Pathways to Prosperity: Canada

The Pathways to Prosperity invites proposals for funding of $5,000 to $7,500 per project for initial research projects related to four of our current national research themes and one new emerging theme:

• International students as future citizens (for a description of the theme, see  http://p2pcanada.ca/research/international-students-as-future-citizens-2/)
• The role of employers and the private sector in supporting the integration of immigrants in Canada (for a description of the theme, see http://p2pcanada.ca/research/promoting-the-role-of-employers-and-the-private-sector-in-newcomer-integration/)
•  The delivery of settlement services in new destination communities (for a description of the theme, see http://p2pcanada.ca/research/delivering-settlement-services-in-new-destination-communities/
• Sports and recreation as integrative tools (for a description of the theme, see http://p2pcanada.ca/research/sports-and-recreation-as-integrative-tools/)
• Pre-arrival services – This includes research on what types of services are most needed pre-arrival and by whom, from the perspective of both individuals who are in the pre-arrival stage and, retrospectively, from those who are already permanent residents in Canada. It also includes research on how best to integrate pre-arrival services with those offered post-arrival in Canada.

Up to five proposals will be funded in this round. Funding must be used for primary research related to one of these themes, and be intended as the first step in a larger, cross-regional project for which outside funding will be sought. As a Pathways to Prosperity project, the research must have a policy or practice component. Proposals may be submitted by individuals or teams that are led by P2P co-investigators, collaborators, or partners, and may be submitted in either English or French. Graduate students may be members, but not the leads, of these teams.

Applications should be submitted to communications@p2pcanada.ca by June 6, 2014. Decisions will be made by July 7, 2014, with projects expected to be completed by December 31, 2014. A final report based on the research will be required for posting on the P2P website, as well as a one-page article to appear in the P2P eBulletin.

Applications should be a maximum of 6 pages, and include:

• Rationale (including policy and practice concerns) and hypotheses
• Proposed methodology
• Description of the research team
• Deliverables
• Details of plans for extending the research to a cross-regional project involving participants in two or more of the P2P regional nodes, and sources of outside funding to which subsequent applications will be made
• Timeline
• Detailed budget