Deadline: June 2, 2025
Apply now for the Université Paris Cité – University of Toronto Call for Joint Research Proposals 2025. Université Paris Cité (UPCité) and the University of Toronto (U of T) are contributing matching funds to support collaborative research initiatives through a joint call for proposals.
The aim of the fund is to provide initial support for the development of research links and catalyze further collaboration. Proposals will be assessed and recommended for selection by a committee composed of members of both institutions. Projects will be funded for a period of up to 18 months from September 2025 to February 2027.
Funding
Up to five (5) successful proposals will receive up to the following funding:
- UPCité will provide each approved project up to €10,000 to support their applicants.
- U of T will provide each approved project up to CAD$15,000 to support U of T applicants.
Eligibility
- UPCité: Academic staff members from all disciplines and at all levels are eligible to apply (excluding emeritus and honorary staff). The lead applicant must be a permanent member of staff. Furthermore, the members of the Joint Research Units of UPCité are eligible to apply to this call.
- U of T: U of T faculty members who meet the University’s definition of a Principal Investigator (PI) are eligible to apply. PIs must hold an appointment for the full duration of the grant’s funding period plus one year. Successful status-only PIs must hold grant funds at an account within the University.
Application
This is a joint call, and a single online application per project should be submitted on behalf of the team at UPCité and U of T through the application portal by June 2, 2025. All applicants will receive confirmation for your submission after the end of the deadline for submission.
The full proposal must comprise of the following elements and should not be longer than three (3) pages (not including the CVs and Letter of Support):
- A project description that includes the following items (in alignment with the selection criteria listed below):
- The title of the project
- Project summary that describes the project (200 words max).
- Research plan with the elements below:
- Description of the planned activities (for example, seminars, short courses, visits to other institutions that carry out research/teaching activities in cognate areas, etc.) including rationale and timeline.
- Methodology: A short description of how the project will be carried out should be given in order to help the reviewer assess its feasibility. The repartition of work and interplay between the 2 teams should be explained.
- Project impact: Description of the expected academic gains for the project as a result of the proposed cooperation and mobility, and the identification of corresponding performance indicators e.g. a publication, blog, meeting report, grant proposal for an external funding competition etc.
- Impact of collaboration: Anticipated benefits of the collaboration to the faculty member’s other active research and/or teaching projects and on strengthening the overall partnership between U of T and UPCité, including alignment, if any, with Horizon Europe upcoming funding opportunities.
- Graduate student involvement: Any opportunities for graduate student(s) engagement and anticipated benefits to the project and the student(s) themselves as applicable.
- Equity, diversity and inclusion: An assessment on how EDI issues are considered in the proposal (e.g. how it will benefit to under Trainee and Early Career Research Involvement) will be considered positively considered in the evaluation.
- Capacity for future collaboration: A description of the potential future collaborations and outcomes that will be possible as a result of having undertaken the current collaboration. For example: joint publications, joint supervision of PhD students, joint teaching, joint patent applications, joint reports to governments, joint funding applications
- Timeline of the project
- Budget: A breakdown of the cost of the activity e.g. flights, travel, hotels etc.
- Abbreviated two-page CV of each PI
- UPCité PIs only: A letter of support from your Line Manager or Head of Department to apply for the grant.
For more information, visit Call for Joint Research Proposals.
