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Trainer/Facilitator Fund Application

This digital application gives Social Sciences undergraduate course instructors an easy way to apply for the Trainer/Facilitator Fund.

Thank you for preparing a submission to the Social Sciences Trainer/Facilitator Fund for undergraduate courses.

We are now accepting applications for funds for the 2024-2025 academic year (i.e. courses running in May 2024-April 2025). Due to a surge of instructors taking initiative with great projects, resources are no longer available for the 2023-2024 academic year.

About this Fund:

The goal of this funding is to help cover the costs of inviting, thanking, or paying trainers/facilitators brought in to help meet the following strategic goal:

  • to provide students with more opportunities to engage in hands-on learning or skill development

This has been identified as a high-priority goal by undergraduate students across the Faculty of Social Sciences.

 

This fund may be used in-course by instructors of social sciences undergraduate courses or by departmental leaders in an extra-curricular context. Successful Trainer/Facilitator Fund applications will clearly address at least one of the following eligibility categories:

  • Hands-on learning - experiences focused on practical techniques, tools and application
  • Skill development - practical experiences fostering transferable skills beyond core academic skills

To be eligible, students must actively participate in "doing" or "practicing" something during the session versus simply "learning about" something.

 

Payments, honoraria, and/or other expenditures associated with this fund will follow the Careers & Experiential Guide to Payments developed in partnership with the Social Sciences Finance team.

 

Questions can be directed to Ruthanne Talbot on the Careers & EE team at talbotr@mcmaster.ca.

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Applicant Details
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Please enter the following applicant details:
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Which of the following best describes you?
Course Details
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Please enter the following details about the course:
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By your best estimate, what proportion of the participating students are expected to be Social Sciences students?
Program Details
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Please enter the following details about the undergraduate program in question:
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By your best estimate, what proportion of the participating students are expected to be Social Sciences students?
Experience Details
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Which category will the trainer/facilitator relate to?

More specifically:

  • What will the trainer/facilitator be doing?
  • How will the students actively participate in "doing" or "practicing" something during the session versus simply "learning about" something?

(Please provide a brief summary of approximately 3-5 sentences total.)

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What do you want to pay for using the Trainer/Facilitator Fund?

(Elaborating in the space provided is optional.)

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By your best approximation, how much funding in total do you think you will need? (Please provide a general breakdown.)
Optional: What additional forms of support are you seeking?
 
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