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Canada Invests over $160 million in Research Funding for Social Sciences and Humanities

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The Government of Canada announced that it will invest in over $160 million in research funding for the social sciences and humanities. Kirsty Duncan, Federal Minister of Science announced Friday in a press release that the investment will support roughly “1,150 social sciences and humanities research projects to build knowledge and foster collaboration in a wide range of disciplines.” The funding will be awarded through SSHRC Partnership Grants, Partnership Development Grants, Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). “The investment in these research initiatives will help examine a diversity of issues that touch the everyday lives of Canadians, including employment, an aging population and immigration.”

See: Government of Canada invests more than $160 million in social sciences and humanities research

Upcoming Webinars–SSHRC Research Grants & Partnerships

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SSHRC is offering webinars for the following upcoming funding opportunities:

  • Insight
  • Insight: Research-Creation
  • Partnership Development
  • Connection
  • Partnership Letter of Intent

These webinars have proven to be very helpful and allow for direct questions and answers from SSHRC representatives. The webinars will be held via Adobe Connect at the following times:

Webinar Date Adobe Connect Link
Insight Grants (English) September 7, 2016, 1:30-3:30pm (EDT) https://sshrc-crsh.adobeconnect.com/r32an3wcrlm
Insight Grant: Research-Creation (English) Sept 13, 1:30-3:30pm (EDT)  https://sshrc-crsh.adobeconnect.com/r318czrs1jz
 Partnership Development Grants (English)  October 4, 12:00-2:00pm (EDT)  https://sshrc-crsh.adobeconnect.com/r49w8mf4p50
 Partnership Grants-Letter of Intent (English)  October 19, 12:00-2:00pm (EDT)  https://sshrc-crsh.adobeconnect.com/r8zoq6nnl8d
 Connection Grants (English) November 7, 12:00-2:00pm (EDT)  https://sshrc-crsh.adobeconnect.com/r2go86viks2

There is no need to register in advance and a Q&A period will follow the presentation. With Adobe Connect, questions must be typed in during the webinar. To join via Adobe Connect:

  • Click on the Adobe Connect webinar link on the date and time specified;
  • Enter your name and press “Enter”;
  • Adjust the volume on your computer.

If it is your first time attending an Adobe Connect meeting, do the following:

Changes to SSHRC Communication of Competition Results

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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has improved and harmonized the communication of competition results given to applicants and institutions. These changes are a result of a review aimed at determining what type of post-adjudication feedback could:

  • Provide applicants with the decision (offered/not offered);
  • Allow applicants and institutions to situate the individual results within a larger context; and
  • Allow institutions to situate the results of their cohort of applicants within a larger context.

New this year:

  • Applications will be “offered”, “conditionally offered” or “not offered” funding;
  • Elimination of the “recommended, not funded” category;
  • Collection of all applications into one overall group by rank and divided by relative rank into sextiles;
  • Results for applicants will be provided on a one-page form that includes individual, committee and overall results and statistics, including the sextile in which their application placed;
  • Institutions will receive overall and institutional competition statistics on the secure site (not for public dissemination until the official public announcement has occurred) in addition to their applicants’ results by sextiles (presented in alphabetical, not rank order) and the award decisions.

At this time, changes will be made in the communication of results to the Insight Grants (IG), Insight Development Grants (IDG), Partnerships Grants Letter of Intent (PG – LOI), and Partnership Development Grants (PDG) funding opportunities.

These changes are based on feedback received from the research community that the number of applications that were “Recommended, not funded” had increased in most funding opportunities over the past years and the proportion of applications deemed “Recommended, not funded” was inconsistent from one funding opportunity to another which made results difficult to interpret. Furthermore, it was found that the large number of “Recommended, not funded” applications sent mixed messages to individual applicants since only a small proportion of these applications are funded by SSHRC on an annual basis.

Effective immediately, the “Recommended, not funded” category has been eliminated. Applicants will now be informed that their application was either “Offered”, “Conditionally Offered” or “Not Offered” an award.

“Conditionally offered” refers to awards to successful applicants who must meet certain conditions in order to receive the award. Individuals receiving a conditional offer will be made aware of the specific condition as part of the correspondence they receive concerning their results. Below are two scenarios that illustrate situations in which a grant would be conditionally offered:

  • Example 1: A Postdoctoral researcher applies and is successful in the Insight Grant funding opportunity. This applicant is conditionally offered an award. In order for SSHRC to release grant funds, the applicant must: – formally establish an affiliation with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution within three months of the grant start date (i.e., by September 2016 for the current competition); AND – maintain such an affiliation for the duration of the grant period.
  • Example 2: A PhD candidate has applied and is successful in the Insight Development Grant funding opportunity. This applicant is conditionally offered an award and must: – meet all requirements for the PhD before the grant is awarded (i.e., before June 1, 2016, for the current competition), including all course work and successful defense of their dissertation, AND – establish a formal affiliation with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution within three months of the grant start date (i.e., by September 2016 for the current competition), AND – maintain such an affiliation for the duration of the grant period.

The results of all applications within each funding opportunity will be collected, grouped based on overall relative rank and divided into sextiles. The fifth and sixth sextiles (or bottom third) will be combined into one group. Applicants, as well as their institution, will be informed into which sextile category their application fell, in relation to all applications submitted to that competition. Applicants will continue to receive information on where their application ranked (by committee).

Applicants will receive the following:

a. Overall competition statistics
b. Results for their specific application:

i. Decision (Offered/Conditionally Offered/Not Offered)
ii. Final Scores
iii. Rank within the committee
iv. Sextile category in overall ranking
v. Committee comments (if applicable)
vi. External Assessments / Expert Panel Reports (if applicable)

SSHRC will also provide institutions with more information regarding the results of the applicants from their institution and their overall standing in the competition. Institutions will receive the following:

a. Overall competition statistics
b. Institution competition statistics
c. Results for all applications submitted via the institution:

i. Decision (Offered/Conditionally Offered/Not Offered)
ii. Recommended Amount (for those offered an award)
iii. Sextile category in overall rankings (the list of applicants will appear in alphabetical order within the sextile category)

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Government of Canada Announces Investments for the Humanities and Social Sciences Research

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Investments in social sciences and humanities research will foster collaboration across sectors and create a strong basis for informed decision-making
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December 16, 2015 – Ottawa, Ontario—The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, today announced investments of more than $266 million for 2015-2016, supporting research and research training in the fields of social sciences and humanities.

The funded research projects, taking place at institutions across Canada, examine a variety of topics. For example:

  • With her Partnership Grant, York University’s Jennifer Jenson leads an international network of partners from industry and academia, examining the participation and visibility of women as both players and creators of digital games.
  • Betty Bastien from the University of Calgary is using her Insight Grant funding to develop culturally informed training practices for social services workers in Indigenous communities, with the goals of strengthening natural support systems, reducing levels of violence and improving general well-being.
  • The University of British Columbia’s Ildiko Kovacs will use Canada Graduate Scholarships doctoral funding, awarded under SSHRC’s Talent program, to engage Vancouver teens in developing youth-friendly recommendations for municipal transportation planning strategies.

The funds are administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) under its Talent Program, and its Partnership, Partnership Development, Insight and Insight Development Grants.

Quotes:

“Through investments like those announced today, the Government of Canada is demonstrating its commitment to science and research. These grants will contribute to building a strong social sciences and humanities research base in Canada while enriching knowledge and fostering partnerships.”

—The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science

“By funding these research initiatives and large-scale partnerships, SSHRC is supporting research and talent that are central to quality of life and innovation, and to developing Canada’s future leaders in all sectors of society. These initiatives, many of them leveraging public, private and not-for-profit involvement and investment, will generate insights into pressing societal issues, ensuring a better future for Canada and the world.”

—Ted Hewitt, President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

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CIHR/SSHRC Healthy and Productive Work (PDG) Grant now open

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Healthy and Productive Work (Partnership Development Grant)

Sponsors: CIHR and SSHRC

Deadlines:
Brescia Research Officer: 1 week before agency deadline (allow for 2 weeks before if you wish to receive feedback on your application, and/or if you require additional materials or signatures)
Agency: November 30, 2015
Notice of Decision: March 15, 2016

Phase 1:
Estimate Maximum grant amount: $75,000 (approx 20 grants expected to be funded)
Duration: up to 2 years

Phase 2 (to be launched 2017):
Estimate Maximum grant amount: $325,000 (expected to fund 8 Partnership grants)
Duration: up to 4 years
*additional year will be funded for connection activities (workshops, colloquiums, conferences, outreach activities, other events), up to $125, 000

Canadian workplaces are a reflection of our society. The number of people with disabilities, chronic conditions, and work-related health issues is growing. Further, more and more working Canadians are devoting considerable time and energy to caregiving responsibilities. For some Canadians, physical and mental health issues and disabilities are a barrier to entering the workforce; for those who are already employed, they can be a barrier to sustaining meaningful work.

Employers are grappling with changing skills requirements and the challenges of accommodating their employees’ needs as they strive to develop and retain their workforces. Responding to these challenges demands expertise from across disciplines and fields of research and requires linkages with academic and non-academic stakeholders. Workers, employers, policy-makers, regulators, clinicians, insurers, service providers, workplace safety and insurance boards, unions, professional associations, and other stakeholders face challenges and opportunities as they adapt to the unique health needs and characteristics of the 21st century workforce.

Healthy and Productive Work, a joint initiative of CIHR and SSHRC, reflects the interplay between health and social sciences in responding to the growing interest in maintaining a healthy, productive and inclusive Canadian workforce.

The goal of the Initiative is to develop, implement, evaluate and scale-up innovative, evidence-informed and gender-responsive solutions to foster the labour force participation of men and women with health issues (e.g., injuries, illnesses, chronic diseases, mental health challenges, and other conditions) and disabilities, as well as older workers and workers with caregiving responsibilities outside of their paid work. We aim to accomplish this by bringing together researchers, workers, employers, policy-makers, regulators, clinicians, insurers, service providers, workplace safety and insurance boards, unions, professional associations, and other stakeholders across sectors.

The Healthy and Productive Work initiative focuses on interventions which may include but are not limited to accommodations, tools and policies that address modifications to work and work environments designed to enable participation in meaningful work.  Both formal and informal interventions at various levels will be considered (individual workers, organizations, workplaces, sectors, policy/regulatory, educational institutions, the health care system, etc.).  Flexible work arrangements, physical modifications to the work environment, and structured processes intended to enable an employee to return to or remain at work, as well as policy interventions aimed at supporting accommodation, are all meaningful examples.

Researcher – Stakeholder Partnership Requirements

Funded partnerships must enable reciprocal flow and uptake of research knowledge between researchers and stakeholders (both within and beyond academia) by integrating stakeholders throughout the entire research process. Researchers and stakeholders will collaborate to develop the research questions, decide on methodology, collect data, interpret the findings, and disseminate the research results. This collaboration should increase the likelihood of adoption and uptake of research results. 

Funding Approach

A two-phased approach will be used to fund teams responding to this call.
In Phase 1 of this funding opportunity, CIHR and SSHRC will provide Partnership Development Grants to support new and/or existing partnerships to foster new research and related activities.
In Phase 2 (to be launched in November 2017), Partnership Development Grant applicants who were successful in Phase 1 will be invited to submit an application for a Partnership Grant. This will provide support for partnered initiatives that advance research and related activities pertaining to the Healthy and Productive Work joint initiative.  Note that under this initiative, successful Partnership Development Grant award holders will be permitted to forego the usual SSHRC Letter of Intent (LOI) process and directly submit a full Partnership Grant application.

How to Apply:
Phase 1 applicants are invited to submit their application to SSHRC’s Partnership Development Grants by November 30, 2015. In completing the application form, applicants will be required to indicate their willingness to be considered for funding under the Healthy and Productive Work Joint Initiative by selecting the initiative in the appropriate drop down list.

All applicants must comply with SSHRC’s Regulations Governing Grant Applications.

For information on How to Apply please consult SSHRC’s Partnership Development Grant funding information page.

Three webinars will be held to communicate details of the initiative. Please register by selecting one of the following presentations:

– September 9th, 2015 12:30-13:30 EDT (https://gts-ee-fr.webex.com/gts-ee/onstage/g.php?d=556487221&t=a) – In English
– September 28th, 2015 12:30-13:30 EDT (https://gts-ee-fr.webex.com/gts-ee/onstage/g.php?d=557098919&t=a) – In French
– October 13th, 2015 12:30-13-30 EDT (https://gts-ee-fr.webex.com/gts-ee/onstage/g.php?d=558800773&t=a) – In English

SSHRC Partnership Development Grants – Nov 2015 Competition

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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 
Partnership Development Grants Fall 2015 Competition

Value: $75, 000 – $200,000
Duration: 1 to 3 years
Deadlines:
Brescia Research Officer: 1 week before agency deadline (allow for 2 weeks before if you wish to receive feedback on your application, and/or if you require additional materials or signatures)
SSHRC: November 30, 2015 (8:00pm Eastern Time)
Results announced: March 2016
Apply via Web-based forms, Web CV

Description:  Partnership Development Grants provide support over one to three years to teams/partnerships, led by a project director, to:

  • develop research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and new scholars, by fostering new partnerships for research and related activities involving existing and/or potential partners; or
  • design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that may result in best practices or models that either can be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up to a regional, national or international level.

Partnerships funding is intended for larger teams working in formal collaboration between postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types. Partner organizations may be Canadian or international institutions or organizations (public, private, not-for-profit) of any type. Please see the definition of formal partnership.

Institutional and partner organization contributions
Applicants are expected to include a plan to seek and secure cash and/or in-kind support for their initiative during the life of the grant (one to three years). While there is no minimum contribution requirement, institutions and their partner organizations are expected to demonstrate that a formal partnership currently exists, or is in the process of being developed, by supporting the activities of the formal partnership through cash and/or in-kind contributions.

A SSHRC Web CV is required for the Project Director and any co-applicants, but is not required for collaborators.

Eligibility: A principal investigator must be eligible to hold a Brescia research account. An individual may not, in a calendar year submit as application (principal investigator/project director) an application for both a Partnership Development Grant and a Partnership Grant.

Informational webinars will be held in October.

For more information visit the SSHRC PDG page

CIHR & SSHRC Joint Initiative: Healthy and Productive Work

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Healthy and Productive Work Initiative

Call for Applications (Phase 1): Summer 2015
Full Application Deadline (Phase 1): Fall 2015
Anticipated Funding Start Date (Phase 1): 2016

CIHR and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are pleased to announce a joint initiative: Healthy and Productive Work, aimed at driving innovative, evidence-informed solutions to work and labour market challenges to improve the health and productivity of Canada’s diverse workforce.

This summer, SSHRC and CIHR will launch the first phase of a two-phase Call for Applications under Healthy and Productive Work.

Description

The Healthy and Productive Work Initiative reflects the interplay between health and social sciences in responding to the growing interest in maintaining a healthy, productive and inclusive Canadian workforce.

The goal of Healthy and Productive Work is to bring together researchers, workers, employers, policy-makers, regulators, clinicians, insurers, service providers, workplace safety and insurance boards, unions, professional associations, and other stakeholders across sectors to develop, implement, evaluate and scale-up innovative, evidence-informed and gender-responsive solutions to foster the labour force participation of men and women with health issues (e.g., injuries, illnesses, chronic diseases, mental health challenges, and other conditions) and disabilities, as well as older workers and workers with caregiving responsibilities outside of their paid work.

Healthy and Productive Work builds on research gaps and opportunities identified through consultations with the research community and a broad range of stakeholders.

Highlights

The process through which funding will be allocated will have two phases:

Phase 1 – Incubator Phase (Summer 2015 launch)

The purpose of Phase 1 will be to support planning and development work for teams of researchers and partners (e.g. industry, employers, workers, regulators, service providers, policy makers and other stakeholders) for the purpose of relationship building, knowledge sharing, and collaborative problem/research question identification. Two-year Partnership Development Grants will enable these types of activities and assist teams to prepare for Phase 2. Note that applications at the Partnership Development Grant stage must have a researcher / partner collaboration in place.

Only successful applicants funded through Phase 1 will be eligible to apply for Phase 2.

Phase 2 – Accelerator Phase (anticipated launch fall 2017)

Phase 2 will have as its centerpiece a Partnership Grant with a co-leadership model that involves researchers and partners (e.g. industry, employers, workers, regulators, service providers, policy makers and other stakeholders). Only successful applicants from Phase 1 will be eligible to apply for funding in Phase 2. Applicants will be expected to show that the planned program of research will have a significant impact on enabling the health and productivity of Canada’s diverse workforce.

The Healthy and Productive Work Call for Applications will be posted on the CIHR and SSHRC websites summer 2015. Webinar sessions will be organized to communicate details of the Initiative.

Facilitating Linkages

Funded partnerships must enable reciprocal flow and uptake of research knowledge between researchers and stakeholders – both within and beyond academia – by integrating stakeholders throughout the entire research process. Researchers and stakeholders will collaborate to develop the research questions, decide on methodology, collect data, interpret the findings, and disseminate the research results. This collaboration should increase the likelihood of adoption and uptake of research results.

To express your interest in collaborating, please access the online partner linkage tool. The information collected through this tool will be posted in a sortable table and updated on a weekly basis. The table can be accessed by interested parties only through the Results of the Partner Linkage Tool. The unedited information provided is only accessible via the link and will not be searchable through the Internet.

This is not the only mechanism through which researcher-partner linkages can be facilitated; it is simply a tool initiated by CIHR and SSHRC to help connect interested parties.

Other available resources to facilitate linkages include but are not limited to:

For more information, please contact us: spw-spt@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.