Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Sponsor program link: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/impact_awards-prix_impacts-eng.aspx
Value: A range depending on the award. $50,000-$100,000
Award funds are to be used for activities that promote and extend the work being honoured. In recognition of the crucial role that postsecondary institutions play as researchers’ knowledge mobilization partners, a minimum of 10 per cent of each award must be used to promote the research achievements of the recipient. Individual recipients and their institutions may choose to devote additional funds, including a higher percentage of the award funds, to these activities.
Objectives: The awards recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their achievements in research, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or completely by SSHRC.
Gold Medal ($100,000): The Gold Medal is SSHRC’s highest research honour. It is awarded to an individual whose sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought have inspired students and colleagues alike. The recipient’s achievements in research must have significantly advanced understanding in their research fields in the social sciences and humanities. The exceptional quality of their research, the impact of their work and their ongoing efforts to share the results of this work must have greatly enriched Canadian society and contributed to social, cultural, economic and intellectual life in Canada and/or internationally.
Talent Award ($50,000): The Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, on April 30, 2016, holds a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship (including, but not limited to, a Canada Graduate Scholarship, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship). The Talent Award is given to an individual who maintains academic excellence, has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization and has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader within and/or outside the academic sector.
Insight Award ($50,000): The Insight Award recognizes outstanding achievement arising from a research project funded partially or completely by SSHRC. It is given to an individual or team whose project has resulted in significant contribution to knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world. The project’s research outcomes must have led to demonstrable impact within and/or beyond the academic community. In the case of a team project, the nominee must be the applicant for the research project and, if successful, will receive the award on behalf of the team. The nomination package must include CVs for the applicant as well as the project’s co-applicants (up to five co-applicant CVs).
Connection Award ($50,000): The Connection Award recognizes an outstanding SSHRC‑funded initiative to facilitate the flow and exchange of research knowledge within and/or beyond the academic community. It is given to an individual or team whose project has engaged the campus and/or wider community, and has generated intellectual, cultural, social and/or economic impacts.
In the case of a team project, the nominee must be the applicant / project director for the initiative and, if successful, will receive the award on behalf of the team. The nomination package must include CVs for the applicant / project director as well as the project’s co-applicants (up to five co-applicant CVs).
Partnership Award ($50,000): The Partnership Award recognizes a SSHRC‐funded formal partnership for its outstanding achievement in advancing research, research training or knowledge mobilization, or developing a new partnership approach to research and/or related activities. It is awarded to a formal partnership that, through mutual cooperation and shared intellectual leadership and resources, has demonstrated impact and influence within and/or beyond the social sciences and humanities research community. For the Partnership Award, the nominee must be the project director. If successful, this person will receive the award on behalf of the partnership. The nomination package must include CVs for the project director as well as the project’s co-applicants (up to five co-applicant CVs).
Internal Review (IR) and Nomination deadlines:
- Feb 5: Deadline to alert the OGPR about a potential nomination.
- Feb 18: Deadline for the Faculty to submit to the VPRI a 500-word summary on why the individual or team should be considered for this award (please review SSHRC’s selection criteria when writing the 500-word rationale). An updated SSHRC CV must also be submitted.
- Apr 5: SSHRC deadline.
Special Note: The nomination package requirements are quite exacting. Please be sure to review the nomination package requirements on the SSHRC web site.