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First Manuscript Project

About the project

​​​​​Books on a shelve​​​​The Office of the Provost Vice Principal (Academic) (OPVPA) is excited to launch a new initiative designed to support the scholarship of pre-tenured faculty researchers in ‘book fields’ who are in the final stages of manuscript production.

This project is intended to provide a collaborative, collegial space for junior faculty to receive constructive feedback to revise their first manuscript for publication and to promote connections with senior faculty within the university and in their discipline more broadly.

Reviewers, who will be selected by the participant and invited by the OPVPA, will closely read the draft manuscript, and deliver informed and detailed feedback to the author at an in-person workshop, with the goal of providing specific recommendations for improvement to the monograph, readying it for submission to a publisher. After receiving feedback from reviewers, participants will have an opportunity to gain experience in the world of academic publishing. 

Project lead

Headshot of Prof. Nicole IvesThis project is led by Prof. Nicole Ives, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, in collaboration with the Office of the Provost VP (Academic), with support from the Office of VP Research and Innovation. 

Nicole Ives is an Associate Professor and Director of the Bachelor of Social Work program at McGill University School of Social Work. Dr. Ives’ areas of research include refugee and immigrant issues, particularly refugee resettlement, congregational sponsorship of refugees, and refugee family reunification, Indigenous social work education and Indigenous social and educational policies.

Timeline

March/April – Application process 
April/May – Reviewer selection 
May-July – Manuscript review 
August – Workshop support for each applicant 
September – Manuscript/publishing colloquium 

2023 submission deadline:

11:59 PM EST April 18

Eligibility

Applicants must be pre-tenured and must have a first manuscript that is completed or nearing completion by the time of application. 

Faculty from communities that have been historically and contemporarily underrepresented in their field of study are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Application process

An expression of interest (maximum 1 page), along with two suggestions for potential reviewers from within McGill and two suggestions for potential external reviewers, should be submitted to: first.manuscript [at] mcgill.ca no later than  April 18, 2023. Note that applicants do not need to have a pre-existing relationship with the reviewers they suggest.

Further enquiries

Submission guidelines

Submissions can be guided by the questions below or be original: 

  • What is your project and how will this initiative support your scholarship?
  • What are your expectations in participating in this program? 
  • Why are you interested in this opportunity? 

Selection process

Three candidates will be selected to participate in the 2023 pilot year* of this program. Applicants will be notified of the status of their application by early May.

 

 

Info session

We will be hosting a one-hour information session at 9:30am on March 28, 2023. Join us for light refreshments as we discuss this project and how you can participate. The information session will be hosted in the Equity Team Office, at 550 Sherbrooke Street W. – East Tower – Suite 1010.

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*Our goal is to extend the focus of the project, moving forward. This includes exploring several possibilities, such as article review workshops, and creating separate streams aligned with the Tri-Agency research councils.

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