CSSE Support for Short-term Scholarly Events

The mission of CSSE is to advance knowledge and inform practice in educational settings. The goals for knowledge mobilization include increasing visibility for CSSE and the work of its members. Our major scholarly event is the annual conference affiliated with Congress. This short-term scholarly event and associated publishing funding support enables CSSE SIGs, Associations, and members to get together at other times throughout the year to get together, share their work, and connect to other education communities. CSSE provides seed funding support for these short-term scholarly initiatives (maximum $2,500 per event including any associated publishing).

Where applicable, excepting special circumstances, the primary conference and/or annual general meeting for the group should be integrated within the CSSE conference to receive this secondary funding. Furthermore, CSSE SIGs and Associations should apply with a letter of endorsement from their respective President.

Funded organizers of such events must ensure that the CSSE logo appears on all conference materials and advertising, and that CSSE be acknowledged at the event.

Prize

Seed money up to $2500 per event.

Criteria

We invite proposals for scholarly events for CSSE members that may be one or two day conference, institutes, symposia, or workshops. The proposals will be assessed according to the following criteria:

• Alignment of the proposed event with CSSE mission and objectives
• Interdisciplinary nature of the event (bridging interests of various associations within CSSE)
• Scheduling of event to be between October 1 and April 30 (so as to not overlap with the annual conference)
• Graduate student participation at discounted costs
• Applicants for the funding are current CSSE members

In the event that more applications are received than there are available grants, associations and individuals who have not received the funding in the previous year will be prioritized. This does not exclude those who have received the grant in previous years from reapplying.

Eligibility

The applicant must be a current member of CSSE.

Submission Requirements

Information required in the proposal:

1. title, date, location
2. description of the event, including discussion of impact (large impact, local impact, etc.) and how the knowledge will be shared with the broader educational community
3. objectives of the planned event
4. rationale, with explanation as to how the objectives fit with CSSE objectives
5. description of how CSSE will be acknowledged
6. and publicized during the event
7. description of organizers and intended participants
8. draft program
9. budget, including participation fees
10. plans for dissemination of outcomes

Proposal submissions should be sent to the CSSE Secretariat at admin@csse-scee.ca