COVID-19 Update
Facts and Figures
From April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020, SSHRC received 13,700 funding applications and awarded more than 5,200 new grants and fellowships.
Over the course of competitions, more than 820 people participated in Talent, Insight and Connection merit review committees, and SSHRC received over 3,400 external assessments of project proposals, in addition to thousands of reference letters for scholarship and fellowship applications.
Additional competition results from the 2019-20 fiscal year are included below.
A number of competitions also took place in April and early May 2020, with results to be released in the coming months.
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Highlights: Latest Competition Results
13,700
Total number of applications received
(including non-eligible applications)
- Number of grant applications received: 5,100
- Number of fellowship applications received 8,600
5,200
Total number of new awards
- New grant awards: 2,300
- New Fellowships and scholarships: 2,900
Talent
Attracting, retaining and developing students and researchers in the social sciences and humanities
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program
- Master's Scholarships awarded: 1,501
- Doctoral Scholarships awarded: 430
- 63% to first-year students
- 37% to second-year students
Canada Graduate Scholarships
- Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements awarded: 131
- Vanier Scholarships: 179 eligible applications received, 56 scholarships awarded
Doctoral Fellowships
- SSHRC: 2,585 eligible applications received, 516 fellowships awarded
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- SSHRC: 751 eligible applications received, 160 fellowships awarded
- Banting: 162 eligible applications received, 25 fellowships awarded
Insight
Building new knowledge in the social sciences and humanities
Insight Grants
- 1,425 eligible applications received
- 580 grants awards
- 41% success rate
- average grant value: $158,074
- $91,683,104 awarded total, to be issued over five years and supporting some 1,777 researchers and collaborators
Insight Development Grants
- 565 grants awarded in 2019
- 1,256 eligible applications received for the February 2020 intake
Connection
Mobilizing social sciences and humanities knowledge
Connection Grants
- 698 applications received
- 379 grants awarded
Partnerships
Encouraging collaborative research by supporting talent, fostering insight and building new connections
Partnership Development Grants
- 134 eligible applications received
- 77 grants awarded
Partnership Engage Grants
- 335 eligible applications received
- 219 grants awarded
Partnership Grants—Stage 1
- 67 eligible applications received
- 23 grants awarded
Partnership Grants—Stage 2
- 23 eligible applications received
- 19 grants awarded
Partnership Grants—Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- 8 eligible applications received
- 6 grants awarded
Breakdown of partners by sector
| Government | Industry | Not-for-profit | Postsecondary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15% | 7% | 46% | 32% |
Beyond borders: International impact
- SSHRC funds more than 1,500 international researchers, representing 80 different countries
- SSHRC works with 230 international partners
- 42% of Partnership Development Grants involved at least one international partner
- 11% of Partnership Engagement Grants involved at least one international partner
- 68% of Partnership Grants involved at least one international partner
- 24% of postdoctoral fellows held their awards abroad
- 34% of Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships are held by international students
- 44% of Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships are held by international students
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