NEXUS

The Nexus Centre fosters collaborative and interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences at Memorial University, in the wider academic community, and in the public realm. The Centre promotes the humanities and social sciences as vital knowledge for understanding the past, for navigating the present, and for addressing the key issues and challenges as engaged citizens in the 21st century.

Nexus supports research in a variety of ways - from providing meeting space for small seminars, conferences, and events, to podcasts, writing groups, and workshops.

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

The purpose of the Institute shall be to undertake, sponsor and publish social and economic research within such disciplines and in such parts of the world as are deemed of relevance to Newfoundland and Labrador and the broader Atlantic world.

Without limiting the generality of the above, research pertaining directly to social and economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador shall be of special importance. 

J.R. Smallwood Foundation

The J.R. Smallwood Foundation for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies was established with funds transferred in trust from the J.R. Smallwood Heritage Foundation.

Those funds are used specifically "for the promotion and support of research in Newfoundland Studies in the areas of the Humanities and Social Sciences, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the award of fellowships and research grants."

It therefore administers the income from such funds for the support of projects that contribute substantively to the knowledge of Newfoundland and Labrador.