Funding, News and Announcements

Following the international press release on March 1, 2016 launching the 2016 Digging into Data Challenge funding competition by the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP), SSHRC, in collaboration with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQNT/FRQSC) is pleased to announce that  it will be offering 3 webinars for Canadian researchers interested in applying to this international funding opportunity.

By collaborating together, SSHRC, NSERC and FRQNT/FRQSC, sees the competition as an opportunity to support research projects that use "big data" to address questions in the social and natural sciences, humanities and engineering. This research is expected to involve sets of data so large and/or complex that traditional processing applications are inadequate. These data sets can include sources such as texts, images, music, photographs, audio or audiovisual data.

SSHRC and/or NSERC-eligible project directors can apply for up to $100,000 from each funding agency for the project. If the project lead is based in Quebec, the project leader can apply for an additional supplement of up to $75,000 from the FRQSC/FRQNT, bringing the total maximum Canadian funding for a project to $275,000.

More information is available on the  Trans-Atlantic Platform website.

SSHRC invites interested researchers and their research offices to join us for Canadian webinars in April 2016.  No registration is required, so you can drop in at any time.

Webinar schedule:
·         English:  Tuesday, April 19, 2016:  10:00 a.m. (eastern)
·         English:  Tuesday, April 19, 2016:  2:00 p.m. (eastern)
·         French:  Wednesday, April 20, 2016:  2:00 p.m. (eastern)

To join the webinar:
1.    Click the following link:
Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 10 a.m. English webinar
Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 2 p.m. English webinar
Wednesday, April 20, 2 p.m. French webinar
2.    Type your name in the field provided.
3.    Click Enter Room to join the webinar.

For audio, please use a phone or a teleconference system.
1.    Dial 1-877-413-4781 (toll free); or, 613-960-7510 (National Capital Region).
2.    When prompted, enter the Conference ID:  3826586.

For more information, please contact:

Mika Oehling
Program Officer, Research Grants and Partnership Division
Email: mika.oehling@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
Tel.: 613-992-4227