Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Opportunity

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) hosts a variety of funding competitions for researchers operating both individually and in teams or groups, with deadlines occurring throughout the year. For more information on upcoming deadlines, please review the Annual, and Episodic deadlines tables below, or consult SSHRC’s Upcoming Deadlines page. Please note that barring very few exceptions, grant applications require a 'new project request' in your Researcher Home Page, and the RAS institutional review team's internal deadline standard is five (5) to eight (8) business days prior to the external deadline, depending on the volume of applications to be processed.

Annual, recurring SSHRC deadlines, at a glance

Funding Program Internal Peer Review Request Deadline Internal Peer Review Submission Deadline RAS Deadline** Final version Submission in Research Portal SSHRC Application Deadline
Aid to Scholarly Journals N/A N/A TBA By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline TBA
Connection Grants  N/A N/A January 25, 2023 | April 24, 2023 | July 25, 2023 | October 26, 2023
4:30 pm MST
By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline February 1, 2023 | May 1, 2023 | August 1, 2023 | November 1, 2023 |
6:00 pm MST
Connection Grants: Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative N/A N/A January 25, 2023 | April 25, 2023 | July 25, 2023 | October 25, 2023 |
4:30 pm MST
By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline August 1, 2023
6:00 pm MST
Insight Development Grants*** Contact Director, Office of Research, CSSH December 20, 2022
12:00 pm MST
Jan 26, 2023
3:30 pm MST
By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline Feb 2, 2023 6:00 pm MST  
Insight Grants Contact Director, Office of Research, CSSH TBA Sept 19 
3:30 pm MST
By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline Oct 2, 2023 
6:00 pm MST
Partnership Grants - Stage 1 January 4, 2023
12:00 pm MST
January 13, 2023
12:00 pm MST
February 3, 2023
4:30 pm MST
By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline February 10, 2023
4:30 pm MST
Partnership Grants - Stage 2 (by invitation only) TBA TBA TBA By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline TBA
Partnership Development Grant TBA TBA TBA By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline TBA
Partnership Engage Grants N/A N/A March 8, 2023 June 10, 2023 | September 10, 2023 | December 1, 2023
3:30 pm MST
By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline March 15, 2023 | June 15, 2023 | September 15*, 2023 | December 15*, 2023
6:00 pm MST
Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Gender-based Violence N/A N/A TBA By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline TBA

SSHRC Research Network on Sustainable Agriculture in a Net-Zero Economy

TBA.
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TBA Oct 12, 2023
3:30 pm MST

By 10:00 am MST on May 8, 2023

Submit final application to the NSERC via their online system
Oct 20, 2023, 6:00 pm MST

NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Full project funding
Sept 2023; Register here TBA November 1, 2023

By 10:00 am MST on November 8, 2023

Submit final application to the NSERC via their online system
November 8, 2023

Unique, episodic grants of relevance to SSH researchers

Funding Program Internal Peer Review Request Deadline Internal Peer Review Submission Deadline RAS Deadline** Final version Submission in Research Portal SSHRC Application Deadline
Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative N/A N/A January 25, 2023 | April 25, 2023 | July 25, 2023 | October 25, 2023 |
4:30 pm MST
By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline August 1, 2023
6:00 pm MST
Knowledge Synthesis Grants N/A N/A TBA By 10 am of the SSHRC application submission deadline TBA

SSHRC Research Network on Sustainable Agriculture in a Net-Zero Economy

TBA.
See here.
TBA Oct 12, 2023
3:30 pm MST

By 10:00 am MST on May 8, 2023

Submit final application to the NSERC via their online system
Oct 20, 2023, 6:00 pm MST

NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Sept 2023; Register here TBA November 1, 2023

By 10:00 am MST on November 8, 2023

Submit final application to the NSERC via their online system.
November 8, 2023

NFRF Competitions

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Important Notes

Note that applications for RAS review and approval must be submitted via the Researcher Home Page during RAS' core business hours (8:00-4:30 pm MST, Monday-Friday). Once you receive RAS approval, you must submit your final application version in the SSHRC portal by 10:00 am on the SSHRC deadline date.

If a deadline falls on a weekend or a Canadian public holiday, the online application system will remain open until the next business day.

For more info,

Contact your Research Partner

Funding Research Tools

Check out the SSHRC's full roster of grant opportunities. UAlberta's Funding Opportunities Database lists grants from a wide range of sponsors in addition to SSHRC".

Who Can Help Me?

The University of Alberta’s Research Partner Network (RPNet), its various Centres of Expertise, and your Faculty Associate or Vice Dean of Research offer proposal development assistance to UofA researchers interested in applying for SSHRC grants. For more information about the specific assistance programs available to you, please review the Research Partner Network. For SSHRC researchers, the research partners available to you are:

  • Ayantika Mukherjee, AbD, Research Partner, Creative Arts and Research-Creation.
    • Ask her about Connection Grants. Key contact for Art & Design, English & Film Studies, and Music.
  • Craig Taylor PhD. Research Partner, Humanities & Social Sciences Research and major SSHRC competitions.
    • Ask him about the Insight and Partnership research opportunities.
  • Sylvia Ijeoma Madueke PhD, Research Partner, Business, Law, and Francophonie.
    • Ask her about Partnership Engage Grants. Key contact for Alberta School of Business, Faculty of Law, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, et quiconque préfère communiquer en français.

Research Development Supports Available for SSHRC Competitions

The University of Alberta’s RPNet and Centres of Expertise offer various supports and services to help you with your SSHRC funding competition applications, including, but not limited to:

  • Workshops, bootcamps, and retreats
  • Internal funding
  • Research assistants
  • Proprietary support materials

Additionally, several online resources are also available to researchers interested in applying to SSHRC grants, including an SSHRC Resource Bank, workshop materials, video recordings of previous info sessions, tip sheets, curated grantsmanship readings, and a Successful Grants Archive. New supports, such as the Research Whisperer Hour and grant-specific proposal development or revision sessions, such as Lemons-to-Lemonade or Forensic Reviews of unsuccessful applications, are also currently being developed. Please contact a Research Partner and subscribe to <sshrcUofA> Research Forum for the latest information. Peer review of applications to SSHRC are available from the College of Social Sciences and Humanities' Panel of SSHRC Peer Reviewers. This is available to anyone applying to SSHRC, regardless of their home faculty.

Stay Informed

The following means of communication are the best ways to stay up-to-date on SSHRC grants and related research support activities:

SSHRC Merit Review

SSHRC's merit review system is internationally acclaimed. SSHRC is always seeking volunteer expert reviewers. Faculty members are encouraged to serve by contacting SSHRC. Merit review committee membership is protected during the competition, but are public the year after the adjudication. You can review past committees here, and search competition statistics here. Following public announcement of results by the federal government, SSHRC posts competition results here. In the interim, SSHRC will inform Research Administrative Services of the competition results, and they will share that information with faculty members as quickly as possible. While most merit review is aligned to disciplines, multidisciplinary (humanities or social sciences) and even tri-agency interdisciplinary review is possible for IDG and IG competitions. Applicants considering a multi- or interdisciplinary review are advised to confer with a Research Partner well in advance of starting to write the proposal.

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