Grants Received
SSHRC, Standard Research Grant: Precarious Bodies, Precarious Work: Episodic Disabilities in the Global Economy, 2010 ($234,000). E. Lightman, Principal Investigator
SSHRC, Strategic Research Grant: Northern Communities: Towards Social and Economic Prosperity, Globalization and Precarious Work in Canada’s North, 2009 ($248, 230, 100% of amount requested). E. Lightman, Principal Investigator
SSHRC, Standard Research Grant, Theorizing "Choice" and Voluntary Social Exclusion: A Study of Transnational Livelihoods and Women from Mexico, 2009 ($121350, 100% of amount requested, excluding release time stipends), E. Lightman, Co-Investigator
SSHRC Standard Institutional Grant, Episodic Disabilities in the Canadian Economy 2009, ($1080.95), E. Lightman, Principal Investigator
SSHRC SIG (Standard Institutional Grant), Episodic Disabilities and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), 2007 ($2130). E. Lightman, Principal Investigator.
SSHRC SIG (Standard Institutional Grant), “Not Disabled Enough”: Disability Status and the Ontario Disability Support Program” 2008. ($2210). E. Lightman, Principal Investigator.
SSHRC CURA (Community University Research Alliance), Disabling Poverty and Enabling Citizenship, Awarded $1,000,000 over five years. E. Lightman, Co-Investigator. Principal Investigators Council of Canadians with Disabilities, Michael Prince and Yvonne Peters.
SSHRC Standard Research Grant, Beyond Work-First? Future Directions in Social Assistance Policy, 2007-2010 ($128,900) E. Lightman, Principal Investigator.
SSHRC Multidisciplinary Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI), Social Safety Systems for the 21st Century. Proposed budget $2.5 million over 7 years. Letter of Intent ($20,000) stage was one of nine successful applications, but invitation to submit a full proposal was declined for personal reasons. E. Lightman, Principal Investigator.
SSHRC Initiatives for the New Economy Public Outreach Grant, Voices from Ontario Works: From Research to Policy Through Community Theatre, 2006-2007 ($49,800) (100% of amount requested). E. Lightman, Principal Investigator
SSHRC CURA (Community University Research Alliance), Lone Mothers: Building Social Inclusion, 2005-2010 ($992,815) (over 5 years) (100% of amount requested), E. Lightman, Co-investigator
SSHRC Standard Research Grant, Work, Hunger and Health in Marginalized Populations, 2003-2006 ($248, 334). (100% of amount requested, ranked 4 out of 129 applicants) E. Lightman, Principal investigator.
SSHRC Research Grant, Initiatives for the New Economy, Social Assistance in the New Economy, 2002-2005 ($278,000). E. Lightman, Principal investigator.