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SSHRC Talent Award

Program Link: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/sshrc-talent-award Sponsor: SSHRC Value: $50,000 Description: The SSHRC Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, on 1 April 2025, holds a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship. This includes, but is not limited to, a Canada Graduate Scholarship, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Talent Award is given to an […]

Michael Smith Health Research BC: Research Trainee Program

Program Link: https://healthresearchbc.ca/fundingprogram/research-trainee-program/ Sponsor: Michael Smith Health Research BC Value: 60,000/annum for up to 3 years and travel allowance of $4,500/annum. Description: These awards provide salary support for talented post-doctoral or health professional researchers and develops their health research careers. They help post-doctoral researchers increase their, and their labs’, research productivity. In addition, these awards prepare […]

SSHRC Partnership Grants — Stage 1

Program Link: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/partnership-grants/2026/stage-1-competition.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: Stage 1: up to $30,000 Description: Partnership Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research partnerships program. Proposals exclusively for partnered research training initiatives are expected to respond, instead, to the objectives of the Research training and talent development program. These grants provide […]

SSHRC Destination Horizon Grants

Program Link: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/joint-initiatives/2025/destination-horizon-grants/competition.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: Up to $15,000 for 1 year Description: Please consult the internal competition instructions if you plan to apply Destination Horizon Grants support researchers affiliated with eligible Canadian post-secondary institutions to build capacity, foster existing partnerships, and further develop networks and/or consortia with member states and associated countries, […]

UBC Faculty of Education International Research Visiting Fellowship (IRVF)

Link: https://ore.educ.ubc.ca/research/internal-and-external-funding/ Description: The IRVF supports visiting fellows to spend a minimum 2 weeks between Apr. 1, 2026 and Aug. 30, 2027 to engage in high quality collaborative and innovative research with researchers in the Faculty of Education-V. Fellows should be acclaimed scholars in their respective fields, as evident through track-records of high quality research, […]

ORE Winter Gathering: Tea & Postdoctoral Sharing-Session [ALL FACULTY WELCOME]

Event Overview Interested in learning more about Postdoctoral Fellows in the Faculty of Education? We invite all faculty, as well as Postdoctoral Fellows and their supervisors, to join The Office of Research in Education (ORE) for our Winter Gathering: Holiday Tea & Postdoctoral Sharing Session. In this hybrid Session, we will connect over tea and […]

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 […]

SSHRC Insight Development Grants ORE Review and Proposal Development Support

Link: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/insight-development-grants/2026/competition.aspx Description: Applicants are welcome to submit their proposals (as Word Docs) to the ORE for a full SSHRC criteria review and editorial feedback between Jan 2 and 16. Please email Nandini Maharaj to receive a copy of Tips for a Successful SSHRC Insight Development Grant and ORE Budget Tool. Reminder: The IDG is […]

SSHRC Connection Grants

SSHRC Connection Grants – February Program Link: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/connection-grants/2026/competition.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: Events: $10,000 to $25,000 Outreach activities: $10,000 to $50,000; higher amounts may be considered if well justified [For 1 year] Description: These grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to […]

SSHRC Connection Grants – Webinars

Link: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/connection-grants/2026/competition.aspx Event Time (English): 11:00AM to 1:00PM ET, November 25, 2025 Event Time (French): 11:00AM to 1:00PM ET, November 26, 2025 Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: Events: $10,000 to $25,000 Outreach activities: $10,000 to $50,000; higher amounts may be considered if well justified For 1 year Description: SSHRC will be […]