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Updates to 2017 SSHRC competitions

Posted by Suman Jha on June 26, 2017 in Research Funding

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to invite you to consult SSHRC’s website for new information regarding SSHRC’s Talent, Insight and Connection programs for the 2017-2018 competitions.

The following Guidelines and Program Information have been updated:
· Upcoming Deadlines page;
· Subject Matter Eligibility;
· Guidelines for Cash and In-Kind Contributions;
· Guidelines for Effective Knowledge Mobilization now better recognize data as a knowledge product, reconciliation as a possible outcome or impact of research, and co-production of knowledge as a mode of research;
· Talent; Insight and Connection Program Descriptions;
· Partnership Grants Letter of Intent and Formal Application have been renamed Partnership Grants Stage 1 and Partnership Grants Stage 2;
· The Sports Participation Research Initiative;
· Department of National Defence research initiative for Insight and Insight Development Grants

Program Descriptions and Funding Opportunities now live:
Descriptions for SSHRC’s Talent Program, Insight Program, and Connection Program have been updated along with the descriptions and application material for the following funding opportunities:

· Doctoral Awards Funding Opportunity;
· SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships Funding Opportunity;
· Partnership Engage Grants

NEW Partnership Engage Grants
These grants are being introduced to better address the short-term research needs, challenges and opportunities facing organizations in the not-for-profit, public and private sectors. Valued between $7,000 and $25,000, they are designed for a single partner organization and will be offered four times per year.

For the first competition, research administrators will be able to forward applications until 8 p.m. eastern, September 15, 2017.

SSHRC will be hosting webinars on August 23, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. eastern in English and 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. eastern in French, to provide information and answer questions about this funding opportunity.  Connection details will be sent in the coming weeks.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at partnershipengagegrants@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca or 613-943-1007.

Coming Soon:
The descriptions and application material for the following funding opportunities will be updated and launched soon:
o Partnership Grants – Stage 2
o Insight Grants
o Partnership Development Grants
o Partnership Grants – Stage 1
o SSHRC Institutional Grants
o Insight Development Grants
o Connection Grants

Sincerely yours,

Dominique Bérubé
Vice-President, Research Programs