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Mid-Career Accelerate

Supports mid-career researchers in accelerating, redefining, or pivoting their research programs to pursue new research directions and external funding opportunities.

Program Overview

Program Description Supports mid-career researchers in accelerating, redefining, or pivoting their research programs to pursue new research directions and external funding opportunities.
What Projects are Eligible?

Projects that:

  • Shift research focus
  • Develop new collaborations or partnerships
  • Build new methodologies or datasets
  • Generate pilot data for new research directions

Example: transition from EV research to agricultural sustainability.

Who Can Apply? Full-time faculty members.
Career Stage Targeted (if applicable) Mid-career researchers
(Approximately 10–15 years post PhD)
Number of Competitions per Year
Application Deadline Timing Open
Final Report Deadline At completion of funded project
Eligible Expenses
  • Research personnel
  • Student support
  • Research consumables
  • Partnership development
  • Publications
  • Workshops
  • Research travel (not conferences)
Time Frame Commitment (Years) 2
Award Value $10,000 (maximum)

Applications accepted through the ERSO Research Portal

All grant holders must submit a final report, detailing the impact the award had on their work, within one month of the termination of the award.  Grant holders who fail to submit a report will be ineligible for future internal grants.  The information supplied in these reports will be used to report grants’ outcomes to SSHRC. Grant holders who fail to submit a report will be ineligible for future internal grants.

Submit a Final Report

For more information about this program, please contact oris@uwindsor.ca