SSHRC Insight Development Grants Deadlines

SSHRC Insight Development Grants Deadlines 

Program Link: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/insight-development-grants/2026/competition.aspx   

Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council 

Value: $10,000 to $100,000 for 1 to 2 years 

Description: Insight Development Grants (IDG) support research in its initial stages, enabling 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. 

IDGs foster research in its early stages, but are not intended to support large-scale initiatives. Long-term support for research is offered through SSHRC’s Insight Grants. 

Proposed projects can involve, but are not limited to, the following types of research activities: 

  • case studies 
  • pilot initiatives 
  • critical analyses of existing research 

Projects can also involve national and international research collaboration, and the exploration of new ways of producing, structuring and mobilizing knowledge within and across disciplines and sectors. 

Funding is available for two distinct categories of scholars: 

  • Emerging scholars who will develop new research questions and/or approaches. Such projects may build on and further the applicant’s (or team’s) graduate work and/or represent a continuation of their overall research trajectory. 
  • Established scholars who will explore new research questions and/or approaches that are distinct from the applicant’s previous/ongoing research. Research projects should be clearly delimited and in the early stages of the research process. Insight Development Grant funding is not intended to support ongoing research for established scholars. 

SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation. 

Deadlines: 

  • RPIF Due: January 23, 2026
    • ORE internal signature deadline for RPIFs. Applicants please email Nandini Maharaj your signed (applicant and department head) RPIF + a pdf of your application. OSE applicants please contact UBC-O’s Office of Research Services for internal deadlines 
  • ORS Deadline: January 26, 2026
    • Please email signed (applicant, department head, and ADR) RPIF along with a pdf of your application to ORS (ors@ors.ubc.ca). You may continue to work on the narrative sections of the application until the deadline to hit “Submit” online. However, please note that budget totals must not be changed from the submitted RPIF. 
  • E-submission: January 30, 2026
    • To do this, complete and attach all the forms as described in the program instructions. Also, ensure that all Co-Applicants and Collaborators have electronically accepted and verified their invitation to participate in the application.  Then “Verify” and correct any reported errors until the resultant Verification Report indicates successful verification.  Then click “Submit” to submit your application to UBC ORS for institutional approval. 
  • SSHRC Deadline: February 2, 2026

For more information, contact Nandini Maharaj, ORE Research Grants Facilitator at nandini.maharaj@ubc.ca

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