SSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge 2023 (Canada)

Deadline: 30-Jan-23

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Storytellers Challenge 2023 is now inviting postsecondary students to show Canadians that “how social sciences and humanities research is affecting the lives, the world and the future for the better” in up to three minutes or 300 words.

Prize Details

• Phase 1
  • Contestants in Phase 1 are eligible to receive one of twenty-five (25) prizes, each valued at $3,000, in exchange for the sponsor’s right to use their successful submission as marketing-communications content on the sponsor’s platforms (e.g. website, social media channels). The winning contestants of Phase 1 will be considered the 25 finalists. The finalists will also be expected to attend SSHRC’s Research Communications Workshop, which will take place online (to be made available in English and French) before finalists present to the jury in Phase 2 and to the Storytellers Showcase at Congress. They will receive complementary Congress registrationFootnote, two nights’ lodgingFootnote and the reimbursement of travel costsFootnote to and from the Showcase (up to $1,000).
  • The odds of winning a prize in Phase 1 depend on the total number and quality of eligible entries received before the Phase 1 closing date.
• Phase 2
  • From among the Phase 2 submissions, five (5) Phase 2 submissions will be selected as final winners. The final winners will receive an additional $1,000, in exchange for the sponsor’s right to use their winning submission as marketing-communications collateral.
  • The chances of winning in Phase 2 will be no less than one-in-five and will depend on the number of Phase 2 submissions.
• Engagement Prize
  • The sponsor may award one (1) Engagement Prize to the finalist who most creatively and consistently promotes:
    • their submission;
    • the submissions of other finalists; and
    • the Challenge generally.
  • The recipient of the Engagement Prize will be determined by the finalists online, through voting moderated by the sponsor.
  • To be eligible to receive the Engagement Prize, a finalist must attend the Storytellers Showcase at Congress 2023, and must participate in voting for the recipient of the Engagement Prize.
  • The Engagement Prize will consist of $1,000, to be announced at the Storytellers Announcement at Congress 2023, in exchange for the sponsor’s right to use their winning submission as marketing-communications collateral.
  • The chances of winning the Engagement Prize will be no less than one in 25.
  • In the case of a tie, the sponsor will determine, at its sole discretion, the recipient of the Engagement Prize.
  • The sponsor reserves the right not to award the Engagement Prize for any reason.

Eligibility Criteria

• The sponsor’s “The Storytellers” challenge (the Challenge) is open to residents of Canada who at the time of entry:
  • are students (undergraduate or graduate) enrolled at a Canadian postsecondary institution; and
  • are nineteen (19) years of age or older (the contestants or contestant). The Challenge is not open to postdoctoral researchers.
• Employees of the sponsor or of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, including immediate family members and/or those living in the same household (whether legally related or not) are not eligible. For the purposes of the Challenge, immediate family members are defined as spouse, domestic partner, parents, legal guardians, in-laws, grandparents, siblings, children and grandchildren.
• Previous winners are eligible to enter the Challenge if:
  • the research featured in their submission is materially different, as determined by the sponsor, from that of their previous winning submission(s); and
  • they meet all other eligibility requirements.

For more information, visit SSHRC.