Any application must be developed as a community-campus partnership and must include: 

• At least one community partner from within the Hamilton area
• At least, but not limited to, a program, department, or formal initiative that includes one of the following: 
  • faculty member
  • staff member
  • student 

Note: If your application is successful, we will ask you to provide a McMaster chartfield (e.g., MAC01-Fund-Account- Dept-Program or MAC01-Fund-Account-Department-PC Business Unit-Project) to transfer the grant funds.

This fund has been developed to support the following partnerships: 

• new community-campus partnerships 
• partnerships in the early stages of development

Colleagues interested in these funds are asked to submit a proposal that includes specific mention of how the proposed idea: 

1. Aligns with McMaster’s community engagement strategy vision, goals, and objectives.
2. Aligns with at least one of the following areas: community-engaged research, community-engaged education, or service/volunteerism.
3. Encourages collaboration between community partners, faculty members, staff, and students. 
4. Has clear goals and anticipated outcomes. 
5. Considers McMaster’s action-oriented principles of community engagement. 

Proposals must be submitted online through a Microsoft Form, and must include the following information: 

• Title 
• McMaster Principal Applicant (Name, Unit or Department, and Contact Information)  
• Community Co-Applicant (Name, Partner Organization, and Contact Information)
• Additional Collaborators (as appropriate) 
• Project Goals (150 words) 
• Description of Proposed Activity (300 words) 
• Anticipated Timeline (150 words) 
• Alignment with McMaster’s Community Engagement Strategy (200 words) 
• Anticipated Outputs and Outcomes (200 words) 
• Budget

Proposals are due by the end of the day (11:59 pm) on Friday, February 14th, 2025 to meet the first consideration deadline. 

Any work funded by this catalyst is expected to be completed by December 2025. Grantees will be expected to submit a short project report (2 pages max) by December 12th, 2025.

The first round of successful applicants will be notified through email by February 28th, 2025. Project approvals will continue on an ongoing basis until all grant funds are exhausted.