Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research
This funding opportunity is
not currently offered. For information on currently offered SSHRC funding opportunities, see
Funding.
Objectives
Description
Value and Duration
Eligibility
Evaluation and Adjudication
Administrative Regulations
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Objectives
The purpose of this fellowship is to support research, preferably of
a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary nature, and to develop Canadian
expertise in the field of human rights, with emphasis on themes and issues
relevant to the Canadian human rights scene.
Description
The Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research supports research in all areas of humanities
and social sciences, including journalism and law. Preference is given
to multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary research projects.
Value and Duration
One non-renewable fellowship, tenable for 12 months in Canada, is awarded
every year. The award consists of a $45,000 stipend plus $10,000 for research
and research-related travel expenses. Note that awards must be taken up
between April 1 and October 1 of the year for which they are awarded.
Eligibility
Applicants
Applicants
must be
affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution. Preference will
be given to applicants with at least five years of proven research experience
in their field, as this fellowship is not intended for scholars just beginning
their research careers. Accordingly, this award may not be used to complete
the requirements for a degree program. Please note that applicants, and
anyone else participating in any capacity in the proposed project, must
not be under SSHRC sanction for financial or research misconduct.
Institutions
Institutions that propose to administer any fellowship awarded under
this program must meet the requirements for the management of SSHRC funds
and hold or obtain institutional eligibility.
Evaluation and Adjudication
The Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research is awarded
through a competitive process. Applications are evaluated by a multidisciplinary
selection committee comprising experts from the research community.
Every effort is made to secure at least two external written assessments
of each application before it is adjudicated by the committee. The adjudication
committee considers, but is not bound by, the judgements of the external
assessors. The committee recommends to SSHRC which applicant should
receive the fellowship. This recommendation is subject to approval by
SSHRC.
Applicants receive copies of all information used to make a decision,
including external written assessments and/or the committee deliberations
relating to their application. If they are unsuccessful, they may submit
a new application in a subsequent competition.
Applications are evaluated using these criteria:
- the academic achievement, experience, publication record and research
aptitude of the applicant; and
- the quality of the proposed research project.
Administrative Regulations
Applicants must comply with SSHRC's Regulations
Governing Grant Applications and with the regulations set out in the
Grant
Holder's Guide. In particular, the Financial Administration section
of the Guide gives detailed information on eligible and ineligible expenses.
More Information
For further information about the Bora Laskin National Fellowship in
Human Rights Research, please contact:
Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research
Fellowships and Institutional Grants Division
SSHRC
350 Albert Street
P.O. Box 1610
Ottawa, ON K1P 6G4
Tel.: 613-943-7777
Fax: 613-943-1329
Email:
fellowships@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca