SSHRC Institutional Grants
This funding opportunity is
not currently offered. For information on currently offered SSHRC funding opportunities, see
Funding.
| Overview |
| Value |
Minimum of $5,000 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 SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG) funding opportunity is to assist Canadian postsecondary institutions to:
- develop, increase or strengthen research excellence in the social
sciences and humanities;
- assist, in particular, researchers embarking on their research career
to become competitive in grant competitions at the national level;
- assist established researchers with modest funding requirements or
those wishing to reorient and strengthen their research programs; and
- support national and international dissemination and collaboration.
Description
SSHRC provides annual block grants that help eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions fund small-scale research activities by their faculty in the social sciences and humanities.
Value and Duration
SSHRC provides annual block grants for three-year terms. The annual grants are calculated according to the following formula:
- $50 for each faculty member whose discipline falls within SSHRC's
mandate; plus
- a payment based on the postsecondary institution's average performance in all SSHRC research support funding opportunities in the previous three years of competitions, and calculated at the rate of:
- 23 per cent of the first $100,000 awarded;
- 20 per cent of the next $400,000 awarded;
- 14 per cent of the remainder.
The method of calculation recognizes multi-institutional grants in order
to distribute credit for performance to all co-applicants. Although the
awards are granted for a three-year period, SSHRC will make the calculation
annually, and will adjust the value of the grant accordingly.
SSHRC guarantees a minimum grant of $5,000 to each eligible institution.
The institutions use these funds to award, through their own competitive
process, individual grants of less than $7,000 per annum to support research
activities such as short-term research projects, research-related conference
travel (including international travel) and the holding of small seminars.
Eligibility
The postsecondary institution determines the number of competitions it will hold annually, establishes deadlines that best suit the needs of its researchers, and sets the application procedures. However, in awarding funds the institution must adhere to the following restrictions:
- applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada;
- visiting fellows and scholars are not eligible, nor are the costs
incurred for their travel and residency; however, postdoctoral fellows
affiliated with the institution are eligible to receive support provided
they meet the other eligibility criteria;
- students are not eligible to hold their own award (but SSHRC encourages
the employment of students in SIG-funded research); and
- support must be for scholarly activity in the humanities and the social
sciences.
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 or federated with an eligible institution, but grant their own degrees, receive their own operating budget directly from the provincial government, and have their own board of directors; and
- offer programs in at least one of the social sciences and humanities disciplines.
Evaluation and Adjudication
Regular evaluation and adjudication procedures do not apply to this funding opportunity. SSHRC awards SIGs according to the formula set out in Eligibility above.
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
Contact the research office at your institution for more information or please address questions concerning the SSHRC Institutional Grants 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