Terra Nova Young Innovator Award proposals due June 17
Emerging researchers are invited to submit proposals for a lucrative faculty honour.
The Terra Nova Young Innovator Award, valued at up to $50,000, recognizes early-career faculty members whose research is particularly innovative and whose specific proposal has real potential to make a significant impact on society.
The award is supported through funding from Suncor on behalf of partners in the Terra Nova oil field.
Applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 17.
Researchers must submit proposals electronically to researchawards@mun.ca.
Please contact your unit’s grants facilitator (or, if the unit has no grants facilitator, the person with signing authority for your unit) to confirm if there are earlier, internal deadlines. Internal deadlines must be factored into the timing of the development and submission of applications.
Updated Terms of Reference
In 2021, as a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, Suncor requested that a blind review be conducted by the adjudication committee as a means to reduce unconscious bias in the awardee selection. The TNYIA selection committee overwhelmingly supported the blind review and was pleased with the process, as was Suncor. As a result, Memorial is incorporating the practice of blind reviewing into the terms of reference and, as outlined online, the applicant must take appropriate steps to redact identifying information from the materials that are required for submission.
More information about the award, including the updated terms of reference and application process, is available online.
Jeff Green is manager of communications in the Office of the Vice-President (Research). He can be reached at jeffg@mun.ca.