Overview

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• INTRODUCTION

  Bold research projects reveal new opportunities: key insights into pressing challenges; unexpected partnerships and surprising collaborations; a thriving culture of innovation.

  Discoveries in social sciences and humanities benefit people, communities and businesses.

  This is research for a better life.

• STEP 1: PITCH

  You’ve got three minutes to tell us why a research project matters. The research can be yours, it can be a professor’s (get their permission first!), but your pitch needs to be creative, compelling and clear.

  Ready? You’re up.

  Send us your pitch communicating a great SSHRC-funded research project happening at your institution.

  Grab our attention, be creative, push the boundaries: use a podcast, op-ed, vlog or infographic.

  What is the story? Where is the research taking us? How does it impact Canadians?

  The top 25 submissions will receive a prize valued at $3,000, an invitation to a special communications workshop at Congress 2013 in Victoria and the chance to deliver a featured presentation at this year’s World Social Science Forum in Montreal.

  Submissions accepted from February 16 to March 1, 2013

• STEP 2: DEVELOP

  Selected pitches will receive one of twenty-five prizes valued at $3,000, registration and accommodation at Congress 2013, national promotion of your project and a place in a specialised research communications workshop.

  The workshop, to be held June 3, 2013, will feature hands-on mentoring and training from experienced communications professionals, a moderated panel of experts and specialised group sessions.

  Later that day at the Storytellers Showcase, the 25 invited workshop participants will take the stage and deliver their pitch in front of a live audience and a panel of experts. The jury will select five to present a final talk at the 2013 World Social Science Forum in Montreal this October.

• STEP 3: SHARE

  Share your research story with the world.

  As chosen at Congress 2013, five jury-chosen presenters will be featured at the 2013 World Social Science Forum in Montreal (October 13 to 16, 2013), covered by national media and promoted by SSHRC.

  
  

  Research for a better life:

  Ideas like yours change our world and define the future.

  It's time to show us how.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  SSHRC would like to thank the following for support and participation in this exciting initiative:

  

  People-focused research matters. How you tell its story is just as important.

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Rules & Regulations

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The Storytellers - Short Rules

Contestants can submit entries starting February 16, 2013 at 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, until the contest closes on March 1, 2013 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.

Who can enter:

At the time of entry, you must be a Canadian resident, 19 years of age or older, enrolled at a Canadian postsecondary institution, and in compliance with the contest Rules and Regulations.

What you must submit:

Your submission must be an original work—video, audio, text or infographic—featuring research funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and carried out at the institution at which you are enrolled at the time of submission.

Your submission must not exceed three (3) minutes in length for video or audio, 300 words for text or info-graphic, or 49 megabytes in size for all submissions.

For complete Contest rules and regulations, click here.

Prizes:

In Phase 1, the top 25 submissions will receive a prize valued at $3,000, and an invitation to a special communications workshop at Congress 2013 in Victoria, BC.

In Phase 2, those 25 winners will have the chance to deliver their pitch in a “three-minute-thesis”-style talk at the Storytellers Showcase at Congress, competing for one of five slots to deliver a featured presentation at this year’s World Social Science Forum in Montreal.

The chances of winning a prize in Phase 1 are dependent on the total number and quality of eligible Submissions received before the Phase 1 closing date of March 1, 2013 at 11:59pm EST. The chances of winning in Phase 2 will be no less than one-in-five, and will depend on the number of Phase 1 winners who present at Congress.

Inspiration

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Need an idea to pitch?

Looking for an innovative, SSHRC-funded research project happening at your school?

Let’s see what we can find.

Start here:

• SSHRC Awards Search Engine
• SSHRC Research Stories Database
• Canada Research Chairs Database (Under “Granting Council,” select “Social Science and Humanities” to find SSHRC-funded CRCs)