General information
Name of transfer payment
program |
Grants and Scholarships (voted) |
| Start date |
1978 |
| End date |
Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
| Type of appropriation |
Appropriated annually through Estimates |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions |
2011-12 |
| Link to department’s Program Inventory
|
- Program 1.1: Talent: attraction, retention and development of students and researchers in the social sciences and humanities
- Sub-program 1.1.1: Canada Research Chairs
- Sub-program 1.1.4: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Sub-program 1.1.5: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Program 1.2: Insight: new knowledge in the social sciences and humanities
- Sub-program 1.2.1: Individual, team and partnership research grants
- Sub-program 1.2.2: Institutional research capacity grants
- Program 1.3: Connection: mobilization of social sciences and humanities knowledge
- Sub-program 1.3.1: Individual, team and partnership knowledge mobilization grants
- Sub-program 1.3.2: Research-based knowledge culture
|
| Description |
This transfer payment program consists of grants and scholarships awarded for research, talent development and research dissemination activities in the social sciences and humanities. This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions. |
| Expected results |
- SSHRC-funded scholarship and fellowship recipients are employed in Canada and internationally: Employment rates (in percentage) of SSHRC-funded doctoral students
- Canada builds research excellence in social sciences and humanities research: Percentage of research projects cited for Canadian and/or international recognition or prizes in a year
- Social sciences and humanities research knowledge is mobilized within academic and non-academic communities: Average number of participants per knowledge mobilization activity
|
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2016-17 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation |
Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation |
2017-18 |
| General targeted recipient groups |
Persons (students, researchers), non-profit organizations (charities, foundations, non-governmental organizations, universities and research institutions) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients |
A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
Planning Information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2016-17
Forecast spending |
2017-18
Planned spending |
2018-19
Planned spending |
2019-20
Planned spending |
| Total grants* |
$278,294,565 |
$275,602,916 |
$272,302,916 |
$272,302,916 |
| Total contributions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total program** |
$278,294,565 |
$275,602,916 |
$272,302,916 |
$272,302,916 |
*These figures do not include operating expenses.
** Changes in year-to-year spending reflect variations due to temporary funding for the three-year pilot Community and College Social Innovation Fund.
General information
Name of transfer payment
program |
Canada Graduate Scholarships (voted) |
| Start date |
2003 |
| End date |
Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
| Type of appropriation |
Appropriated annually through Estimates |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions |
2008-09 |
| Link to department’s Program Inventory
|
Program 1.1: Talent: attraction, retention and development of students and researchers in the social sciences and humanities
Sub-program 1.1.2: Canada Graduate Scholarships |
| Description |
SSHRC’s portion of this tri-agency transfer payment program provides financial support to Canadian doctoral students and master’s students in the social sciences and humanities. This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions. |
| Expected results |
A supply of highly qualified personnel to the academic, public, not-for-profit, and private sectors: Percentage of Canada Graduate Scholarship students supported completing their degree |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2015-16 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation |
Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation |
2019-20 |
| General targeted recipient groups |
Persons (students) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients |
A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
Planning Information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2016-17
Forecast spending |
2017-18
Planned spending |
2018-19
Planned spending |
2019-20
Planned spending |
| Total grants* |
$68,983,500 |
$68,983,500 |
$68,983,500 |
$68,983,500 |
| Total contributions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total program |
$68,983,500 |
$68,983,500 |
$68,983,500 |
$68,983,500 |
* These figures do not include operating expenses.
General information
Name of transfer payment
program |
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (voted) |
| Start date |
2008 |
| End date |
Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
| Type of appropriation |
Appropriated annually through Estimates |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions |
2008-09 |
| Link to department’s Program Inventory
|
Program 1.1: Talent: attraction, retention and development of students and researchers in the social sciences and humanities
Sub-program 1.1.3: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships |
| Description |
SSHRC’s portion of this tri-agency transfer payment program provides financial support to Canadian and international students who have achieved outstanding success in their studies and will pursue a doctoral program at a Canadian university in an area of the social sciences and humanities. This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions. |
| Expected results |
A supply of world-class doctoral students to build research capacity in Canada: Percentage of applicants considered worthy of award by expert reviewers for a given competition year |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2014-15 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation |
Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation |
2019-20 |
| General targeted recipient groups |
Persons (students) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients |
A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
Planning Information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2016-17
Forecast spending |
2017-18
Planned spending |
2018-19
Planned spending |
2019-20
Planned spending |
| Total grants* |
$8,300,000 |
$8,300,000 |
$8,300,000 |
$8,300,000 |
| Total contributions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total program |
$8,300,000 |
$8,300,000 |
$8,300,000 |
$8,300,000 |
* These figures do not include operating expenses.
General information
Name of transfer payment
program |
Canada First Research Excellence Fund (voted) |
| Start date |
2014 |
| End date |
Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
| Type of appropriation |
Appropriated annually through Estimates |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions |
2014-15 |
| Link to department’s Program Inventory |
Program 2.2: Canada First Research Excellence Fund |
| Description |
These grants support Canada’s postsecondary institutions in their efforts to become global research leaders. It helps Canadian universities, colleges and polytechnics compete with the best in the world for talent and partnership opportunities, to make breakthrough discoveries, and to excel globally in research areas that will create long-term economic advantages for Canada. |
| Expected results |
Competitively-selected postsecondary institutions excel globally in research areas that create long-term economic advantages for Canada: Percentage of institutions demonstrating progress toward global leadership targets |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
N/A |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation |
N/A |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation |
2019-20 |
| General targeted recipient groups |
Non-profit organizations (universities and research institutions, colleges) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients |
A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
Planning Information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2016-17
Forecast spending |
2017-18
Planned spending |
2018-19
Planned spending |
2019-20
Planned spending |
| Total grants* |
$7,398,817 |
$12,927,180 |
$18,455,543 |
$18,455,544 |
| Total contributions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total program |
$7,398,817 |
$12,927,180 |
$18,455,543 |
$18,455,544 |
* These figures do not include operating expenses.
General information
Name of transfer payment
program |
Research Support Fund (voted) |
| Start date |
2003 |
| End date |
Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
| Type of appropriation |
Appropriated annually through Estimates |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions |
2014-15 |
| Link to department’s Program Inventory
|
Program 2.1: Indirect costs of research |
| Description |
This transfer payment program supports a portion of the indirect costs associated with the conduct of academic research in institutions that receive research grant funds from any of the three federal research granting agencies. Grants are awarded to eligible institutions using a progressive funding formula based on the average revenues from research grants received from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and SSHRC. This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions. |
| Expected results |
Universities and colleges sustain a strong research environment: Percentage of institutions reporting general positive impacts of their grants in the attraction of additional funding |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2014-15 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation |
Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation |
2018-19 |
| General targeted recipient groups |
Non-profit organizations (universities and research institutions, colleges) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients |
A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
Planning Information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2016-17
Forecast spending |
2017-18
Planned spending |
2018-19
Planned spending |
2019-20
Planned spending |
| Total grants* |
$368,440,841 |
$369,403,000 |
$369,403,000 |
$369,403,000 |
| Total contributions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total program |
$368,440,841 |
$369,403,000 |
$369,403,000 |
$369,403,000 |
* These figures do not include operating expenses.
General information
Name of transfer payment
program |
Networks of Centres of Excellence (voted) |
| Start date |
1997 |
| End date |
Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
| Type of appropriation |
Appropriated annually through Estimates |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions |
2008-09 |
| Link to department’s Program Inventory
|
Program 1.3: Connection: mobilization of social sciences and humanities knowledge
Sub-program 1.3.3: Networks of Centres of Excellence |
| Description |
This transfer payment program is administered jointly by the three federal research granting agencies in partnership with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. It supports research in complex areas of critical importance to Canadian universities and hospitals working with the private and public sectors. The networks funded through this program are multidisciplinary and multisectoral partnerships that stimulate leading-edge, internationally competitive research in areas critical to Canadian economic and social development. |
| Expected results |
The research knowledge and technology produced by the networks and centres is transferred and used: Ratio of partner contributions (cash and in-kind) relative to Networks of Centres of Excellence funds |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2015-16 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation |
Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation |
2020-21 |
| General targeted recipient groups |
Non-profit organizations (universities and research institutions, colleges) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients |
A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
Planning Information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2016-17
Forecast spending |
2017-18
Planned spending |
2018-19
Planned spending |
2019-20
Planned spending |
| Total grants* |
$8,911,000 |
$8,770,000 |
$8,770,000 |
$8,770,000 |
| Total contributions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total program |
$8,911,000 |
$8,770,000 |
$8,770,000 |
$8,770,000 |
* These figures do not include operating expenses.
General information
Name of transfer payment
program |
Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (voted) |
| Start date |
2007 |
| End date |
Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment |
Grant |
| Type of appropriation |
Appropriated annually through Estimates |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions |
2012-13 |
| Link to department’s Program Inventory
|
Program 1.3: Connection: mobilization of social sciences and humanities knowledge
Sub-program 1.3.3: Networks of Centres of Excellence |
| Description |
This transfer payment program supports commercialization and/or research centres that bring together people, services and infrastructure to maximize the benefits of the government’s investments in skills and research and to encourage greater private sector investment in science and technology, in areas of the social sciences and humanities. This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions. |
| Expected results |
The research knowledge and technology produced by the networks and centres is transferred and used: Ratio of partner contributions (cash and in-kind) relative to funds for commercialization activities |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation |
2016-17 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation |
Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation |
2021-22 |
| General targeted recipient groups |
Industry-related, non-profit organizations (universities and research institutions, colleges) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients |
A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
Planning Information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2016-17
Forecast spending |
2017-18
Planned spending |
2018-19
Planned spending |
2019-20
Planned spending |
| Total grants* |
$5,711,093 |
$4,634,100 |
$2,401,000 |
$864,000 |
| Total contributions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total program |
$5,711,093 |
$4,634,100 |
$2,401,000 |
$864,000 |
* These figures do not include operating expenses.
** Changes in year-to-year spending reflect variations in funding for yearly competitions where funds are determined as a result of a merit review process.