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Multiple Applications

SSHRC will not fund the same research project with more than one grant at the same time. However, researchers may submit multiple applications for SSHRC funding. In such cases, the following additional regulations apply:

1. A researcher may not apply for or hold, as applicant (principal investigator/project director), more than one standard research grant at the same time.
2. An applicant (principal investigator/project director) may not submit more than one application in a given strategic program competition or (where a program offers various types of grants) more than one application per grant type (e.g., research grant, workshop grant). Similarly, a grant holder may not hold more than one strategic grant of the same type at any one time.
3. A researcher may hold, as applicant (principal investigator/project director), a standard research grant and a strategic grant at the same time provided that each research project involves different objectives.
4. A researcher may hold, as applicant (principal investigator/project director), a standard research grant or strategic grant and participate in, as co-applicant or collaborator, any number of other grants.
5. In the Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) program, SSHRC will accept more than one application from any postsecondary institution or community organization. However, applicants are strongly encouraged to promote consultation and coordination within their organizations, as only one CURA may be funded per postsecondary institution or community organization per competition.
6. An applicant may not submit more than one application in a given competition for the Special Research Fellowship program.

Note: In evaluating proposals, peer review committees take into consideration the ability of the researcher or research team to successfully carry out the project, given their involvement in other funded research.

Holding SSHRC Grants and Grants from Other Funding Organizations

A researcher may not submit the same proposal at the same time to more than one federal granting agency (SSHRC, CIHR, Canada Council for the Arts, NSERC). However, a researcher may hold one or more SSHRC grants concurrently with grants from other funding organizations provided that there is no duplication of funding for any of the proposed research activities.