PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme

The Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) organises an annual research grant programme intended for PhD Students and Early Career Academics engaged in scholarly research on the Olympic Movement, its history and ideals, and the impact of the Olympic Games on the various aspects of contemporary society and culture.

 

The objectives of the programme are as follows: Encourage PhD Students and Early Career Academics in their research on any aspect of the Olympic phenomenon with a humanities and/or social sciences perspective. Project proposals dealing with any aspect related to the Olympic Movement and/or the Olympic Games will be considered. Promote the consultation of the IOC historical archives, the image archives and the OSC’s collections.

 

The following researchers are eligible to apply: 

 

* Students enrolled in a PhD degree programme with a humanities and/or social sciences perspective with Olympism, the Olympic Movement or the Olympic Games as, at least, one of the research foci.  

* Candidates can apply if the literature review, theoretical framework and methodology for their study are already clearly defined.  

* The project presented should demonstrate a clear contribution to the candidate’s doctoral thesis. 

* Academic staff and postdoctoral fellows who completed their doctorate or equivalent highest degree (including masters, depending on the field) in or after 2021 (named or referred to in this programme as “Early Career Academics” (ECA)).  

*ECA applicants must hold a university appointment covering the period of the grant (from submission of the application to delivery of the final report).

 

For more information, please contact Jill Sherman at  intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.