Connection Grants
Sponsor: Social Science Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Internal Review and Application deadlines:
- April 1: Email Robert Olaj (OGPR) to alert him that you intend to participate in OGPR IR.
- April 18: Email Robert Olaj Robert Olaj a draft PDF and Word copy of your full proposal for OGPR IR.
- April 28, Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email Robert Olaj a PDF of their proposal with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form . RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- April 28, 4:00 p.m. : ORS deadline to hit ‘Submit’ online and email ORS your RPIF and the PDF of your application.
- May 2: SSHRC national deadline (subsequent rounds: May 1, Aug. 1, Nov. 1)
Special notes:See above for requisite 50% matching requirement. Applicants/project directors or Co-Applicants on any project funded through a SSHRC Connection Grant that is still active are not eligible to apply for an individual Connection Grant. Co-Applicants for Connections Grants (only) may be from non-academic organizations.
2016 SSHRC Connections Grant Award!
Congratulations to Drs. Jim Anderson (LLED) and Theresa Rogers (LLED), along with their colleague Dr. Suzanne Smythe at SFU, for being awarded a $22,600 SSHRC Connections Grant in the program’s latest competition.
New Article Highlights CSTE’s work with Cooperating Teachers
Congratulations to the Centre for the Study of Teacher Education for having one of their research projects recognized by Education Canada online!
Mitacs-Accelerate Internship Program
Congratulations to Izabela Schultz (ECPS) on receiving funds from the Mitacs-Accelerate Internship Program!
2015 Hampton Established Scholar Award
Congratulations to Amy Metcalfe on receiving a 2015 Hampton Established Scholar Award!
2015 Hampton New Faculty Award
Congratulations to Rob Bedi, Rhea Owens, Kerry Renwick, Michelle Tan and Amery Wu on being awarded 2015 UBC Hampton New Faculty Awards!
International Research Roundtable Program
Sponsor: The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS)
Application deadlines:
- Apr 11: Contact OGPR if you wish to participate in IR.
- Apr 18: Email your draft application to OGPR for internal review and feedback.
- Apr 28, Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email OGPR a copy of their application with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form. RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- May 1: (It is due on a Sunday) Deadline to submit a signed original application and RPIF to PWIAS (see instructions for address) and an electronic version (PDF) to Bernadette Mah, Program Manager.
International Visiting Research Scholar Program
Sponsor: The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS)
Application deadlines:
- Feb 1: Contact OGPR if you wish to participate in IR.
- Feb 16: Email your draft application to OGPR for internal review and feedback.
- Feb 29, Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email OGPR a copy of their application with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form. RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- Mar 1: Deadline to submit a signed original application and RPIF to PWIAS (see instructions for address) and an electronic version (PDF) to Bernadette Mah, Program Manager.
Wall Scholars Research Award
Sponsor: The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS)
Application deadlines:
- Feb 1: Contact OGPR if you wish to participate in IR.
- Feb 16: Email your draft application to OGPR for internal review and feedback.
- Feb 29, Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email OGPR a copy of their application with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form. RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- Mar 1: Deadline to submit a signed original application and RPIF to PWIAS (see instructions for address) and an electronic version (PDF) to Emma MacEntee, Program Manager.
Insight Development Grants
Sponsor: Social Science Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Application deadlines:
- Nov 18: Email Danica Kell (SPARC) a note to say that you would like to participate in SPARC IR and/or Robert Olaj (OGPR) that you would like to participate in OGPR IR.
- Dec 4: Email completed proposal to Danica Kell for SPARC IR and/or email completed proposal to Robert Olaj for OGPR IR.
- Jan 5: Email completed proposal to Robert Olaj for OGPR ‘high-level only’ IR.
- Jan 29, 11:00 a.m.: OGPR internal signature deadline. Email Robert Olaj a PDF of their proposal with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form. RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- Feb 1, 4:00 p.m. : Deadline for you to hit ‘Submit’ online and to email ORS your fully signed RPIF and the PDF of your application.
- Feb 3: SSHRC national deadline
Special notes:
- Applicants for the 2016 IDG competition will be ineligible to apply to the October 2016 Insight Grant Competition, even if applicants are unsuccessful in the 2016 IDG competition.
- SSHRC has developed a new online application portal called the Research Portal and the IDGs are the first SSHRC program to use the new system. Applicants must submit an online application, as well as a Canadian Common CV. Co-Applicants must submit a Canadian Common CV, but Collaborators do not (new this year). Please allow a generous amount of time to complete your and your team member’s CCVs (80-100 hours each, from scratch).
- Requests for equipment must follow SSHRC’s new Guidelines for Support of Tools.