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Attention McMaster Researchers and Professional Librarians engaged in international initiatives related to their role at McMaster: The IIMF is intended to provide small, initial investments for first-time international research engagements, typically led by individual faculty members. This seed funding is designed to lower the threshold for starting international research activities, with the goal of fostering future joint projects and partnerships. Individual awards are generally capped at C $5,000, and this year, we anticipate offering up to 20 grants in this round.

  • The application process is simple and straightforward:
    • A one-page project description
    • A one-page outline of the intended use of funds
    • Approval signature from your office
    • The applicant’s CV (SSHRC CV or NSERC Form 100 or equivalent)

Answers to frequently asked questions are available here: IIMF FAQs and Application Form is available here.

Proposals from each Faculty must be consolidated in a MacDrive folder, with a separate folder for each applicant labeled by their name. Once collated, please submit the link to the MacDrive for your faculty to IIMF@mcmaster.ca by February 21st. If consolidating proposals within MacDrive is not feasible, proposals may alternatively be sent directly to IIMF@mcmaster.ca

OIA welcomes any matching or supplementary funding contributions for IIMF awardees from your Faculty.

For more information or to submit your application, contact IIMF@mcmaster.ca.

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Faculty Name Project Title
Business Berk Gorgulu  

Simultaneous Disease and Specimen Pooling in Infectious Disease Testing

 

Business Manish Kacker  

Distribution Channel Design and Management for Inclusive Access and Growth in Developing Economies

 

Business Milena Head International Collaborations to Expand Aging Related Research
Growth in Developing Economies
Business Yao Yao  

Generative AI in HRM: A study on HRM Professionals’ Experiences and Perceptions

 

Humanities Dilyana Mincheva  

Archival Research and Academic Screenwriting: Investigating Interfaith Lifeworlds in the Cold War Balkans

 

Humanities Lucy El-Sherif  

Looking for Palestine: Edward Said and Arab Youth Subjectivity

 

Humanities Christina Baade  

Hearing Maternity: Developing an International Research Network on Music, Sound, and Maternity

 

Social Sciences Jarita Greyeyes  

Understanding Indigenization: Perspectives from Indigenous Academic Leaders

 

Social Sciences Tommy Wu  

A Comparative Analysis of Food Delivery Workers in Toronto and New York City

 

Social Sciences Netina Tan  

Digital Authoritarianism and Non-State Actors in Africa and Asia

 

Social Sciences Victor Satzewich  

‘At Wars End? Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Canada, Poland and Germany

 

Social Sciences Andrew Roddick  

A Photogrammetry Reappraisal of Formative Sculptural Tradition

 

Science Gillian Goward  

Building an International Network of Battery Researchers

 

Science Graham Scott  

Physiological mechanisms of adaptation in high-altitude mice

 

Science Ryan Cloutier  

Characterizing the Dominant Drivers of Planet Evolution around Young M Stars

 

Science Shui Feng  

Bayesian Nonparametric Inferences

 

Science Rodrigo Narro Pérez  

Glacial Landsystem Analysis in the Vilcabamba Mountain Range, Southern Perú

 

Engineering Kanwarpal Singh  

Demystifying acute and chronic intestinal inflammation with spectroscopic cellular optical coherence tomography (sc-OCT)

 

Engineering Heather Sheardown  

Development of Novel Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Myopia

 

Engineering Saiedeh Razavi  

Cooperative Planning in Lean Constriction through Ethical, Safe, and Responsible use of AI

 

Engineering Telex M. N. Ngatched  

Optical Wireless Communication for Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network in 6G

 

Engineering Onaizah Onaizah  

Magnetic Tracking for Localization of Magnetic Continuum Robots for ENT Surgery

 

Health Sciences Mohit Bhandari  

Measuring the Creative Potential of Surgeons: A Mixed-Methods Cohort Study

 

Health Sciences Waliul Khan  

Impact of common food dyes on human gut health in Bangladesh: a pilot study

 

Health Sciences Margaret Fahnestock  

BDNF isoforms and pro BDNF biology and regulation

 

Health Sciences Deborah Sloboda  

Characterizing the impacts of maternal BMI on placental structure, perfusion, & inflammation

 

Linguistics & Languages Ivona Kučerová  

Closing the Digital Divide: Accessibility, Employability, and Safety

 

Faculty Name Title
Humanities Ronald Cummings Austin Clarke at 90
Humanities Melike Yilmaz The Voices of Refugees and Displaced Persons
Humanities Carmela Laganse The Sari-Sari Xchange: Building Asian Diasporic Community Through Emergent Media
Humanities Lucy El-Sherif Looking for Palestine: Edward Said and Arab Youth Subjectivity
Science Patrick Clancy Building an International Network of University Neutron Beam Research Facilities
Science Baraa Al-Khazraji Understanding human brain microvascular control
Science Antonio Paez Active sustainable transportation: barriers to cycling among university students
Science Bartosz Protas Pushing Boundaries in Theoretical Fluid Mechanics
Science Juliet Daniel Cancer Disparities in Caribbean People of African Ancestry
Health Sciences Susan Jack Establishing a Global Nurse-Family Partnership Community of Practice
Health Sciences Cynthia Lokker Automation in Biomedical Information Extraction and Retrieval Augmented Generation with LLMs
Health Sciences Ally Prebtani Uganda Hypertension Education Assessment and Treatment (UHEAT) Program
Social Sciences Basit Kareem Iqbal Recursivity in Syrian Prison Narratives: A Berlin Archive
Social Sciences Nathan Andrews Decolonizing African Higher Education: A Partnership for Transformation
Social Sciences Andrew Roddick The Stones in the Center: 3D Imaging ancient stone heads at a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Social Sciences Adrianne Lickers Xavier Conversations with the Sami
Social Sciences Cal Biruk Staging anticolonial portraits at a colonial mission station: Telling the story of
Malawi’s first African photographer
Engineering Tohid Didar & Kristen Dellinger Lubricant-inflused Surfaces for Enhanced Detection Using Raman Spectroscopy and Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging
Engineering Raja Ghosh Design and synthesis of reinforced graphene oxide – acrylamide based hydrogel membrane for efficient removal of organic dyes from waster water
Engineering Drew Higgins Development of Next Generation MSC Catalysts for CO2 Reduction
Engineering Saiedeh Razavi Green and Resilient Maritime Corridors through Synchromodality and Disruption Management
Engineering Hatem Zurob Unraveling the Work-Hardening Mechanism in FE-Al Alloys
Business Catherine Connelly Work engagement and envy as mediators of the relation between abusive supervision and knowledge hiding
Business Addisu Lashitew Organizing for Grand Challenges: Creating Social Impact on African Value Chains
Business Justin Yipiang Jin Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy and firm’s cost of debt finance
Business Yair Berson The Effects of Hostile Sexism on Women Team Performance

 

Faculty Name Project Title
Humanities Dr. Victor Kuperman The Language of Trauma in Testimonies of the Russia-Ukraine War
Humanities Dr. Selina Mudavanhu Contributions by African Communication and Media Studies Scholars to the South African Academy
Humanities Dr. Michael Schutz The Power of Percussive Sounds?
Science Dr. Jose Moran-Mirabal Evaluation of Cancer Targeting Treatments on Lung Biomimetric Constructs
Science Dr. Kathy Murphy Sex Differences in the Developing Brain
Science Dr. An-Chang Shi Theory of Soft Quasicrystals
Science Dr. Greg Slater Biosignatures of the Microbialites in Lake Sevan Armenia
Science Dr. Jeremy Walsh The Impact of Acute Oral Ketone Monoester Supplementation on Resting-State Connectivity in Adults with Memory Complaints
Health Sciences Dr. Arnav Agarwal Avoiding Risks of Thrombosis and Bleeding in Surgery (ARTS) Trial
Health Sciences Dr. Rahul Chanchlani Deriving 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Reference Values for South Asian Children (ASHA)
Health Sciences Dr. Alex Drossos Artctic/Circumpolar Health
Health Sciences Dr. Fiona Kouyoumdjian International Collaboration on Linked Health Administrative Data to Advance Population Health for People Who Experience Incarceration
Health Sciences Dr. Sharon Kaasalainen Building International Partnerships to Grow Green Care Farms in Canada
Health Sciences Dr. Denise Bryant-Lukosius Building the Evidence for a Nursing Health Human Resource Agenda in Chile
Social Sciences Dr. Tristan Carter Reconstructing Long-Term Social Dynamics in Anatolian Prehistory: Establishing an International Collaborative & Experiential Education Project at the McMaster Archaeological XRF Lab [MAX Lab]
Social Sciences Dr. Phillipa Chong When the Creative Class Lives Next Door: Place and Belonging Among Citizens in Two ‘Creative’ Cities
Social Sciences Dr. Celia Rothenberg The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Social Sciences Dr. Netina Tan Digital Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspectives
Social Sciences Dr. Dana Hollander Experimenting with Tradition
Social Sciences Dr. Alok Johri Build Research Links with Macroeconomics Researchers at the University of Birmingham, U.K.
Engineering Dr. Kathryn Grandfield Supporting International Initiatives and Conference for the Characterization of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces
Engineering Dr. Joey Kish Batteries
Engineering Dr. Shakirudeen Salaudeen Integration of Pressurized Torrefaction and Biomass Gasification
Engineering Dr. Seshasai (Sesha) Srinivasan Novel Cathodes for All Solid-State Batteries
Engineering Dr. Keena Trowell Moving Earth’s Energy: Aluminum as a Carrier of Icelandic Geothermal Energy
Engineering Dr. Robin Zhao Net-Zero Emissions Roadmap
Business Dr. Brian Detlor Promoting Research Skills and Knowledge Exchange for Library Practitioners and Academics
Business Dr. Manish Kacker Sales Channel Design for an Experience Good in a Developing Economy
Business Dr. Addisu Lashitew The Human Side of Corporate Sustainability: Is Job Satisfaction Higher Among Sustainable Companies?
Business Dr. Khalid Nainar Climate Change, Entrepreneurship and Emerging Markets
Business Dr. Catherine Connelly Does Being Drawn to Work Make Us Quiet? The Influence of Workload and Workaholism on Ethical Silence in Organizations

 

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A partial list of examples of previously funded projects can be found here.

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Note:

A supporting letter from the Dean’s office isn’t required as all proposals will flow through the Associate Dean (Research).

A letter from a potential international (or domestic) collaborator isn’t required, however, we do require endorsement by the appropriate Dean by way of signing the application form.

Post-docs are excluded from applying.

Where do I send my submission?

It is preferred all applications are sent to your Faculty for collection and submission to OIA via MACdrive link. Alternatively, you may send your completed application form to iimf@mcmaster.ca.

What do I include with my application and what are the requirements?

  • A one-page description of the project and intended use of funds
  • The applicant’s CV (NSERC Form 100 or equivalent)
  • Faculty approval which is indicated in the application form

Are there criteria for selected proposals?

  • Criteria are based on alignment with the IIMF call
  • Justification of the project and budget
  • Clarity and cohesiveness of the project
  • Applicant’s record of international research collaboration (as evident in CV)

Which research activities can be funded?

Any discipline or project with an international component.

Can research activities be funded that join individual researchers, or are institution-level partnerships a requirement?

Projects may be individual, joint, or institutional.

Is there a restriction as to in which countries partners can be located?

There are no country restrictions.

What could the $5,000 go towards?

This is dependent upon the nature of the project. Previous awardees have used the funds to hire RAs, undertake international research travels for project meetings/collaboration/build partnerships, lab equipment, etc.

Will I be notified if my proposal isn’t successful?

An email from the VPI will be sent to all unsuccessful applicants.

How will I be notified if I win?

An email from the VPI will be received by all winners with further instructions on obtaining the funds.

What if I have won in the past?

All researchers are welcome to apply, although preference may be given to those who haven’t won in previous years.

Can I apply with the same proposal as before?

Provided the proposal wasn’t successful, you may use it again.

Can multiple researchers submit a joint proposal?

Yes, you can apply to work on a project with someone in another institution or within McMaster.

How long do I have to use the funds?

You have one year from the date the funds are in your account.

What if I have funding left over?

If you do not use all allocated funds, they can be returned to OIA.

Can I get an extension to the deadline?

Extensions are not preferred but could be permitted on a case-by-case basis and with Faculty approval.

Does the award support both industry and academic partners?

Yes, it does.

Do I need to do anything once I receive my funds?

We will ask for a brief one-page (or shorter) summary of what the money was used for.