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SSHRC supports university-based research and graduate training in the social sciences and humanities. SSHRC grants and fellowships are awarded through an independent, national, peer-review process. To determine if your research falls under SSHRC's mandate, please see Selecting a Funding Agency.

Applicants (principal investigators) must be affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution. Researchers not affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution are eligible to apply as co-applicants to selected SSHRC programs and as research collaborators to any SSHRC-supported project.

Programs for:
  Graduate students
Postdoctoral researchers
Faculty
Community & not-for-profit organizations
Postsecondary institutions
Scholarly associations
   
All SSHRC Programs

Anyone participating in SSHRC-funded research activities must not be under SSHRC sanction for financial or research misconduct. Eligibility criteria specific to each program are detailed in the individual program descriptions.