Research

Sponsor: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Science, Knowledge Translation and Ethics Branch

Application deadlines:

• February 19: OGPR deadline for faculty level signature.
• February 23: ORS deadline for institutional signature & e-approval.
• March 2: CIHR national deadline.

Special notes: Applications are submitted via ResearchNet and electronically approved and submitted to CIHR by ORS on behalf of the applicant. CIHR is expecting “increased application pressure” for this competition. Please contact Heather Frost if you are interested in applying.

Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Application deadlines:

• October 29: OGPR deadline for completeness review (only) and faculty signature.
• October 30: Deadline to submit online your application to ORS.
• November 1 : SSHRC national deadline (next rounds: February 1, May 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.

Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Application deadlines:

• August 1: Registration for SPARC Insight Grant Internal Review (highly recommended).
• August 15: Deadline (mandatory) to submit online SSHRC’s Notice of Intent to apply.
• August 25: Deadline (optional) to submit your proposal to Robert Olaj in the OGPR & Danica Kell at SPARC for internal review.
  Full proposals include:
  • MS Word versions of all required and optional attachments
  • A system-generated PDF of the application (includes Summary, Budget, Response to Previous Critiques, CV, etc.)

• October 8: Deadline to submit application and Research Project Information Form to OGPR for administrative review (completeness, signatures and budget commitments only) and to secure Faculty RPIF sign-off (all faculty except those in KIN).
• October 10: Deadline to submit application online and for OGPR to provide UBC/ORS with your completed RPIF and a copy of your proposal.
• October 15: SSHRC national deadline.

Special notes: Applicants must file a Notice of Intent via the online forms system by August 15, 2014. Projects must fall under SSHRC’s Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines.
Instructions for securing internal signatures and e-submission to ORS will be announced closer to the deadline.