Funding Opportunities

Salary Replacement Stipends

Under certain SSHRC programs, university-based researchers and non-academic researchers form partnerships for the purposes of research, advanced research training and knowledge mobilization. SSHRC recognizes that some not-for-profit organizations face financial difficulty in replacing one of their staff members so that person can participate in a SSHRC-funded research project.

To help address this situation, SSHRC has made salary replacement stipends an eligible expense within a grant. These stipends cover up to 50 per cent of the cost of temporarily replacing an employee from a not-for-profit organization who will be devoting his or her time as an investigator or co-investigator on a SSHRC-funded research project.

Salary replacement stipends can only be used by not-for-profit organizations that have investigators or co-investigators listed on their Notice of Award. Researchers holding an academic position at a postsecondary institution and government employees are not eligible for salary replacement stipends.

Eligible Programs

Salary replacement stipends may only be requested as part of an application for a research grant. Please refer to the program description, and the program's accompanying application instructions, on the SSHRC website to determine if the program to which you are applying provides salary replacement stipends.

Value and Duration

SSHRC salary replacement stipends are a contribution to a not-for-profit organization to help compensate for the time an employee will spend participating in a SSHRC-funded research project.

Applicants may apply for up to 50 per cent of the annual salary of the person who is to be replaced. The salary replacement stipend can be requested for each year of the award.

Restrictions

Recipients of a salary replacement stipend are not considered employees of SSHRC. The 50 per cent amount must be based on total salary costs, including all benefits.