The British Academy Visiting Fellowships for Postdocs
Program Link: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/visiting-fellowships/ Sponsor: The British Academy Value: Awards available for internationally-based researchers in the humanities and socials sciences to visit UK institutions for 3-6 months with £40,000 (≈CAD70,000) Description: This programme enables academics from any country overseas to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution of their choice for up to six months […]
ORE Drop-in Session for SSHRC Insight Grants
E-mail: Nandini Maharaj (nandini.maharaj@ubc.ca) or Robert Olaj (robert.olaj@ubc.ca) by 4:00pm on Friday, August 16th to receive the Zoom link. Sponsor: Office of Research in Education Description: Join Nandini Maharaj (Research Grants Facilitator) and Robert Olaj (Director, Research Development) in the Faculty’s Office of Research in Education (ORE) for a lively Zoom drop-in session on SSHRC’s Insight Grants, […]
UBC Faculty Research Awards & Prizes Opportunities
Program Link: https://prizes.research.ubc.ca/ubc-faculty-research-award-opportunities Sponsor: UBC VP Research & Innovation and VP Academic Value: See individual awards and prizes for eligibility and nomination requirements and other details (some awards come with research stipends). Description: UBC recognizes individual investigators who demonstrate excellence in research through a suite of seven annual research awards and fellowships that span all disciplines in the […]
SSHRC Partnership Development Grants
Program Link: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/partnership_development_grants-subventions_partenariat_developpement-eng.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Value: $75,000 to $200,000 for 1 to 3 years Description: Partnership Development Grants provide support to teams/partnerships to develop research and/or related activities in the social sciences and humanities by fostering new partnerships with existing and/or potential partners; or design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or […]
UBC Hampton New Faculty Grant
Program Link: https://sparc.ubc.ca/sshrc-programs/ssh-internal-funding-opportunities Sponsor: Office of the VP Research & Innovation Value: Up to $15,000 Description: TERMS OF REFERENCE The University of British Columbia has dedicated a portion of the interest on funds received from the development of Hampton Place, UBC Vancouver’s first major family housing neighborhood, to the Humanities and Social Sciences, including the Visual […]
Congratulations to Dr. Shannon Leddy and team for being awarded $15,000 in Public Humanities Hub Research Cluster Grants
A warm congratulations to Dr. Shannon Leddy, Associate Professor in EDCP and her team for being one of two UBC teams awarded $15,000 Public Humanities Hub Research Cluster Grants in the most recent cluster competition. The PHH Research Cluster Grants are designed to support interdisciplinary research cluster development among Humanities scholars in the Faculties of Arts […]
SSHRC Renews Joint Initiative with CMHC
Program Link: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/cmhc_sshrc-schl_crsh-eng.aspx Sponsor: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Description: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) are pleased to announce the renewal and expansion of the Housing Research Scholarship Program joint initiative. Since 2018, SSHRC has partnered with the CMHC to offer postdoctoral fellowships through the […]
ORE Considering a 2024 SSHRC Insight Grant Application?
Program Link: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/insight_grants-subventions_savoir-eng.aspx Sponsor: Office of Research in Education Description: Are you intending to submit a SSHRC Insight Grant application this October? If so please consider letting me (Nandini Maharaj) know. As with previous competition cycles I am creating a listserv to communicate Insight Grant program updates from SSHRC, proposal support services, application tips and deadlines and […]
Government of Canada Announces Increases to Scholarships and Fellowships
Program Link: https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2024/05/government-of-canada-announces-details-of-increase-in-award-values-for-federal-scholarships-and-fellowships.html Sponsor: Government of Canada Description: Budget 2024 proposed significant new investments to increase the value and number of scholarships and fellowships for master’s and doctoral students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, that are funded by Canada’s federal granting agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council […]
CIHR New Measures to Safeguard Research in Canada
Program Link: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53881.html Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Description: The federal government has tasked the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the other research granting agencies with implementing new measures to safeguard research done in Canada, with an emphasis on protecting it against risks to national and economic security. Two new measures are coming into […]