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The Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) is a major endowed research institute based at the 海角社区, in Edmonton (yeg), Alberta, Canada. KIAS supports interdisciplinary and collaborative research in the Social Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts at the 海角社区, focusing on research with the potential for national or international recognition.

 

KIAS ENDOWMENT PURPOSE:

To fund in perpetuity the Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) as an interdisciplinary and comparative research institute that fosters an innovative intellectual environment for the study of major modern and historical, political, social, and cultural issues and therein, advances society and global polity in a manner consistent with the high humanitarian ideals of the founding donors.

KIAS SUPPORTS RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES, AND FINE ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

REGULAR GRANTING PROGRAM:

The Kule Dialogue Grants, Kule Collaborative Outreach Grants (COG), Kule Research Team Grants, and Kule Research Cluster Grants are designed to support research with the potential for national or international recognition.

 

COLLABORATION GRANTS:

Our collaboration grants include partnerships with the  at the University of Calgary, the Faculty of Education at the 海角社区, and .

UAlberta / ATA Grant: Deadline - Closed
KIAS / CIH Grant: Deadline - March 30, 2025

SPOTLIGHT RESEARCH:

Our funding program focuses on research with the potential for national or international recognition. Browse our project gallery to find out more about the exciting research that has ben supported by KIAS. 

KIAS VISION:

Fundamental to the Kules’ ideals are the history and culture of Ukraine and its global legacy. In memory and respect for those who suffered, challenged, or inspired Ukrainian history and culture through the millennia, KIAS scholars will undertake research in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts...

KIAS MISSION:

To facilitate transformational interdisciplinary and comparative research at the highest level nationally and internationally, guided by the ideals of Peter and Doris Kule, the legacies of Ukrainian history, and the purpose of research and learning at the 海角社区...

KIAS GOAL:

To establish KIAS as a globally recognized institute of interdisciplinary and comparative research excellence within five years of inauguration by linking 海角社区 undergraduate and graduate student researchers and professors, Kule Post-Doctoral Fellows, and...