##  [Rewrite the Rules Fund: Supporting Research, Teaching and Learning ](/applied-one/rewrite-rules-fund) 

Applied One is underway, and needs your leadership and advice.

The Rewrite the Rules Fund supports faculty to develop testable concepts, models and relationships that meaningfully transform how we work, what we research and how we partner. While Applied One the building takes shape, this is where the work begins.

The Fund supports proposals at four scales, from short-term Seeds to multi-year Catalyst awards, addressing the Grand Challenges of social inequity, climate change and thriving communities.

**Note: APSC tenured and tenure-track faculty are invited to express their interest now by contacting Ron Kellett, Academic Programming Lead, at \[**[**ron.kellett@ubc.ca**](mailto:ron.kellett@ubc.ca)**\].**

## On This Page

- [The Challenge](#challenge)
- [About the Fund](#about)
- [Program at a Glance](#at-a-glance)
- [What is Different](#different)



- [Is this for you?](#for-you)
- [Tiers](#tiers)
- [Eligibility and Expenses](#eligibility)
- [How to Apply](#apply)



- [Timeline](#timeline)
- [How Reviewed](#reviewed)
- [Other Pathways](#other-pathways)
- [FAQ](#faq)







<a id="challenge"></a>Work is underway.

## The Challenge

Applied One envisions a Faculty of Applied Science committed to leveraging places, programs, and our collective imagination to transform ourselves, and to meet challenges too massive, too complex, and too interconnected to be solved by a single discipline.

### How could the transformation we want to see in the Faculty shape what we do in Applied One?

While a physical Applied One advances through UBC's Capital Projects process, we can begin defining and testing the new programs, activities, and relationships the building will eventually enable.

**The Rewrite the Rules Fund** is a new program that supports faculty across APSC to develop testable concepts, models, and relationships that meaningfully transform ourselves, our agendas, our practices, and our partnerships toward the scalable, lasting change we expect to realize in Applied One.

We are asking ourselves:

- How could it shape *what* we do?
- How *we* work?
- How we *collaborate*?
- How we *transform* the world?

Projects must address one or more **Transforming Tomorrow Grand Challenges**: social inequity, climate change, and thriving communities. Responding to these requires an authentic commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and deep engagement with the communities we serve.

[Read the Transforming Tomorrow strategic plan](https://strategicplan.apsc.ubc.ca)





<a id="about"></a>A pilot, by design.

## About the Fund

The intention of this pilot funding opportunity is to uncover ways the Faculty of Applied Science can facilitate transformative research and impact across our departments. We are seeking proposals that are stimulating and generative, not fully resolved. Uncertainty, exploration, and ambition are acceptable and encouraged.

Rewrite the Rules will support innovative proof-of-concept initiatives and scalable programs that deliver the interdisciplinary research, experiential learning, and creative partnerships that accelerate the Faculty's commitment to address 21st century global challenges.

This opportunity encourages faculty to extend their reach: to pitch early-stage or mid-stage ideas that may not fit a traditional mould of research and funding parameters. We are looking to stimulate and fund ideas that achieve impact through exploration, collaboration, and responsive action.