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SSHRC Partnership Development Grant - November 2024 Competition

Sponsor/Agency: SSHRC

Program: Partnership Development Grant

Description:

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

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

Partnership funding is intended for formal partnerships between postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types. For more information, see the definitions for formal partnership and partner organization.

SSHRC invites applicants and their partner organizations who wish to propose formal disciplinary, interdisciplinary, interinstitutional, international and/or cross-sector partnership arrangements to apply for support through this funding opportunity. Funds are available to support a variety of formal partnership development initiatives in all the disciplines and themes that meet SSHRC’s subject matter eligibility guidelines.

SSHRC’s Partnerships Tool-Kit offers tools and resources to assist with the planning and implementation of your partnership.

Deadline:

ORS Comprehensive Review (optional): October 28, 2024

ORS Administrative Review (mandatory): November 4, 2024

SSHRC Deadline: November 15, 2024

Value:

The grant values from $75,000 to $200,000.

Duration:

The duration of this grant is 1 to 3 years.

How to Apply:

  1. Notify Ewa Stewart, Grant Officer of your intention to apply
  2. Review the program guidelines and application instructions
  3. Create and complete an application and SSHRC CV in the SSHRC Web Portal

Types of Partnerships:

There are two categories of partnerships that can request support:

  • Existing partnerships to foster new research and/or research-related partnership activities that are distinct from the partnership’s previous/ongoing partnership activities; and
  • New partnerships to foster new research and/or research-related partnership activities that are undertaken by partnerships in their initial stages.

Eligibility:

Subject Matter

Most SSHRC funding is awarded through open competitions. Proposals can involve any disciplines, thematic areas, approaches or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding. See subject matter eligibility for more information.

Projects whose primary objective is curriculum development, program evaluation, preparation of teaching materials, digitization of a collection, or creation of a database are not eligible for funding under this funding opportunity.

Applicants

Applications can be submitted by a team of researchers (consisting of one applicant / project director and one or more co-applicants and/or collaborators). The applicant / project director prepares the application on behalf of the partner organizations of the formal partnership.

Applicants (except postdoctoral researchers and students) must be affiliated with a Canadian institution that meets the institutional eligibility requirements at the time of application and before funding can be released. 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.

Applicants who have received a SSHRC grant of any type but have failed to submit an achievement 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.

Postdoctoral researchers are eligible to be applicants if they have formally established an affiliation with an eligible institution within five months of the grant start date, and maintain such an affiliation for the duration of the grant period. Before applying, postdoctoral researchers must confirm with our office that the institution can administer the funding if awarded. This will usually depend on the terms of your appointment and the source of your PDF salary. Please contact Ewa Stewart to confirm eligibility prior to starting your application.

Partner Organizations

Partner organizations can be Canadian or international institutions or organizations (public, private, not-for-profit) of any type.

  • If the PDG grant is awarded, the university requires that you enter into a Research Collaboration agreement with the partner organization. Please contact Ewa Stewart if you have any questions about the research collaboration agreement.
  • The Office of Research Services has dedicated Research Partnerships Officers who are able to help identify suitable partner organizations and facilitate contact with them; please contact Ewa Stewart if you would like to arrange a consultation with a Research Partnerships Officer.

New this year: Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC) and Applicant Attestation

On January 16, 2024, the Government of Canada published its Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC), which applies to this funding opportunity. Grant applications that involve conducting research and related activities that aim to advance a sensitive technology research area will not be funded if any of the researchers involved in activities supported by the grant are affiliated with, or in receipt of funding or in-kind support from, a university, research institute or laboratory connected to military, national defence or state security entities that could pose a risk to Canada's national security. Read the tri-agency guidance on the STRAC policy to understand how this may impact your application.

In accordance with the Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC), all researchers involved in activities funded by a grant that aims to advance a Sensitive Technology Research Area (STRA) must review the List of Named Research Organizations (NROs) and attest that they are not affiliated with, or receiving funding or in-kind support from any listed NRO.

If your research activities are advancing a Sensitive Technology Research Area, you must submit attestation forms from the applicant, co-applicants and collaborators, as applicable, certifying that they have read, understand, and are compliant with this policy. Should your application be successful, you and your research team(s) will also be required to comply with the policy for the duration of the grant that aim to advance one or more STRAs.

 

SSHRC Webinars:

Not Scheduled yet. Information will be circulated in August.

Resources:

For More Information:

Ewa Stewart, Grants Officer: 
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant Program Officer:
partnershipdevelopment@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca 
SSHRC Online Application Help:
Resource CenterFrequently Asked QuestionsPhone: 613.995.4273
E-mail: webgrant@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca