Please read carefully before submitting your application!  

Eligibility & Information

  • The purpose of the TONE Collaborative Student Project Grant is to support research in line with TONE's mission as well as to provide students with funding for the summer period while encouraging interinstitutional collaboration among students in the TONE partnership.  
  • A document with best practices regarding working in interdisciplinary collaborative projects has been created to help guide you. We encourage you to review this before applying.
  • Two (2) student applicants per research proposal, each from different institutions, with at least one (1) applicant from a TONE academic partner institution.
  • Student applicants are required to be TONE members at the time of application.
  • Postdoctoral members are not eligible for this funding.
  • At least one of the applicants must be an enrolled student during the full period of the award.
  • Each student must be sponsored by a TONE member at their institution. If there are no TONE members in the institution, students may be sponsored by a faculty member.
  • Applications will be evaluated by the Training and Mentoring Committee (TMC), which will select up to four projects per year.
  • The maximum funding for selected applications is $8,000.00 (CAD) per project distributed as $4,000.00 (CAD) per student through each student's institution.
  • The award will be disbursed in two instalments: 80% will be issued in June of the award year, and the remaining 20% will be released in April of the following year upon successful completion of a peer-reviewed online TOR module.

Selection Criteria

  • Proposals will be evaluated on criteria including (but not limited to):
    • Originality/innovation
    • Artistic/scientific merit
    • Interdisciplinarity and plans for collaboration
    • Impact of proposed Timbre and Orchestration Resource module

Deliverables

  • Recipients are expected 1) to develop and submit a module for the Timbre and Orchestration Resource by April 30 of the following year and 2) present their work at the TONE Summer Workshop, either in-person, via live video, or through a pre-recorded video presentation accompanied by a live discussion.
  • All modules submitted by Collaborative Student Project Grant recipients will be peer-reviewed.
  • All submissions to the TOR must follow the TOR Submission Guidelines and all accompanying files must be clearly labelled and organized. It is the responsibility of the applicant to curate all data being submitted making sure it is identifiable and understandable to any potential user.
  • Modules can be an article, video presentation, interactive project report, or another innovative format.

Deadline

  • February 1st, 5:00pm EDT 

If the deadline falls on a weekend, applications will be accepted through the following Monday at 5pm EDT.

Application & Selection Process

  1. Complete and submit the online application form by the stated deadline. Make sure to include the signed Advisors' Signature Form. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.

    Application Form

  2. All applications are adjudicated by the Training and Mentoring Committee in accordance with the selection criteria outlined above. Committee members will recuse themselves from deliberations regarding any research project they oversee or that may pose a conflict of interest for them. Any recusals associated with the award winner will be made public when the award is announced.
  3. Applicants will be notified of the results approximately 5-6 weeks after the application deadline and will have two weeks to accept of decline the Fellowship.
  4. Successful applicants will be contacted by the Project Manager to discuss next steps and funding disbursement arrangements.

Finding a Research Partner

If you are interested in finding a research partner, please join the TONE student slack channel and come to the Timbre Geeks Networking meet and greet (details shared via email).

Names of TONE student members can be found on the Student Members section of the The Team page. Please write to actor-project.music[at]mcgill[dot]ca to get contact details. 

Please be sure to enter your information in the TONE Internal Directory so that others can learn about you and your research interests.

Application Pointers

  • Abstract (200-300 words): This section should summarize your main argument or the research question you will investigate.
    • Issue: What is your research?
    • Purpose: Why is your research important?
    • Methods: How will you perform your research?
    • Results and Conclusions: Findings or expected findings.
    • So What: Who cares and why do they care?
  • Methodology, Research Plans, and Proposed Timbre and Orchestration Resource Module (200-300 words): This section should convey how you plan to go about your research including how you build upon previous research. It should also include what you foresee your contribution to the Timbre and Orchestration Resource will be (article, video presentation, etc.).
  • Collaborative Nature (400-600 words): This section should demonstrate the collaborative nature of the project, and how it is relevant to TONE's mission. It should convey how you plan to work together with your research partner, what aspects of timbre and TONE’s mission are relevant to your research, how this project relates to other research you may be undertaking, and how it might relate to the research of each applicant.
  • Selected Bibliography: This section should include a short bibliography of the most important works related to this project.