RIC Award

Now Open!

The 2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students is accepting applications now! We encourage graduate students from our Canadian RIC member institutions to apply. Those who are in the process of or have already started conducting knowledge mobilization activities for their research project and are hoping to make an impact are strongly encouraged to submit an application!

This award is meant to recognize knowledge mobilization excellence. PhD winners will receive $3,000 CAD and Master’s winners will receive $2,000 CAD.

The deadline for applications is February 24, 2025 at 11:59pm ET.

Apply Today!

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About Award

The Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students (RIC Award) recognizes graduate students that conduct research projects following engaged scholarship principles. These principles lead to increased awareness of audiences beyond academia or changes in stakeholder actions, practices, guidelines or policies. This award recognizes engaged scholarship (“making research with the people who benefit from it”), co-creation of knowledge or integrated knowledge translation efforts among graduate students of our Canadian member institutions, regardless of discipline.

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