Sponsor
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Program
*NEW* Partnership Engage Grants
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Program Guide & Application Information
New Program Announcement
Description
Partnership Engage Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Insight program and the Connection program. They provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through the Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. In addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.
SSHRC welcomes applications involving Aboriginal research, as well as those involving research-creation.
SSHRC invites all applicants to review Imagining Canada’s Future’s six future challenge areas and subquestions, and to consider addressing one or more of these areas in their research proposal. Summary reports related to the Knowledge Synthesis Grants for each future challenge area have identified possible gaps in current knowledge, which applicants may wish to further explore. While this is not an evaluation criterion for merit review, SSHRC monitors research capacity in these areas, and develops and implements strategies and knowledge mobilization activities to enhance the contribution of the humanities and social sciences across the six challenge areas.
Eligibility
Subject matter
Most SSHRC funding is awarded through open competitions. Proposals may involve any disciplines, thematic areas, approaches or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding. Please see Subject Matter Eligibility for more information. Projects whose primary objective is curriculum development are not eligible for funding.
Applicants
Applicants must be affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution at the time of application.
Applicants who have received a SSHRC grant of any type but have failed to submit an end of grant report by the deadline specified in their Notice of Award are not eligible to apply for another SSHRC grant until they have submitted the report.
Researchers who maintain an affiliation with a Canadian postsecondary institution, but whose primary affiliation is with a non-Canadian postsecondary institution, are not eligible for applicant status.
Note: Postdoctoral researchers are eligible to be applicants if they have formally established an affiliation with an eligible institution at the time of application, and maintain such an affiliation for the duration of the grant period.
Co-applicants
Co-applicants may be individuals from any of the following:
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Canadian: Postsecondary institutions; not-for-profit organizations; philanthropic foundations; think tanks; and municipal, territorial or provincial governments.
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International: Postsecondary institutions.
Note: Postdoctoral researchers who are affiliated with a postsecondary institution are eligible to be co-applicants.
Collaborators
Any individual who may make a significant contribution to the project is eligible to be a collaborator. Collaborators do not need to be affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution.
Individuals from the private sector or federal government may only participate as collaborators.
Multiple Applications
Individuals may apply for only one Partnership Engage Grant per calendar year. In addition, current Partnership Engage Grant holders may not submit a new Partnership Engage Grant application until their current grant is no longer active. Please refer to SSHRC’s regulations regarding multiple applications for more information.
Partner organizations
Only one Canadian or international organization from the public, private and/or non-profit sector may be involved as a partner organization. Partner organizations are expected to support the activities of the partnership through cash and/or in-kind contributions.
Researchers involved in formal partnerships that involve more than one partner organization are encouraged to apply for Partnership Development Grants or Partnership Grants.
Institutions
Grant funds may only be administered by an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution. Institutions proposing to administer any grant awarded under this funding opportunity must hold or obtain institutional eligibility.
Maximum Project Value
$7,000 to $25,000
Note: Salary research allowance - Co-applicants from eligible not-for-profit organizations may request a salary research allowance to release them from duties to their organization.
Indirect Costs
0%
Project Duration
one year
Special Notes
All applicants for SSHRC funding should consult the following guidelines while preparing their applications:
- For guidance on connecting with research users to create impact, see SSHRC’s definition of knowledge mobilization and Guidelines for Effective Knowledge Mobilization.
- Applicants should consult the Guidelines for Effective Research Training. These guidelines may also be useful to reviewers, postsecondary institutions and partner organizations.
- SSHRC, in alignment with its Aboriginal Research Statement of Principles, welcomes applications involving Aboriginal research. It also provides Guidelines for the Merit Review of Aboriginal Research.
- Applicants may include up to $7,000 of funding for research and research-related tools in any SSHRC grant application without specifically needing to refer to SSHRC’s Guidelines for Support of Tools for Research and Related Activities. Funding beyond $7,000 for research or research-related tools is not an eligible expense for the Partnership Engage Grants.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
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Internal Deadline | PI to submit OR-5 form along with a copy of the full application to: research.services@uoguelph.ca Please hit 'submit' on the SSHRC Portal on or before the internal deadline. | |
External Deadline | Application will be submitted to SSHRC electronically by the Office of Research Services. | |
Internal Deadline | PI to submit OR-5 form along with a copy of the full application to: research.services@uoguelph.ca Please hit 'submit' on the SSHRC Portal on or before the internal deadline. | |
External Deadline | Application will be submitted to SSHRC electronically by the Office of Research Services. | |
Internal Deadline | PI to submit OR-5 form along with a copy of the full application to: research.services@uoguelph.ca Please hit 'submit' on the SSHRC Portal on or before the internal deadline. | |
External Deadline | Application will be submitted to SSHRC electronically by the Office of Research Services. | |
Internal Deadline | PI to submit OR-5 form along with a copy of the full application to: research.services@uoguelph.ca Please hit 'submit' on the SSHRC Portal on or before the internal deadline. | |
External Deadline | Application will be submitted to SSHRC electronically by the Office of Research Services. |
How to Apply
There are four funding cycles per year: September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15. The results will be announced in November, February, May and August, respectively.
Applicants must complete the application form online in accordance with the accompanying instructions. Applications must be submitted electronically by an authorized research grants officer, or equivalent, from the applicant’s institution.
Note: Once the 8:00pm EST deadline has passed, the application server will be offline for 48 hours and will not be able to accept any additional applications. The application server will come back online after that 48-hour period, ready to accept applications for the next competition deadline.
Information For Co-applicants
If you need to meet a deadline set by the lead institution for this opportunity, please ensure that you provide the Office of Research with at least five days in advance of the lead institution’s deadline to review the application, or your proposed component of the project. Please be in touch with the Office of Research at research.services@uoguelph.ca ahead of the deadline if it looks like it will be difficult for you to submit all the required documentation on time (i.e. budget, proposal, OR-5 Form).