Insight Grants

Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Sponsor program link: SSHRC Insight Grants Funding Details

Value: $7,000 to $500,000 | 3 to 5 years

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

Application deadlines:

  • August 1: Registration for SPARC Insight Grant Internal Review (highly recommended).
  • August 15: Deadline (mandatory) to submit online SSHRC’s Notice of Intent to apply.
  • August 25: Deadline (optional) to submit your proposal to Robert Olaj in the OGPR & Danica Kell at SPARC for internal review.
    Full proposals include:

    • MS Word versions of all required and optional attachments
    • A system-generated PDF of the application (includes Summary, Budget, Response to Previous Critiques, CV, etc.)
  • October 8: Deadline to submit application and Research Project Information Form to OGPR for administrative review (completeness, signatures and budget commitments only) and to secure Faculty RPIF sign-off (all faculty except those in KIN).
  • October 10: Deadline to submit application online and for OGPR to provide UBC/ORS with your completed RPIF and a copy of your proposal.
  • October 15: SSHRC national deadline.

Special notes: Applicants must file a Notice of Intent via the online forms system by August 15, 2014. Projects must fall under SSHRC’s Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines.
Instructions for securing internal signatures and e-submission to ORS will be announced closer to the deadline.