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Overview of SSHRC Support

Overview of SSHRC Support. Canadian Federation of Business School Deans June 20 th , 2012. Sébastien Demers, Program Officer Research Portfolio. Adam Yake, Program Officer Partnerships Portfolio. Scope of Presentation. Current Funding Opportunities Formal Partnerships

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Overview of SSHRC Support

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  1. Overview of SSHRC Support Canadian Federation of Business School Deans June 20th, 2012 Sébastien Demers, Program Officer Research Portfolio Adam Yake, Program Officer Partnerships Portfolio

  2. Scope of Presentation • Current Funding Opportunities • Formal Partnerships • Individuals and Small Teams • New Area of Opportunity • Connection Grants

  3. Current Funding OpportunitiesFunding Stream: Formal Partnerships

  4. 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

  5. Structure Program Talent Insight Connection Mechanism 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* Individuals & Teams Partnerships Partnership Development Grants (Insight and Connection) Partnership Grants (Talent, Insight and Connection) * Details to be confirmed Launched in 2010/11

  6. 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

  7. Partnership Development Grants: Second Competition * Different figure from the 67 awards announced on May 25, 2012. Five additional awards have been made since this date.

  8. 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: • Letter of Intent (LOI) • Formal Application (by invitation only)

  9. Partnership Grants: Second Competition (LOI)

  10. 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

  11. 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.

  12. Common Features: PG and PDG (cont’d) • 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**)

  13. Common Features: PG and PDG (cont’d) • Adjudication committees • Emphasis on multidisciplinary/multisectoralcommittees • 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

  14. Common Features: PG and PDG (cont’d) • 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

  15. 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)

  16. Current Funding OpportunitiesFunding Stream: Individuals and Small Teams

  17. Structure Program Talent Insight Connection Mechanism 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* Individuals & Teams Launched in 2011 Partnerships Partnership Development Grants (Insight and Connection) Partnership Grants (Talent, Insight and Connection) * Details to be confirmed

  18. 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)

  19. 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 19

  20. 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.

  21. 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

  22. 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 separateenvelope for New Scholars

  23. 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 23

  24. 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

  25. Adjudication Components • There are two basic adjudication components : • committee/committee member evaluations • external assessments • Their use is tailored according to the specific funding opportunity.

  26. Adjudication

  27. Weighting of Criteria

  28. Statistics - Insight Development Grants 2011

  29. Statistics - Insight Development Grants 2011

  30. Statistics - Insight Development Grants 2012

  31. Statistics - Insight Development Grants 2012

  32. Statistics - Insight Grants 2011

  33. Statistics - Insight Grants 2011

  34. 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

  35. Co-operative Funding (cont’d) • Kanishka ProjectNew! • 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 

  36. Important Deadlines Internal 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

  37. New Area of Opportunity

  38. Structure Program Talent Insight Connection Mechanism 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* Individuals & Teams Launched in April 2012 Partnerships Partnership Development Grants (Insight and Connection) Partnership Grants (Talent, Insight and Connection) * Details to be confirmed

  39. 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)

  40. 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

  41. Important Dates and Contact Information

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