About the T&M Student Grants
The Textiles & Materiality Research Cluster supports student-led research, creation, and collaboration through annual funding opportunities. These grants are intended to advance projects that align with the cluster’s mandate and make use of T&M resources, equipment, methods, and community. Funding may support materials, travel, research time, collaboration, and technical processes. In cases where specialized equipment is purchased with grant funds, these items are typically donated to the cluster after the award period to support future members. Projects, collaborations, and research travels that engage T&M facilities, shared tools, or cluster-based research practices are especially encouraged.
Grant Types and Funding:
Travel Grant: up to $500 (Canada), or $800 (International)
Individual Research Grant: up to $800
Seed Grant (Team Funding): up to $1500 for two applicants
Next Grant Deadline: To Be Determined, feel free to inquire through email.
Applications are e-mailed to textiles.materiality@concordia.ca
Eligibility:
To apply, students must be currently registered at Concordia University, be actively engaged members of the T&M Research Cluster to qualify for grants, be active participants in the Cluster for at least 3 months before applying, and, consider the T&M Cluster as their primary cluster.
If T&M is not the primary cluster and special circumstances apply, students may write a one-page letter of request to the T&M co-directors justifying an exception to this rule. The letter must be emailed to textiles.materiality@concordia.ca two weeks prior to the application deadline.
Funding Limits and Conditions:
In any given academic year (June 1 to May 31), students are awarded a maximum of:
- One Seed Grant OR one Individual Grant
- PLUS one Travel Grant.
- The lifetime cap per student is $3000.
- Students graduating within three months of the grant deadline are not eligible.
- Students must submit their Final Report Form before applying for another grant.
- Applicants continuing their studies into the 2026-27 academic year will be prioritized.
Grant selection is through an adjudication committee consisting of faculty members active in the T&M cluster.
How to Apply:
Download the appropriate form and send your complete application to:
textiles.materiality@concordia.ca
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH GRANT:
SEED/TEAM GRANT:
TRAVEL GRANT:
If you have questions about eligibility, exceptions, or deadlines, please contact us at the email above.
Grant Reporting Requirements:
Grant recipients must file a Final Report within one month of completing the project.
Grant Duration & Extensions
Grants are active for 1 year, and no longer than 4 months past graduation. Continuing students may request a 6-month extension, submitted to the Research Coordinator. Graduated students are not eligible for extensions. Projects requiring technician support will be screened for feasibility before adjudication. Substantive changes to the grant project, or budget require approval–contact the Research Coordinator.
Current Grant Recipients
The fifteenth round of grants include: Laura Acosta (Travel), Tori McBeath (Travel), CLUCA (Individual), Sharmistha Kar (Individual), Fernanda Suarez (Individual), Jessie Stainton & Francis Ouellette (SEED), Yuki Tam and Mel Garcia (SEED).
Past Granting Rounds
PAST WINNERS ▼
The fourteenth round of grants include: Tori McBeath (Travel), Pramila Choudhary (Travel), LEISURE: Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley (SEED), Alexey Lazarev (Individual), Hei Lam Ng (Individual).
Thirteenth round of grants include: Abby Maxwell (Individual), Sharmistha Car (Individual), Shirley Ceravolo (Individual), and Van Randall (Individual).
The twelfth round of grants include: Shelley Ouellet (Individual), and Jessie Stainton (Individual). More on their projects, here.
The eleventh round of grants include: Amélie Bélanger (Individual), Patricia Enns (Individual), Shaya Ishaq (Individual), and Leah Watts (Individual). More on their projects, here.
The tenth round of grants include: Megan Stein (Individual). More on her project, here.
The ninth round of grants include: Natasha Lavdovsky (Individual), Molly-Claire Gillet (Individual), and Alessia Signorino with collaborators Isabelle Charette and Nina Parenteau (Seed). More on their projects, here.
The eight round of grants include: Shelley Ouellet (Individual) and Alessia Signorino (Travel). More on their projects, here.
The seventh round of grants include: Amélie Bélanger (Individual), Anna Eyler (Travel), Molly-Claire Gillett (Individual), Kelly Arlene Grant (Individual), Cecilia McKinnon (Individual), and Etta Sandry (Travel). More on their projects, here.
The sixth round of grants include: Alyse Tunnell with collaborators Jessica Bebenek and Mariana Stabile (Seed). More on their project, here.
The fifth round of grants include: Kelly Arlene Grant (Individual), Elizabeth Johnson (Individual), Ryth Kesselring (Individual), Kay Niedermayer (Individual), Etta Sandry (Individual), Nicholas Shulman with collaborators Claire Nadon and Chris Novello (Seed/Team). More on their projects, here.
Winners of the fourth round of grants include: Alexandra Bachmayer and Vanessa Mardirossian with collaborators WhiteFeather Hunter and Geneviève Moisan (Seed/ Team). More on their project, here.
Winners of the third round of grants include: Donna Legault (Travel) and Nicholas Shulman (Individual). More on their projects, here.
Winners of the second round of grants include: MJ Daines (Individual) and Donna Legault (Individual). More info on these winning projects, here.
Winners of the first round of grants include: WhiteFeather Hunter (Travel – International), Nicholas Shulman (Individual), Ryth Kesselring and Geneviève Moisan (Seed/Team), Sophia Borowska with collaborators Marlon Kroll and Cedric Laurenty (Seed/Team). More info on these grant winners and their projects here.
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