission and require a ROLA proposal through Western’s electronic system. Faculty members planning to apply for external funding must connect early with their Research Officer and Assistant Dean, Research.

For a list of currently open research grant programs, visit the ROLA Funding Opportunities Database.

Contact Information

Music Faculty Research Office

Emily Abrams Ansari
Assistant Dean of Research
519-661-2111 x85387
emily.ansari@uwo.ca
Chantal Lemire
Research Officer
519-661-2111 x85383
clemire2@uwo.ca