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SSAF Fall 2025 Competition: Call for Proposal

Yorkville University is pleased to announce the launch of the Fall 2025 Competition for the Support for Scholarly Activities Fund (SSAF). This internal grant program supports faculty and staff in advancing scholarly, creative, and applied research aligned with Yorkville’s academic mission and Boyer’s Model of Scholarship.

We welcome proposals from faculty and academic staff engaged in preliminary and exploratory, disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and applied research.

Important Dates

• Call Opens: October 6th, 2025
• Application Deadline: October 31st, 2025 (11:59 PM EST)
• Notification of Awards: December 1st, 2025
• Funding Period: January 1st, 2025 – December 30th, 2026

Eligibility

  • All Full-time and Part-time Faculty members across Yorkville University campuses who have taught at least two terms and are scheduled to teach two future terms.
  • Academic administrators, librarians, and academic staff engaged in scholarly activity.
  • Groups of faculty members or academic units for collaborative projects.

How to Apply

Application must be made through the SSAF Application Form shared by the Office of Academic Research by October 31, 2025 (11:59 PM EST). Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

For further information, please visit our main SSAF Page.

SSAF Call for Proposal
Matthew Dunleavy wearing a pink and purple polka-dot shirt under a grey blazer with red-framed glasses and a long reddish-brown beard smiling into the camera
Matthew Dunleavy

Senior Educational Developer, Faculty Excellence and Development

mdunleavy@yorkvilleu.ca 

Matthew Dunleavy (he/him) is an educational developer and scholarly teacher with over 9+ years’ experience. He immediately joins our CTEI from York University where he was an Educational Developer with the Teaching Commons; before entering that role, he served as the Program Director of the Online Learning and Technology Consultants (OLTC) Program at the Maple League of Universities (Acadia University; Bishop’s University; Mount Allison University; and St. Francis Xavier University). In 2022, he was awarded the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for this work.