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Date published: March 20, 2020
Facts and Figures
From April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, SSHRC received 14,400 funding applications and awarded more than 5,100 new grants and fellowships.
Over the course of competitions, more than 950 people participated in Talent, Insight and Connection merit review committees, and SSHRC received over 3,500 external assessments of project proposals, in addition to thousands of reference letters for scholarship and fellowship applications.
Additional competition results from the 2018-19 fiscal year are included below.
A number of competitions also took place in April and early May 2019, with results to be released in the coming months.
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Highlights: Latest Competition Results
14,400
Total number of applications received
(including non-eligible applications)
- Grant applications received: 6,100
- Fellowship applications received: 8,400
5,100
Total number of new awards
- New grant awards: 2,600
- New Fellowship and scholarships: 2,500
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: 1,296
- Doctoral Scholarships awarded: 430
- 63 per cent to first-year students
- 37 per cent to second-year students
Canada Graduate Scholarships
- Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements awarded: 130
- Vanier Scholarships: 180 eligible applications received, 55 scholarships awarded
Doctoral Fellowships
- SSHRC: 2,205 eligible applications received, 508 fellowships awarded
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- SSHRC: 824 eligible applications received, 160 fellowships awarded
- Banting: 178 eligible applications received, 23 fellowships awarded
Insight
Building new knowledge in the social sciences and humanities
Insight Grants
- 1,365 eligible applications received
- 619 grants awards
- 45 per cent success rate
- average grant value: $144,875
- $89,677,557 awarded total, to be issued over five years and supporting some 1,978 researchers and collaborators
Insight Development Grants
- 677 grants awarded in 2018
- 1,128 eligible applications received for the February 2019 intake
Connection
Mobilizing social sciences and humanities knowledge
Connection Grants
- 691 applications received
- 284 grants awarded
Special Call: Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation—Connection Grants
- 229 applications received
- 116 grants awarded
Partnerships
Encouraging collaborative research by supporting talent, fostering insight and building new connections
Partnership Development Grants
- 148 eligible applications received
- 70 grants awarded
Partnership Engage Grants
- 372 eligible applications received
- 226 grants awarded
Partnership Grants—Stage 1
- 64 eligible applications received
- 26 grants awarded
Partnership Grants—Stage 2
- 26 eligible applications received
- 17 grants awarded
Partnership Grants—Healthy and Productive Work
- 18 eligible applications received
- 9 grants awarded
Breakdown of partners by sector
| Government | Industry | Not-for-profit | Postsecondary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18% | 8% | 44% | 30% |
Beyond borders: International impact
- SSHRC funds more than 1,100 international researchers, representing 82 different countries
- SSHRC works with 215 international partners
- 41 per cent of Partnership Development Grants involved at least one international partner
- 12 per cent of Partnership Engagement Grants involved at least one international partner
- 71 per cent of Partnership Grants involved at least one international partner
- 19 per cent of postdoctoral fellows held their awards abroad`
- 24 per cent of Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships are held by international students
- 9 per cent of Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships are held by international students
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