Departmental Performance Report 2013–14

Internal Audits and Evaluations

Internal Audits (current reporting period)


Name of internal audit Internal audit type Status Completion date
Audit of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Appeals Process Human resources Completed December 2013
Audit of Integrated Planning Integrated planning Completed March 2014
Audit of the Insight Program Program audit In progress Planned completion September 2014
Audit of Financial Monitoring
(joint audit with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council)		 Financial controls In progress Planned completion September 2014
Audit of the Networks of Centres of Excellence Program Transfer payment: tri-agency program administered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Completed March 2014

Evaluations (current reporting period)


Name of evaluation Program Status Completion date
Tri-Agency Review of Relevance and Effectiveness of the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program 1.3.3 Networks of Centres of Excellence Completed June 2013
Tri-Agency Evaluation of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships 1.1.3 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Completed June 2014
Tri-Agency Evaluation of the Indirect Costs Program 2.1 Indirect Costs Program Completed June 2014
Tri-Agency Evaluation of the Canada Graduate Scholarships 1.1.2 Canada Graduate Scholarships In progress December 2014
Tri-Agency Evaluation of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs 1.1.1 Canada Research Chairs In progress October 2014
Joint Evaluation of the Networks of Centres of Excellence and the Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence 1.3.3 Networks of Centres of Excellence In progress February 2015
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships Evaluation 1.1.5 SSHRC Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships In progress March 2015
Tri-Agency Evaluation of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships 1.1.4 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships In progress March 2015
Institutional Research Capacity Grants Evaluation 1.2.2 Institutional Capacity Grants In progress March 2015