FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Through our Funding and Support Program we are looking to attract and invest in multi-stakeholder teams working on socially transformative projects.
$120,000 is available to support socially transformative efforts in Montreal
Application deadline: Sunday, November 29, 2020
Investing in IDEAS
Your team is in an early stage of project development. You need support to build partnerships, better understand community needs, and/or create plans for moving your project forward.
Investing in IMPLEMENTATION
Your team is ready to test your project for the first time or to repeat a project you haven’t had the chance to evaluate yet. You need support to run your project and measure its impact.
Investing in IMPACT
Your team has already run this project and has evidence of its contribution to systems change. You need support to repeat this project and/or to increase or deepen its impact.
We’re looking for projects that:
Tackle a significant community identified issue related to inequity, injustice and unsustainability
Make a tangible impact on the system they are seeking to transform
Connect to Concordia through teaching, learning, research or student life
Results to date
SHIFT is proud to support 7 multi-stakeholder teams whose projects were selected in the first round of our Funding and Support Program. Read more about these transformative efforts, as well as the 15 additional projects that were funded through our Transformative Responses to COVID-19 program, to better understand the type of work SHIFT is aiming to support.
Working together
The SHIFT Funding and Support Program is designed to support multi-stakeholder teams.
Teams may be pre-existing groups of people or may be formed specifically to work on a SHIFT-funded project.
A team must consist of individuals representing two or more stakeholder groups with at least one member based at Concordia and another external to the Concordia ecosystem.
As an exception, and to increase accessibility, the IDEAS stream is open to any individual, organization, or informal group who is working to contribute to social transformation within the greater Montreal area.
Supporting projects with more than funding
In addition to financial support, teams that receive funding will be accompanied by a dedicated SHIFT staff member throughout the duration of their project. Together, they will co-create a tailored suite of in-kind support based on the project team's needs and goals.
Contributing to community learning
Recipients of SHIFT funding play a key role in nourishing our collective learning about social transformation. Through workshops, skill shares and collaborative evaluation processes, recipients of SHIFT funding are asked to share their expertise and experience with the SHIFT community.
