Research Admin Offices:

• ROADS

Opportunity Type:

• Grant

Value:

Disciplines:

• DeGroote School of Business
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Social Sciences

Sponsors:

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Deadlines:

Description:

Supporting long-term research (2-5 years) in the social sciences and humanities. This grant enables emerging scholars and established scholars to address complex issues about individuals and societies, and to further our collective understanding.

Eligibility:

• Proposals can involve any discipline, thematic area, approach or subject area eligible for SSHRC funding. See subject matter eligibility
• Ineligible projects include: Curriculum development; program evaluation; teaching material; preparation; conference/workshop organization; digitization or database creation
• Applications submitted to SSHRC that would be more appropriately evaluated by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council or the Canadian Institutes of Health Research will not be accepted.
• Applicants may only apply for one Insight Grant at a time. However, unsuccessful Insight Development Grant applicants from February 2026 may apply for an Insight Grant in October 2026
• An application will be declared ineligible if it is determined 30% or more of the requested budget has been allocated to ineligible expenses.

Application/Nomination Process:

By September 8, 2026 (9:00 AM)*: Email draft application (as word files) to your Senior Advisor for content review.

By September 24, 2026 (9:00 AM)*: Submit your final application through the SSHRC portal for administrative review .  Submit a completed, signed Application Approval Form to ROADS.

By October 1, 2026 (4:30 PM): ROADS will submit your application to SSHRC.

Resources:

Additional details.

Contact:

For more information on how to apply contact Amanda Graveline, Senior Advisor, ROADS.