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Partnership Grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources as evidenced by cash and/or in-kind contributions.

Partnership Grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources as evidenced by cash and/or in-kind contributions.

Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. Funding is provided for short-term research development projects, of up to two years, proposed by individuals or teams.

The broad purpose of this funding opportunity is to support workshops held in and outside of Canada, and conferences held in Canada.
The funding opportunity’s specific objectives are to:
• advance research and scholarship on issues of intellectual, cultural and social importance by facilitating direct interaction among researchers and students, both from Canada and abroad;
• promote research development, linkages and knowledge mobilization among disciplines and across institutions, sectors, linguistic groups and regions; and
• enhance the visibility and profile of social sciences and humanities research.

Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for long-term research initiatives of three to five years. Stable support for long-term research initiatives is central to advancing knowledge. It enables scholars to address complex issues pertaining to individuals and societies, and to further our collective understanding.

The broad purpose of this funding opportunity is to support workshops held in and outside of Canada, and conferences held in Canada.
The funding opportunity’s specific objectives are to:
• advance research and scholarship on issues of intellectual, cultural and social importance by facilitating direct interaction among researchers and students, both from Canada and abroad;
• promote research development, linkages and knowledge mobilization among disciplines and across institutions, sectors, linguistic groups and regions; and
• enhance the visibility and profile of social sciences and humanities research.

Public Outreach Grants are designed to mobilize and/or leverage existing and ongoing research in the social sciences and humanities for a range of audiences beyond academia. Through this funding opportunity, SSHRC encourages researchers to find effective ways to disseminate, transfer, exchange, synthesize and broker research results to wider audiences. Funding is available for knowledge mobilization activities in the open category, or any of SSHRC’s priority areas.

Partnership Development Grants provide support to:
• develop research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and new scholars, by fostering new research partnership activities involving existing and/or potential partners; or
• design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that may result in best practices or models that either can be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up at a regional, national or international level.

The purpose of the program is to support the creation of alliances between community organizations and postsecondary institutions which, through a process of ongoing collaboration and mutual learning, will foster innovative research, training and the creation of new knowledge in areas of importance for the social, cultural or economic development of Canadian communities.
Specific objectives are to:
• promote sharing of knowledge, resources and expertise between postsecondary institutions and organizations in the community;
• enrich research, teaching methods and curricula in postsecondary institutions;
• reinforce community decision-making and problem-solving capacity; and
• enhance students’ education and employability by means of diverse opportunities to build their knowledge, expertise and work skills through hands-on research and related experience.

The broad purpose of the Standard Research Grants program is to support research and develop excellence in research activities in the social sciences and humanities.
The specific objectives of the program are to:
• support high-quality independent programs of research, as proposed by scholars and judged by their peers;
• provide opportunities for the training of future researchers;
• contribute to the development or elaboration of new theoretical or methodological approaches to research;
• maintain and develop vigorous disciplinary research activities;
• foster and develop vigorous collaborative, multidisciplinary research activities among researchers in the social sciences and humanities; and
• assist the communication of research results both within and beyond the academic community.

The overall objective of the RDI program is to support research in its initial stages by supporting the development of new ways of analyzing, structuring, integrating and transferring knowledge in the humanities and the social sciences. The specific objectives of the program are to help researchers to:
• develop new research questions;
• explore conceptual and methodological perspectives and directions;
• critically analyze and assess research, including its achievements, impacts, strengths and state of development.

The Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) program supports leading-edge research with true potential for intellectual breakthrough that addresses broad and critical issues of intellectual, social, economic and cultural significance through the effective coordination and integration of diverse research activities and research results. The MCRI program seeks to support research with a strong analytical component, research of such significance and quality that it brings international recognition to the team, involves appropriate partners and stakeholders and produces results that will have a major impact on Canadian scholarship and society.

Activities include workshops and conferences directed primarily to non-academic audiences. Applicants are encouraged to describe how the proposed knowledge mobilization activities are expected to increase the capacity of selected audiences to understand and use research results.

This grant can be used to mobilize knowledge by incorporating any of the following activities. Note that the preparation of a deliverable should be set in the context of a cohesive and fully articulated mobilization plan or strategy.
Dissemination activities include, but are not limited to: adapting texts or presentations to different audiences (including translations into French, English or an Aboriginal language); policy briefs; knowledge syntheses; articles in newspapers or weekly and monthly magazines, whether specialized or general interest (publications in scholarly journals are not eligible); interactive technologies, databases and audio-visual products; media events (such as interviews, or television and radio presentations); press conferences; public debates or testimonies; software or NetWare; educational aids, instruments or equipment; artistic exhibits, performances or festivals; submissions to public commissions, roundtables and workshops; and virtual networking and interactions.

The International Opportunities Fund program:
• offers important opportunities to advance Canadian research and promote it internationally;
• supports collaborative research activities that further the goals of SSHRC’s international policy and strategy;
• enables researchers to take advantage of international collaborative opportunities in a timely and flexible manner.
Project Grants help secure Canadian participation or leadership in current or planned international research initiatives or networks.

The International Opportunities Fund program:
• offers important opportunities to advance Canadian research and promote it internationally;
• supports collaborative research activities that further the goals of SSHRC’s international policy and strategy;
• enables researchers to take advantage of international collaborative opportunities in a timely and flexible manner.
Development Grants support developmental activities—such as workshops, seminars, and planning meetings—that are expected to lead to significant international collaboration.

The broad purpose of this program is to support workshops and conferences held in The program’s specific objectives are to:
• advance research and scholarship on issues of intellectual, cultural and social importance by facilitating direct interaction among researchers and students, both from Canada and abroad;
• promote research linkages among disciplines and across institutions, sectors and regions; and
• enhance the visibility and profile of social sciences and humanities research in Canada.

The Research Development Initiatives (RDI) program supports research that both assesses and elicits the changing directions of research and the evolution of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The program provides short-term support that enables grant holders to develop their research to a point where they are able to submit fully developed proposals to other programs with the aim of producing and effectively disseminating advanced research findings.

Development Grants support the development of research partnerships in their initial, developmental stages. Projects are expected to develop knowledge with respect to Aboriginal research and related issues. The grants can be used, for example, to fund research workshops, research networks, community research consultations, and the development of research ideas and methodologies.
Projects are also expected to:
• develop new, and/or enhance existing, partnerships for the co-creation of knowledge;
• develop new, and/or enhance, research questions and relevant knowledge systems;
• explore conceptual and methodological perspectives and directions on a range of issues and topics relevant to Canada’s Aboriginal peoples; and
• assess the potential of existing research (including its impacts and relevance to a range of issues and topics important to Canada’s Aboriginal peoples).

Research Grants support research and the development of excellence in research activities in the social sciences and humanities on Aboriginal issues. Projects are expected to:
• support high-quality, independent programs of research;
• provide opportunities for the training and mentoring of future researchers;
• contribute to the development and advancement of both new and existing theoretical and methodological approaches to research;
• foster, develop and create vigorous partnerships and collaborative, multidisciplinary research activities; and
• assist the communication of research results both within and beyond the academic community.