Research

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.

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

Application deadlines:

• September 26: OGPR deadline for faculty level signature.
• September 29: ORS deadline for institutional signature & e-approval.
• October 1: CIHR national deadline.

Special notes: For your application to be eligible, it must include at least two project leaders: one independent researcher and one knowledge user. CIHR strongly recommends that each team include a content expert, an expert in synthesis methods and an information scientist/librarian. Applications are submitted via ResearchNet and electronically approved and submitted to CIHR by ORS on behalf of the applicant.

Sponsor: The Spencer Foundation

Application deadlines:

• August 22: OGPR deadline for faculty-level signature.
• August 25: ORS deadline for institutional review and signature.
• August 28: Spencer foundation deadline (4 pm CST).

Special Notes: The Spencer Foundation specifies that budgets of less than $50,000 may not include indirect costs. If you are considering applying please contact Heather Frost.

Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Application deadlines:

• July 29: Deadline to submit application and RPIF to OGPR for completeness review (only) and Faculty signature.
• July 30: Deadline to submit online your application to ORS.
• August 1: SSHRC national deadline (next rounds: Nov. 1, Feb. 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.