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Postdoctoral Researchers

If you are a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, have recently completed or will soon complete a PhD or equivalent in the social sciences or humanities, and do not hold a tenured or tenure-track faculty position, you may be eligible to apply to the following programs. (See also eligibility requirements for faculty.)



Funding opportunity Application deadline Value &
duration
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Postdoctoral Fellowships

To support promising new scholars (PhD holders) in the social sciences and humanities

October 6, 2009 $38,000 per annum plus a research allowance of up to $5,000 12 to 24 months

February 2010 Application form not available
Aileen D. Ross Fellowship

Awarded to an outstanding recipient of a SSHRC doctoral award or Postdoctoral Fellowship conducting research in sociology, specifically research on poverty
Doctoral: For applicants registered at a Canadian university: University sets the deadline. For all others: November 5, 2009

Postdoctoral: October 6, 2009
$10,000 in addition to the value of the doctoral award or Postdoctoral fellowship

12 months
Spring 2010 No application form. SSHRC will inform the successful recipient of a Postdoctoral Fellowship or doctoral award.
SSHRC Postdoctoral Prize

Annual award for most outstanding SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient

  $10,000 in addition to the value of the postdoctoral fellowship

24 months

Spring 2009 No application form; SSHRC will inform the successful postdoctoral fellowship recipient
Aboriginal Research: Development Grants

To help teams of Aboriginal community organizations and university-based researchers develop research partnerships and proposals to investigate issues of concern to Aboriginal peoples

Program not currently offered Up to $25,000 for up to 2 years


March 2010

Application form not available

Web CV and instructions
Aboriginal Research: Research Grants

To support university-based researchers and Aboriginal community organizations to conduct research on issues of concern to Aboriginal peoples

Program not currently offered

Up to $100,000 annually with a maximum of $250,000 over 3 years


March 2010

Application form not available

Web CV and instructions
Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

To support workshops and conferences in Canada

May 1 and November 1

Workshops: Up to $25,000
1 year

Conferences: Up to $50,000
1 year
June 30 and January 30

Application form not available

Web CV and instructions

Digging into Data Challenge

To support humanities and social sciences research on cyberscholarship
The Digging into Data Challenge competition is sponsored by SSHRC, the United States of America’s National Endowment for the Humanities and National Science Foundation, and the United Kingdom’s Joint Information Systems Committee.

For more details, please visit the Digging into Data Challenge website or contact:

Mika Oehling
Program Officer
Strategic Programs and Joint Initiatives
SSHRC
Tel: 613-992-4227
Fax: 613-947-0223
mika.oehling@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

For programs of research/creation by artist-researchers affiliated with Canadian postsecondary institutions

Program not currently offered


Up to $100,000 per annum, but not totalling more than $250,000 in a 3-year period

Up to 36 months

TBD Application form not available

Web CV and instructions
Research Development Initiatives

To support analysis of changing directions in research and in the evolution of academic disciplines

October 7, 2009

April 9, 2010

Up to $40,000

Up to 2 years

February 27, 2010

June 30, 2010

Application form not available

Web CV and instructions
Sport Participation Research Initiative— Postdoctoral Fellowship Supplements

To help support holders of SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship who are doing policy-relevant research on participation in sport in Canada
October 6, 2009 $10,000 in addition to the value of the Postdoctoral Fellowship

12 months
June 2010 See details under Description

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