SSHRC Insight Development Grants Updates and Webinars
Event Date: 1:00PM to 3:00PM, November 27, 2025
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:
The IDG competition is now open. The updated funding opportunity description is now available on SSHRC’s website, along with the application form, application and CCV instructions. The application submission deadline is February 2, 2026 (8 p.m. eastern). For further details, please visit: Insight Development Grants (sshrc-crsh.gc.ca)
SSHRC will be holding webinars regarding the above-mentioned competitions via MS Teams. They will outline what is new this year and will include a question period. Registration is required for these webinars. Detailed information for the webinars is below.
Note: As of the February 2026 competition cycle, the value of the Insight Development Grants will increase from $7,000–$75,000 to $10,000–$100,000.
SSHRC is pleased to announce that the Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review (TAIPR) Committee has moved beyond its pilot phase and will continue as a regular part of Insight Development Grants. More details, including on eligibility and how to apply, can be found on the TAIPR landing page.
On January 16, 2024, the Government of Canada published its Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC), which applies to this funding opportunity. Grant applications that involve conducting research and related activities that aim to advance a sensitive technology research area will not be funded if any of the researchers involved in activities supported by the grant are affiliated with, or in receipt of funding or in-kind support from, a university, research institute or laboratory connected to military, national defence or state security entities that could pose a risk to Canada’s national security. In the application form, the applicant must indicate whether research activities funded by this grant will advance any of the areas in the Sensitive Technology Research Areas (STRAs) List. For more information, read the Tri-agency guidance for this policy.
For technical questions please contact:
Helpdesk
Tel.: 1-855-275-2861
Email: webgrant@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
For funding opportunity-related questions please contact:
Research Grants Portfolio
Email: insightdevelopment@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
For additional information
Nandini Maharaj, ORE Research Grants Facilitator
nandini.maharaj@ubc.ca
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