The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is offering Insight Grants to support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities.
Insight Grants support research proposed by scholars and judged worthy of funding by their peers and/or other experts. Insight Grant research initiatives can be undertaken by an individual researcher or a team of researchers working in collaboration.
Objectives
The objectives of the Insight program are to:
build knowledge and understanding from disciplinary, interdisciplinary and/or cross-sector perspectives through support for the best researchers;
support new approaches to research on complex and important topics, including those that transcend the capacity of any one scholar, institution or discipline;
provide a high-quality research training experience for students;
fund research expertise that relates to societal challenges and opportunities; and
mobilize research knowledge, to and from academic and non-academic audiences, with the potential to lead to intellectual, cultural, social and economic influence, benefit and impact.
Funding Information
Insight Grants are valued at up to $400,000 over two to five years. A minimum request of $7,000 is required in at least one of the years. A maximum of $100,000 is available in a single year.
Applicants can choose from one of two streams when applying for an Insight Grant, depending on the amount of funding required:
Stream A for requests between $7,000 and $100,000; or
Stream B for requests between $100,001 and $400,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Any individual who makes a significant contribution to the project is eligible to be a collaborator. Collaborators do not need to be affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution.
Grant funds can only be administered by an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution.
Federal scientists who are affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution must demonstrate that their proposed research or research-related activity is not related to either the mandate of their employer or the normal duties for which they receive payment from that employer.
Students enrolled in a program of study are not eligible to apply. However, a PhD candidate is eligible to apply if they:
will have met all requirements for the PhD before the grant is awarded, including all course work and successful defence of their dissertation; and establish a formal affiliation with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution within five months of the grant start date, and maintain such an affiliation for the duration of the grant period.
