Aid to Small Universities
This funding opportunity is
not currently offered. For information on currently offered SSHRC funding opportunities, see
Funding.
| Overview |
| Value |
Up to $30,000 per year |
| Duration |
3 years |
| Application deadline |
December 1, 2010 (Closed) |
| Results announced |
End of March 2011 |
| Apply |
Application form not available |
Objectives
Description
Value and Duration
Eligibility
Evaluation and Adjudication
Administrative Regulations
More Information
Objectives
The purpose of the Aid to Small Universities (ASU) funding opportunity is to enable small postsecondary institutions to develop and strengthen focused research capacity in the social sciences and humanities.
Description
Grants are awarded on a competitive basis for a three-year period.
Examples of activities that may be supported with ASU funds include:
- start-up costs/partial funding of research centres;
- stipends to doctoral students, provided the program of studies is
related to the ASU grant;
- agenda-setting seminars;
- visiting scholars (travel and stipend);
- organization of colloquiums or symposiums; and
- seed funding for collaborative research or the development of partnerships.
Value and Duration
The maximum value of a grant is $30,000 per year for three years. Each
institution must justify its grant request, and the amount requested is
subject to review.
Note: ASU funding is not intended to provide sustaining support to postsecondary institutions, nor is it intended as an alternative to support available through SSHRC’s other funding opportunities. Therefore, SSHRC limits support of research infrastructure, such as centres and institutes, to six years.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this funding opportunity, a postsecondary institution must:
or
- be eligible to manage SSHRC funds (see SSHRC’s list of eligible institutions);
- be an institutional member of the AUCC and/or the ACCC, be affiliated with a postsecondary institution itself too large to be eligible to receive an ASU grant, and operate in a cultural environment substantially different from that of the larger parent institution;
- have active degree-granting status for social sciences and humanities disciplines at the undergraduate level or beyond;
- have fewer than 250 full-time faculty in SSHRC fields; and
- be independent of the federal government for the purpose of faculty employment status.
Evaluation and Adjudication
SSHRC adjudicates all ASU grant applications, and awards all available funds, through a competitive process. A selection committee of senior administrators from postsecondary institutions and/or scholars from the research community evaluates each application. Grants are awarded on the basis of the institution's development plan and its inclusion of the following elements:
1.Research concentration—a review and assessment of:
- the most promising areas of concentration;
- options for new areas of concentration;
- areas already selected and supported with ASU funds;
- the continuing needs of these areas; and
- the expected time frame for autonomy from ASU support.
2. Strategies (funding opportunities)—details on the various
strategies that will be used to strengthen research capacities in the
selected areas of concentration.
3. Focus points or research centres—where appropriate,
a review and assessment of:
- plans to support focus points or research centres; and
- milestones in the movement of these toward their potential as areas
of research concentration.
4. Appropriateness of funds requested from SSHRC.
Administrative Regulations
All applicants and grant holders must comply with the
Regulations
Governing Grant Applications
and with the regulations set out in the
Grant Holder's Guide
.
More Information
Please address questions about the Aid to Small Universities funding opportunity to:
Lorraine Anderson
Team Leader
Research Portfolio
SSHRC
350 Albert Street
PO Box 1610
Ottawa, ON K1P 6G4
Tel.: 613-947-4233
Fax: 613-992-7635
Email:
lorraine.anderson@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca