COVID-19 Update
Facts and Figures
From April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, SSHRC received 13,900 funding applications and awarded more than 5,300 new grants and fellowships.
Over the course of competitions, more than 900 people participated in Talent, Insight and Connection merit review committees, and SSHRC received over 3,200 external assessments of project proposals, in addition to thousands of reference letters for scholarship and fellowship applications.
Additional competition results from the 2020-21 fiscal year are included below.
A number of competitions also took place in April and early May 2021, with results to be released in the coming months.
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Updated: September 3, 2021
To support response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SSHRC has developed a dynamic and accessible database that highlights SSHRC-funded researchers with expertise on the human dimensions of the crisis as well as on longer-term recovery and resilience.
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Highlights: Latest competition results
13,900
Total number of applications received
(including non-eligible applications)
- Number of grant applications received: 5,300
- Number of fellowship applications received 8,600
5,300
Total number of new awards
- New grant awards: 2,400
- New Fellowships and scholarships: 2,900
Talent
Attracting, retaining and supporting students and researchers in the social sciences and humanities
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program
- Master's scholarships awarded: 1,513
- Doctoral scholarships awarded: 516
- 66% to first-year students
- 34% to second-year students
Canada Graduate Scholarships
- Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements awarded: 67
- Vanier Scholarships: 179 eligible applications received, 55 scholarships awarded
Doctoral Fellowships
- SSHRC: 2,586 eligible applications received, 540 fellowships awarded
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- SSHRC: 751 eligible applications received, 160 fellowships awarded
- Banting: 162 eligible applications received, 23 fellowships awarded
Insight
Building new knowledge in the social sciences and humanities
Insight Grants
- 1,213 eligible applications received
- 637 grants awards
- 53% success rate
- average grant value: $163,267
- $104,001,032 awarded total, to be issued over five years and supporting some 2,197 researchers and collaborators
Insight Development Grants
- 563 grants awarded in 2020
- 1,256 eligible applications received for the February 2020 intake
Connection
Mobilizing social sciences and humanities knowledge
Connection Grants
- 309 applications received
- 237 grants awarded
Partnerships
Encouraging collaborative research by supporting talent, fostering insight and building new connections
Partnership Development Grants
- 135 eligible applications received
- 96 grants awarded
Partnership Engage Grants
- 305 eligible applications received
- 227 grants awarded
Partnership Grants—Stage 1
- 75 eligible applications received
- 25 grants awarded
Partnership Grants—Stage 2
- 25 eligible applications received
- 19 grants awarded
Partnership Engage Grants—COVID-19 Special Initiative
- 396 eligible applications received
- 294 grants awarded
Breakdown of partners by sector
| Government | Industry | Not-for-profit | Postsecondary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13% | 8% | 42% | 37% |
Beyond borders: International impact
- SSHRC funds more than 1,465 international researchers, representing 91 different countries
- SSHRC works with 341 international partners
- 33% of Partnership Development Grants involved at least one international partner
- 7% of Partnership Engagement Grants involved at least one international partner
- 89% of Partnership Grants involved at least one international partner
- 20% of postdoctoral fellows held their awards abroad
- 24% of Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships are held by international students
- 13% of Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships are held by international students
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