Scott Smallwood, University of Alberta

Research

audio games videogames sound art music composition sound design game design (1) video games (2) audio games

Latest funding

Gender Norms
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$86,160
Audio games and music composition
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$65,398
Audio games and music composition
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$123,951

All 7 grants and awards

Gender Norms

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Anderson, Siwan

Keywords: women; social norms; low income countries

$86,160

Audio games and music composition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Smallwood, Scott T.

Keywords: audio games; videogames; sound art; music composition; sound design; game design

$65,398

Audio games and music composition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Smallwood, Scott T.

Keywords: audio games; videogames; sound art; music composition; sound design; game design

$123,951

EMOTIONAL Pathways to Climate Action

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Davidson, Debra J.

Keywords: climate change; emotions; social change; personal and collective action

$88,483

EMOTIONAL Pathways to Climate Action

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Davidson, Debra J.

Keywords: climate change; emotions; social change; personal and collective action

$199,271

The Lost Garden: Exploring Audio in Interactive Spaces

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Smallwood, Scott

Keywords: (1) video games; (2) audio games; (3) electroacoustic music; (4) sound art; (5) soundscape composition; (6) ambisonics; (7) binaural audio; (8) sound design

$44,843

Exhibiting sound

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Frishkopf, Michael

Keywords: social movements; Middle East and North Africa; democratization; Islamism; post-Islamism; Arab spring; Orientalism; Middle East exceptionalism; secularism; Islamic state; sharia; neo-colonialism; clash of civilizations; globalization

$62,745

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: audio games Dear Professor Smallwood, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on audio games connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Audio games and music composition" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]