SSHRC Connection Grant –February 1st Competition

SSHRC’s Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and outreach activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those participating. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant may often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects potentially eligible for funding through other SSHRC funding opportunities.

Description: Connection Grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:

• disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the humanities and social sciences;
• scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
• intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the humanities and social sciences and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
• international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges between researchers, students and non-academic partners from other countries.

Matching Funds: SSHRC will not fund the full cost of any Connection event or outreach activity. Additional support in the form of cash and/or in-kind contributions (excluding registration fees), equivalent to a minimum of 50 per cent of the amount requested from SSHRC, must come from sponsoring organizations. For example, an applicant requesting $10,000 in funding from SSHRC, will have to provide additional support equal to $5,000. SSHRC will consider only those funds stemming from sponsoring organizations in its calculation of matching funds; individual contributions will not be considered in the calculation of matching funds.

Amount: The maximum value for a SSHRC Connection Grant is now dependent on whether it is an “event” Connection Grant OR if it is a Connection Grant with “outreach activities”. Event Connection grants are a maximum of $25,000 for one year ($7,000 – $$25,000). Outreach Activities Connection grants are a maximum of $50,000 ($7,000 – $50,000) for one year.

Agency Deadline: February 1, 2016, by 8:00pm EST.
Brescia Research Officer: January 28th, 2016, 5:00pm. If you require institutional support, or wish to have feedback on your application, please submit to RO at least 2 weeks before agency deadline.

Submission process: uses SSHRC web-based forms including Web CV.

For more information, visit the SSHRC Connection Grant opportunity page.

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