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AMPD researchers awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grants

AMPD researchers awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grants

This article contains excerpts from a story originally published in YFile.

Three researchers from York University’s School of the Arts, Media Performance & Design have been awarded Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants. These grants support emerging and established scholars in developing short-term research projects of up to two years.

In total 22 projects led by York researchers have received more than $1.3 million in SSHRC grants. Learn more about the AMPD recipients below.

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Natasha Bissonauth, Marissa Largo and Gabriel Schaffzin

Natasha Bissonauth, Department of Visual Art & Art History

Project: Zimaz: Queer Aesthetic Seams of Diaspora
Amount: $47,668

Marissa Largo, Department of Visual Art & Art History

Project: The Biyuti Project: Queer and Trans Filipinx Youth in Ontario Catholic Education
Amount: $66,821

Gabriel Schaffzin, Department of Design

Project: Documenting the Epistemological Trajectory of Neurological Pain Research
Amount: $55,518

Check out the full list of York recipients in YFile.