Research Admin Offices:

• ROADS

Opportunity Type:

• Grant

Value:

Partnership Development Grants are valued between $75,000 and $200,000 over 1 to 3 years.

Disciplines:

• Business
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Science

Sponsors:

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Deadlines:

Additional Dates:

• Internal - NOI - September 15, 2023
• Internal - Draft Application - October 18, 2023
• Internal - Final Application - November 8, 2023
• Sponsor - Final Application -

Description:

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is now accepting applications for the 2023 Partnership Development Grants competition.

Partnership Development Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research Partnerships program.

These grants provide support over one to three years to teams/partnerships, led by a project director, to:

• develop research and/or related activities in the social sciences and humanities—these can include knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and emerging scholars—by fostering new partnerships with existing and/or potential partners; or
• design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that can result in best practices or models—these can either be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up to a regional, national or international level.

Partnership funding is intended for formal partnerships between postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types. The intellectual leadership and governance for the creation of a formal partnership can come from the research community and/or from partner organizations from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. See SSHRC’s definition of a formal partnership here.

These partner organizations agree and commit to work collaboratively to achieve shared goals for mutual benefit. Partners must provide evidence attesting to the commitment that has been agreed upon.

Upcoming Webinar: SSHRC will be holding both an English and French webinar for the PDG on September 27 (English: 11am-1pm) and September 28 (French: 11am-1pm).  Full details can be found here: Partnership Development Grants Webinar

Eligibility:

Most SSHRC funding is awarded through open competitions. Proposals may involve any disciplines, thematic areas, approaches or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding. Please see Subject Matter Eligibility for more information.

Projects whose primary objective is curriculum development, program evaluation, preparation of teaching materials, digitization of a collection, or creation of a database are not eligible for funding under this funding opportunity.

Applicants: Applications may be submitted by a team of researchers (consisting of one applicant / project director and one or more co-applicants and/or collaborators). Applicants who have received a SSHRC grant of any type but have failed to submit an achievement report by the deadline specified in their Notice of Award are not eligible to apply for another SSHRC grant until they have submitted the report.

Co-applicants and Co-directors:

Individuals are eligible to be co-directors or co-applicants if they are formally affiliated with any of the following:

• Canadian: Eligible postsecondary institution; not-for-profit organization; philanthropic foundation; think tank; or municipal, territorial or provincial government
• International: Postsecondary institution

Postdoctoral researchers who are affiliated with a postsecondary institution are eligible to be co-directors or co-applicants.

PhD candidates are eligible to be co-applicants under the same conditions as those described for an applicant.

Collaborators: Any individual who may make a significant contribution to the project is eligible to be a collaborator. Collaborators do not need to be affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution. Individuals from the private sector or federal government may only participate as collaborators.

Partner Organizations: Partner organizations can be Canadian or international institutions or organizations (public, private, not-for-profit) of any type.

Under a Partnership Development Grant, an applicant affiliated with a postsecondary institution is not required to enter into a partnership agreement with another postsecondary institution.

Application/Nomination Process:

Applications must demonstrate the following:

Quality and commitment of formal partnerships: Applicants should include relevant documentation to allow informed evaluation of the quality and level of commitment of the proposed formal partnerships.

Applicants must include evidence of formal partnership in their application. Evidence can include, but is not limited to:

• governance frameworks;
• agreements (intellectual property, conflict resolution, etc.);
• strategic plans; and
• other relevant documentation

Institutional and Partner Organization Contributions:

Applicants are expected to include a plan to seek and secure cash and/or in-kind contributions for their initiative during the life of the grant. While there is no minimum contribution requirement, institutions and their partner organizations are expected to demonstrate that a formal partnership currently exists, or is in the process of being developed, by supporting the activities of the formal partnership through cash and/or in-kind support. For more information, see SSHRC’s Guidelines for Cash and In-Kind Contributions. 

Resources:

Additional Details

Upcoming Webinar: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/webinars-webinaires/index-eng.aspx 

English  Date: Wednesday September 27, 2023 Time: 11am-1pm Link: PDG English   Webinar Number: 2331 826 2506 Password:  SSHRC2023

French  Date: Thursday September 28, 2023 Time: 11am-1pm  Link: PDG French  Webinar Number: 2339 037 9675 Password: CRSH2023