If you are a professor or researcher affiliated with a Canadian
postsecondary institution, you may be eligible to apply to the following
SSHRC programs to support your research. (See also eligibility requirements
for postdoctoral researchers.)
Research grants support individual and team research projects.
The applicant proposes the research topic and methodology.
| Funding opportunity |
Application deadline |
Value &
duration |
Results announced |
Apply |
Standard
Research Grants
To support investigator-chosen research in the social sciences and humanities
conducted by individuals or teams
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Notification of Intent:
August 16, 2010
Formal Application:
October 15, 2010
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Up to $100,000 per annum, but not totalling more than $250,000
in a three-year period
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April 2011
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Web CV, application and instructions
(Formal Application and Notification of Intent)
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Major Collaborative Research
Initiatives
To support large-scale, leading-edge research that addresses broad and critical issues of intellectual, economic and cultural significance |
Stage 1: Letter of Intent: February 21
Stage 2: Formal Application (by invitation only):
September 1 |
Stage 1: $20,000
8 months
Stage 2: Up to
$2.5 million over 7 years |
Letter of Intent: End of April
Formal Application: End of December |
Web CV, application and instructions
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Strategic research grants support targeted research on pressing social, economic
and cultural issues.
| Funding opportunity |
Application deadline |
Value &
duration |
Results announced |
Apply |
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
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Program not currently offered |
Up to $25,000 for up to 2 years
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March 2010
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Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Aboriginal Research: Research Grants
To support university-based researchers and Aboriginal community organizations
to conduct research on issues of concern to Aboriginal peoples
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Program not currently offered
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Up to $100,000 annually with a maximum of $250,000
over 3 years
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March 2010
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Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Canadian Environmental Issues–Special Call Community University Research Alliances
To support research projects jointly developed and undertaken by postsecondary institution-based researchers and organizations from the community on topics relating to SSHRC's Canadian Environmental Issues special call
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Formal Application (by invitation only) September 18, 2009
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Formal Application Grant: Up to $200,000 annually, up to 5 years
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Formal Application: February 2010 |
Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Community-University Research
Alliances
To support research projects jointly developed and undertaken by
postsecondary institution-based researchers and organizations from the community
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Formal Application (by invitation only): September 17, 2010
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Formal Application Grant: Up to $200,000 annually, up to 5 years
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Formal Application: February 2010
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Formal Application:
Web CV, application and instructions
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International Community-University Research Alliances —in Partnership with the International Development Research Centre
To support research projects jointly developed and undertaken by community organizations and postsecondary institutions in Canada and low- and middle-income countries.
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Program not currently offered
|
Letter of Intent Grant: Up to $30,000 annually
Grant: Up to $400,000 annually, up to 5 years
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Letter of Intent: TBD
Formal Application: TBD
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Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Image,
Text, Sound and Technology: Research Grants
To help scholars apply innovative digital technologies to research on image,
text and sound
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Program not currently offered |
Up to $50,000
Up to 2 years
|
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Image, Text, Sound and Technology: Summer Institute, Workshop and Conference Grants
To help scholars apply innovative digital technologies to research on image,
text and sound
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Program not currently offered |
Up to $50,000
12 months
|
January 29, 2010 |
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International Opportunities Fund:
Development Grants
To support developmental activities that lead to significant international research collaboration
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Program not currently offered |
Up to $25,000
1 year
|
TBD |
Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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International Opportunities Fund:
Project Grants
To support projects that secure Canadian participation in international research initiatives or networks.
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Program not currently offered |
Up to $75,000
1 year
|
TBD |
Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Northern Communities: Towards Social and Economic Prosperity–Special Call Community University Research Alliances
To support research projects jointly developed and undertaken by postsecondary institution-based researchers and organizations from the community on topics relating to SSHRC's Northern Communities: Towards Social and Economic Prosperity special call
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Formal Application (by invitation only): September 18, 2009
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Formal Application Grant: Up to $200,000 annually, up to 5 years
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Formal Application: February 2010
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Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts
For programs of research/creation by artist-researchers affiliated with
Canadian postsecondary institutions
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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
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Research
Development Initiatives
To support analysis of changing directions in research and in the evolution
of academic disciplines
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Program not currently offered |
Up to $40,000
Up to 2 years
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February 27, 2010
June 30, 2010
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Program not currently offered
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Joint Initiatives, developed and funded by SSHRC and other
organizations, support targeted research on pressing social, economic
and cultural issues.
| Funding opportunity |
Application deadline |
Value &
duration |
Results announced |
Apply |
Automotive Partnership Canada
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Automotive Partnership Canada (APC) will provide $145 million in research funding over five years to support significant, collaborative research and development activities that will benefit the entire Canadian automotive industry.
This initiative is a partnership between five federal research and granting agencies, including SSHRC. Interested applicants and companies should start by contacting APC's Project Office in Mississauga, Ontario. |
Canadian Election Study Data Set
To support the design of, and data collection for, CES surveys.
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September 15, 2009
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Up to $450,000 for the first federal election study, and up to $400,000 for the second
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Two federal election studies within a five-year period
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Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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| Canadian
Initiative on Social Statistics (CISS) Access to Research Data Centres |
A strategic joint initiative of SSHRC, Canadian
Institutes of Health Research and Statistics Canada to promote research and training in the application of social statistics.
Applications may be submitted at any time. Results will be announced approximately five to eight weeks after submission.
For information about this program, please see the
Statistics Canada
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
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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
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International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change
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This new initiative is a joint partnership involving SSHRC, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the International Development Research Centre
(IDRC), which, as the project lead, will be receiving and processing all applications submitted to this program.
The total funding available for full research grants is C$12.5 million, to support up to five full research applications.
Interested applicants should visit the IDRC website. |
Metropolis National Research Competition
To support research and policy development on population migration, cultural diversity and the challenges of immigrant integration in cities in Canada and around the world
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October 4, 2010
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Up to $125,000
12 to 18 months
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March 2011
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Web CV, application and instructions
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NORFACE Transnational Research Programme
: Migration in Europe–Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics |
A NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Co-operation in Europe), collaboration to promote research-based knowledge and insight into migration
For information about this program, please see the
NORFACE
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
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Sport Participation Research Initiative: Research Grants
To support policy-relevant research about participation in sport in Canada |
October 15, 2010 |
Up to $100,000 per annum, but not totalling more than $250,000 in a three-year period
Up to 3 years |
June 2011 |
See details under Description
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These programs support the communication and dissemination
of research results.
| Funding opportunity |
Application deadline |
Value &
duration |
Results announced |
Apply |
Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada
To support workshops and conferences in Canada
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May 1 and
November 1
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Workshops: Up to $25,000
1 year
Conferences:
Up to $50,000
1 year |
June 30 and January 30
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Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Aid to Scholarly Journals
To increase access to, and readership of, original research results in the social sciences and humanities through Canadian scholarly journals
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TBD |
Up to $30,000 per annum
3 years
|
TBD |
Application form not available
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Aid to Scholarly
Publications (ASPP)
To assist in the publication of individual scholarly works
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To obtain detailed information concerning application
requirements, eligibility, value of awards, etc., please contact:
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS)
Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme
300-275 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2L6
(613) 238-6112, ext. 350
Web site:
http://fedcan.ca/content/en/575/ASPP.html
Email:
secaspp@fedcan.ca |
Image, Text, Sound and Technology: Summer Institute, Workshop and Conference Grants
To help scholars apply innovative digital technologies to research on image,
text and sound
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Program not currently offered |
Up to $50,000
12 months
|
January 29, 2010 |
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Public Outreach Dissemination Grants
To mobilize existing and ongoing research results on topics relating to the Canadian Environmental Issues special call
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November 25, 2009
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No maximum limit
1 year
|
March 2010
|
Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Public Outreach Workshop and Conference Grants
To mobilize existing and ongoing research results on topics relating to the Canadian Environmental Issues special call
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November 25, 2009
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No maximum limit
1 year |
March 2010
|
Application form not available
Web CV and instructions
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Special Research Fellowships target research on a specific
theme and are offered to applicants with extensive research experience.