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A better future, one data set at a time
New competition asks research teams to address energy and resource sector challenges
Together, we're inviting researchers in the social sciences and humanities to tell us what data, practices or technologies can best address present and future challenges in Canada's energy and natural resources sector.
Five finalist teams will each win $3,000. The winning team will receive an additional $5,000. The deadline for entries is March 31, 2016.
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AT A GLANCE
A look at what we do, by the numbers
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3,000
A single competition may receive 100 to nearly 3,000 applications, depending on the funding opportunity.
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12,500
SSHRC handles as many as 12,500 applications every year.
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70 PER CENT
About 70 per cent of web form applications are submitted on the competition deadline date.
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HEADLINES
The latest from SSHRC and its partners
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The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was released on December 15. SSHRC President Ted Hewitt says Canada's humanities and social sciences scholars are essential players in the ongoing truth and reconciliation journey-both in dealing with hidden, and often uncomfortable, truths in our history, culture and laws, as well as in creating genuine reconciliation based on the two-way flow of knowledge and understanding.
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Kirsty Duncan, Canada's Minister of Science, announced on January 21 at Humber College in Toronto the winners of the first round of the Community and College Social Innovation Fund. Twenty-seven colleges and polytechnics across Canada have partnered with local organizations and businesses to improve their communities. Each will receive funding of up to $200,000 for projects addressing a range of social issues, including poverty, community safety, integration of immigrants and refugees, and local economic development.
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FUNDING FOCUS
Funding deadlines, program updates, application tips and more
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Do you have a potential project that could leverage large-scale, digital data analysis to address a research question in the humanities and social sciences? Are you interested in collaborating with colleagues across the pond? This March, the Trans-Atlantic Platform launches its first international funding opportunity: the 2016 Digging into Data Challenge.
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Funding tip of the month: Great grant applications IDG or IG? PG or PDG? Research-creation? The Resources: Grants section of SSHRC's website can help you navigate the grant-seeking process; plan for, prepare and complete your SSHRC grant application; and better understand the adjudication and awarding process. |
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SPOTLIGHT
Featured stories, events and activities
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University of Ottawa professor Boulou Ebanda
de B'béri's Promised Land Project engages communities in recovering forgotten aspects of black history in Canada.
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Archaeologist and historian Karolyn Smardz Frost traces cultural contributions by the more than 30,000 fugitive slaves who fled to Canada in the mid-nineteenth century.
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SSHRC AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Honouring the best communications on social sciences and humanities research by Canadian postsecondary institutions.
Make the podium yours. To enter or learn more, visit www.cprs.ca
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