Duration: On a rolling basis

About the Residency:

Milieux Institute offers residency opportunities for Hexagram Network co-investigators, collaborators, and student members.

The residency program will provide residents with a dynamic bilingual research environment for periods ranging from 2 weeks to 3 months. Success applicants will have access to state-of-the-art facilities and labs across Milieux’s research clusters, including:

• Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG)
• Speculative Life Research Cluster  
• Speculative Life Biolab
• Textiles & Materiality Research Cluster,
• MaSH Lab
• Performance Arts Research Cluster (LePARC)

Selected residents may also be eligible for $1000 in funding through Hexagram’s DEMO program to support their research-creation documentation and dissemination activities.

Eligibility:

• Projects must align with Hexagram’s mission and Milieux Institute’s research clusters
• Student and collaborator projects require supervision from a Hexagram collaborator (see the list)
• Student projects must be part of degree-related research-creation activities

Selection Criteria:

• Relevance to Hexagram’s mission and objectives.
• The completeness, consistency and clarity of the proposal and project needs.
• Feasibility according to the host structure, skills involved, resources requested, and funding or support already obtained towards the project.
• The number of Hexagram members (co-investigators, collaborators, and students) involved and the quality of their participation.
• The impact and outreach of the project in academic circles or in practice settings.
• The project’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.

Specific Terms and Conditions:

• To manage the workload of technical staff, occupancy of premises and sharing of equipment, the residency’s specific schedule will be determined by the host cluster in collaboration with the applicant.
• Each residency should conclude with a public outreach activity presented to the Concordia and Hexagram community.
• Communication material and documentation to be circulated by Hexagram on various platforms must be provided at the end of each residency.

How to Apply:

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

For further information, please send your questions to karine.schuttkimpton@concordia.ca.