The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s 2017 Insight Development Grants opportunity is now open. The Insight Development Grants (IDG) application form can be accessed through SSHRC’s Research Portal
Application deadline: February 3, 2017
Results announced: June 2017
New developments with the application this year include:
- Improved Canadian Common CV (CCV) sections, subsections and fields (see list of changes in the SSHRC CCV instructions
- Revised Terms and Conditions for Applicants and Co-Applicants.
- New joint initiative with the Department of National Defense
- Updated instructions for Aboriginal Research.
- Revised instructions for Funds Requested from SSHRC Module.
- Updated definition of an Emerging Scholar and of the Scholar Type section.
The adjudication committee structure will include disciplinary committees when justified by the number of applications.
Detailed information is available to applicants preparing an IDG research-creation application can be found here.
Note that Shared Services Canada (SSC), the hosting provider for CCV, is planning a major system upgrade on Saturday, November 19, beginning at 8 am ET. This upgrade is expected to end late in the evening. Consequently, the CCV application will not be available during this time.