Deadline: 15 October 2018
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is accepting applications for its Insight Grants to support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities.
Objectives
The objectives of the Insight program are to:
- build knowledge and understanding from disciplinary, interdisciplinary and/or cross-sector perspectives through support for the best researchers;
- support new approaches to research on complex and important topics, including those that transcend the capacity of any one scholar, institution or discipline;
- provide a high-quality research training experience for students;
- fund research expertise that relates to societal challenges and opportunities; and
- mobilize research knowledge, to and from academic and non-academic audiences, with the potential to lead to intellectual, cultural, social and economic influence, benefit and impact.
Funding Information
- Insight Grants are valued at $7,000 to $100,000 per year over two to five years, up to a total of $400,000.
- Applicants may choose one of two streams when applying for an Insight Grant, depending on the amount of funding required:
- Stream A for requests between $7,000 and $100,000; or
- Stream B for requests between $100,001 and $400,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Most SSHRC funding is awarded through open competitions. Proposals may involve any disciplines, thematic areas, approaches or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding.
- Projects whose primary objective is curriculum development, organization of a conference or workshop, digitization of a collection, or creation of a database are not eligible for funding under this funding opportunity.
- Applications may be submitted by an individual researcher or a team of researchers (consisting of one applicant and one or more co-applicants and/or collaborators).
- 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.
- Postdoctoral researchers are eligible to be applicants for this grant.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit SSHRC.