Overview of SSHRC Support

Social Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council of Canada

Conseil de recherches ensciences humaines du Canada

Overview of SSHRC Support

Canadian Federation of Business School DeansJune 20th, 2012

Sébastien Demers, Program OfficerResearch Portfolio

Adam Yake, Program OfficerPartnerships Portfolio

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Scope of Presentation

1. Current Funding Opportunities

– Formal Partnerships

– Individuals and Small Teams

2. New Area of Opportunity

– Connection Grants

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Current Funding Opportunities

Funding Stream: Formal Partnerships

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Academic-Industry Partnerships

− The Economic Action Plan in the 2012 Federal budget proposed $7 million per year to SSHRC for its industry-academic partnership initiatives to commence in 2012-13.

− Funding in this area supports a wide range of partnerships, including industry-academic partnership initiatives. Such initiatives involve coordinated efforts between private sector and research-based organizations. For the purpose of Formal Partnerships, Industry refers to private sector organizations, or groups of private sector organizations connected by a common interest.

− For more information on partnering with Canadian and international businesses, please visit: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/about-au_sujet/partnerships-partenariats/success-reussite-eng.aspx

http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/about-au_sujet/partnerships-partenariats/success-reussite-eng.aspx




Structure

Individuals & Teams

Partnerships

Talent Insight ConnectionProgram

Mechanism

Partnership Development Grants (Insight and Connection)

Partnership Grants (Talent, Insight and Connection)

Master’s Scholarships (CGS)

Doctoral Scholarships (SSHRC, CGS or Vanier)

Postdoctoral Fellowships (SSHRC or Banting)

Insight Development Grants

Insight Grants

Connection Grants

Connection Grants for scholarly journals

Tools*

* Details to be confirmed Launched in 2010/11

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Partnership Development Grants: Key Features

− Applicant: Principal investigator/project director

− Duration: 1 to 3 years

− Value: $75,000 to $200,000

− Institutional and partner contributions: Secure cash and/or in-kind contributions during life of grant. While there is no minimum contribution, applicant and partners are expected to demonstrate a formal partnership exists or will be de developed.

− Application process: One-stage application

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Partnership Development Grants: Second Competition Submitted Successful

Applications 153 72* (47.1%)

Applications from business schools 16 (10.5%) 6 (37.5%)

Applications with at least one private sector partner 34 (22.2%) 21 (61.8%)

Applications that related to the Innovation, Leadership and Prosperity priority area 69 (45.1%) 34 (49.3%)

Applications that were primarily related to Management, Business and Administration Studies

15 (9.8%) 7 (46.7%)

* Different figure from the 67 awards announced on May 25, 2012. Five additional awards have been made since this date.

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Partnership Grants: Key Features

− Applicant: Institution

− Duration: 4 to 7 years

− Value: Typically $500,000 to $2.5 million, with requests for lower or higher amounts considered

− Institutional and partner contributions: Minimum 35 per cent cash and/or in-kind contributions required above and beyond SSHRC funding during life of grant

− Two-stage application process: o Letter of Intent (LOI)

o Formal Application (by invitation only)

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Partnership Grants: Second Competition (LOI) Submitted Successful

Applications 100 30 (30.0%)

Applications from business schools 6 (6.0%) 1 (16.7%)

Applications with at least one private sector partner 31 (31.0%) 11 (35.5%)

Applications that related to the Innovation, Leadership and Prosperity priority area 59 (59.0%) 15 (25.4%)


6 (6.0%) 1 (16.7%)

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Common Features: PG and PDG

Formal Partnership:

− A bilateral or multilateral formal collaboration agreement between an applicant and one or more partners, of which at least one must be a Canadian postsecondary institution and at least one must be different from the institution or organization that will administer the grant funds

− Partnerships may be between academic institutions only, or between one or more academic institutions and one or more non-academic partners

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Common Features: PG and PDG (cont’d)

− Participants (individuals): – Co-applicants may be individuals from most Canadian

organizations and from international post-secondary institutions.

– Collaborators may be individuals from any organization, Canadian or international.

− Organizations:– Partners are organizations, not individuals, that participate

actively in the project and contribute in a meaningful way to the success of the endeavour.

– Supporting organizations are contributing cash and/or in-kind contributions but are not actively participating in the project.

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− Partnership Approaches:– Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research partnerships

– Cross-sector co-creation of knowledge and understanding

– Networks for research and/or related activities

– Partnered knowledge mobilization

– Partnered research centres (**PG Only**)

– Partnered Chairs (**PG Only**)

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− Adjudication committees– Emphasis on multidisciplinary/multisectoral committees

– Expertise drawn from the academic community, and the public, private, and/or not-for-profit sectors, as appropriate

– Number of committee members is a function of applications received

− Evaluation criteria– Challenge: The aim and importance of the endeavour

– Feasibility: The plan to achieve excellence

– Capability: The expertise to succeed

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− The following priority areas are available:

– Aboriginal Research – Canadian Environmental Issues – Digital Economy – Innovation, Leadership and Prosperity – Northern Communities—Towards Social and

Economic Prosperity

− Applicants are not obligated to choose a priority area

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Key Differences: PG and PDG

− Applicant: – Institution (PG)– Individual (PDG)

− Size and scope: – Typically between $500K to $2.5M over 4 to 7 years (PG)– $75K to $200K over 1 to 3 years (PDG)

− Adjudication process: – Two-stage (PG) and one-stage (PDG)– PG Formal applications will be reviewed by an expert panel as well

as a selection committee.

− Cash and/or in-kind contributions: – Minimum 35% required (PG)– No minimum requirement (PDG)

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Current Funding Opportunities

Funding Stream: Individuals and Small Teams

Structure

Individuals & Teams

Partnerships


Mechanism







Insight Grants

Connection Grants


Tools*

* Details to be confirmed

Launched in 2011

Insight Development Grants Overall Objectives:

To support research in its initial stages (New or Regular Scholars)

To enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches, and/or ideas (may include case studies, pilot initiatives, and critical analyses of existing research)

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Insight Development Grants - Features Applicant: Principal Investigator alone or in a

team; New and Regular Scholars Duration: 1 to 2 years Value: $7,000 to $75,000 Funding: MINIMUM 50% of budgetary

envelope for New Scholars Process: One-stage application Deadline: February 2013

Insight Development Grants - Applicants (cont’d)

New Scholars – Research:• Grants are developmental in the sense that they offer

New Scholars the opportunity for career development.

• Research may be new or may build upon graduate work.

Regular Scholars - Research:• Novelty of research more significant for Regular

Scholars. Must clearly demonstrate how proposed research differs from previous research.

• Enables them to work in new areas, in new ways, to do pilot studies, etc., without being penalized for lack of experience.

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Insight Grants – Objectives to support research proposed by scholars and

judged worthy of funding by their peers and/or other experts

to provide opportunities for the training of future researchers

to contribute to the advancement of theory and/or methodology

to support disciplinary and multidisciplinary research activities

to promote knowledge mobilization within and beyond the academic community

Insight Grants – Features Application process: Two-stage

application Mandatory NOI: August 15, 2012; form

available on June 15, 2012 - NEW! Full application: October 15, 2012; form

available from July 15, 2012 NEW!

Applicant: Principal Investigator alone or in a team

Duration: 3 to 5 years Value: $7,000 to $500,000 (maximum

$200,000 in a given year) Funding: No separate envelope for New

Scholars

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Insight and Insight Development Grants:Research Groups at the Application Stage Group 1: History; medieval studies; classics;

literature; fine arts; philosophy; religious studies; and related fields

Group 2: Anthropology; archaeology; linguistics; translation; political science; public administration; law; criminology; geography; urban planning and environmental studies; and related fields

Group 3: Business and management; economics; and related fields

Group 4: Sociology; demography; communication studies; journalism; media studies; gender studies; cultural studies; library and information science; and related fields

Group 5: Education, psychology; social work; career guidance; and related fields

Committee structure

Each broad group will be subdivided on an as-needed basis into: Disciplinary, multidisciplinary or thematic

(priority area) committees.

For each application, SSHRC staff look at:

First priority area, group selected, primary discipline

Note: if a priority area is selected, your application may be directed to a thematic committee 24

Adjudication Components

There are two basic adjudication components :

committee/committee member evaluations external assessments

Their use is tailored according to the specific funding opportunity.

Adjudication

Insight Development Grants Insight Grants

Type of Adjudication Committee

Thematic and/or Multi-disciplinary

and/or DisciplinaryThematic and/or Multi-disciplinary

and/or Disciplinary

Number of Readers 3 2 or 3

Use of External Assessments NO 2 or 3

Weighting of Criteria

Insight Development Grants Insight Grants

Challenge 50% 40%

Feasibility 20% 20%

Capability 30% 40%

Statistics - Insight Development Grants 2011IDG 2011 Submitted Successful

Applications 630 (N: 343; R: 287) 246 (N: 39.7%; 38.3%)

Applications from business schools Approximately 67 (11%)

49 associated with the CFBSD

Approximately 22 (33%)

14 (28.5%)


71 (11%) 24 (33.80%)

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Statistics - Insight Development Grants 2011

Priority area and others # Projects % Success

Rate

Aboriginal Research 57 29.8

Canadian Environmental Issues 44 38.6

Digital Media 135 65.9

Innovation, Leadership and Prosperity

135 25.9

Northern Communities 12 33.3

No priority area 247 34.0

TOTAL 630

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Statistics - Insight Development Grants 2012

IDG 2012 Submitted Successful

Applications936 TBD

Applications from business schools



TBDTBD

Applications that were primarily related to Management, Business and Administration Studies 111 (12%) TBD

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Statistics - Insight Development Grants 2012Priority area and others # Projects

% Success Rate

Aboriginal Research 52 TBD

Canadian Environmental Issues 54 TBD

Digital Media 87 TBD

Innovation, Leadership and Prosperity 127 TBD

Northern Communities 16 TBD

No priority area 600 TBD

TOTAL 936 TBD 31

Statistics - Insight Grants 2011

IG 2011 Submitted Successful

Applications1799 TBD

Applications from business schools



TBDTBD


212 (12%) TBD

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Statistics - Insight Grants 2011

Priority area and others # Projects % Success Rate

Aboriginal Research 93 TBD

Canadian Environmental Issues 98 TBD

Digital Economy 159 TBD

Innovation, Leadership and Prosperity 183 TBD

Northern Communities 9 TBD

No priority area 1,257 TBD

TOTAL 1,799 TBD 33

Co-operative Funding Arrangements Sport Participation Research Initiative • funding for policy-relevant research related to

Canadians’ participation in sport• Final selection by Sport Canada from the applications

that were placed in the “recommended but not funded” (4A) list

• interested applicants must select "Sport Participation Research Initiative" from the drop-down list on the Insight Grant application form

Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Infrastructure Funding

• infrastructure funding possible through CFI’s Leaders Opportunity Fund

• requests and enquiries should be directed to CFI• interested applicants must select "Canada Foundation

for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund" from the appropriate drop-down list on the Insight Grant application form

Co-operative Funding (cont’d)

Kanishka Project New!• Collaboration between SSHRC and Public

Safety Canada • For research on pressing questions for

Canada related to terrorism and counter-terrorism

• Over the five-year life of the Kanishka project, up to $3.7M will be dedicated to the Insight Development and Insight Grants and to the Partnership Development and Partnership Grants funding opportunities

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Important DeadlinesInternal university deadline – contact your

research office!

Insight Grants NOI – August 15, 2012 Insight Grants full application- October 15,

2012 Insight Development Grants - February 1,

2013

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New Area of Opportunity

Structure

Individuals & Teams

Partnerships


Mechanism







Insight Grants

Connection Grants


Tools*

* Details to be confirmed

Launched in April 2012

Connection Grants: Key Features

Support for: Events (e.g., workshops, colloquiums, conferences,

forums, summer institutes) and outreach activities.

Applicant: Principal investigator

Duration: 1 year (no automatic extension)

Value: $7,000 to $50,000, with higher amounts considered on an

exceptional basis

Application process: One-stage application (continuous intake from

April 2012, with results announced normally within eight weeks

from the date that SSHRC confirms receipt of the application)

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Connection Grants: Participants & Organizations

Three categories of individual participants:

• Co-applicants (optional)

• Collaborators (optional)

• Event presenters, if applicable

Two categories of organizations:

• Administering organization

• Sponsoring organizations

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Important Dates and Contact Information

Funding Opportunity Next Deadline Email Phone

Insight Grants October 15, 2012 (NOI due August 15) [email protected] 613-947-9659

Partnership Development Grants November 30, 2012 [email protected] 613-943-1007

Insight Development Grants February 1, 2013 [email protected] 613-947-9659

Partnership Grants (LOI) February 15, 2013 [email protected] 613-943-1007

Connection Grants Continuous Intake [email protected] 613-943-1007

mailto:[email protected]





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Overview of SSHRC Support