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## Aid to Scholarly JournalsAid to Scholarly Journals grants are meant to increase access to, and readership of, original research results in the social sciences and humanities through Canadian scholarly journals. Grant$42,400 to $52,000 per year For 3 years### September 2025 Competition Deadline: September 10, 2025 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Researchers / Faculty members ## Scholarly Book AwardsThrough this program (formerly the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program), the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences provides grants to scholarly books in Canada that make important contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Grant$8,000 to $30,000### January 2024 Competition Deadline: January 1, 2024 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members ## Canada Graduate Scholarships—Doctoral ProgramThe Canada Graduate Scholarships—Doctoral program is a federal program of scholarships awarded through national competitions by the granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and SSHRC.
The program supports high-calibre students engaged in doctoral programs in all academic disciplines. Scholarship Up to $40,000 Over 36 months### October 2024 Competition Deadline: October 17, 2024 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply ## Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master’s ProgramThe Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master’s program provides financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in eligible master’s or, in some cases, doctoral programs in Canada. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council manages this funding opportunity on SSHRC’s behalf.
Scholarship Up to $27,000 Over 12 months### December 2024 Competition Deadline: December 1, 2024 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Master’s students### Associated supplements * CMHC-SSHRC Housing Research Scholarship Program * Department of National Defence MINDS Scholarship Initiative * Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative ## Canadian Research Data Centre Network Directed GrantThis funding opportunity supports access to Statistics Canada microdata through a directed grant to the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN), a network of 32 secure computer laboratories on university campuses across Canada.
Grant Up to $17,400,000 per year For 6 years### September 2021 Competition Deadline: September 20, 2021 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Researchers / Faculty members ## Connection GrantsThese grants support short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization events and activities.
Grant$10,000 to $50,000 Over 1 year### May 2026 Competition Deadline: May 1, 2026 (8:00 p. m. eastern) ### August 2026 Competition Deadline: August 4, 2026 (8:00 p.
m. eastern) ### November 2026 Competition Deadline: November 2, 2026 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members * Institutions### Associated supplements * Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative ## Imagining Canada’s Future Ideas LabThe Imagining Canada’s Future (ICF) Ideas Lab is an exciting, two-year funding opportunity designed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to encourage innovative research partnerships and projects.
Grant Up to $250,000 Over 2 years### Global Health and Wellness for the 21st Century Deadline: May 25, 2023 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Researchers / Faculty members * Postdoctoral researchers ## Insight Development GrantsInsight Development Grants support research in its initial stages.
Grant$10,000 to $100,000 Over 1 to 2 years### February 2026 Competition Deadline: February 2, 2026 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members * Research team### Associated supplements * Department of National Defence Research Initiative * Mitacs Accelerate—Grants ## Insight GrantsInsight Grants support research initiatives of up to five years.
Grant$10,000 to $500,000 Over 2 to 5 years### October 2025 Competition Deadline: October 2, 2025 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members * Research team### Associated supplements * Department of National Defence Research Initiative * John R.
Evans Leaders Fund * Sport Participation Research Initiative ## Knowledge Synthesis GrantsThese grants aim to mobilize, examine and synthesize social sciences and humanities research on The Arts Transformed with the objective to identify the roles the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors could play in promoting more inclusive and equitable societies.
Grant Up to $30,000 Over 1 year### The Arts Transformed Deadline: December 2, 2025 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members ## Partnership Development GrantsThese grants support the development of partnered research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities.
Grant$75,000 to $200,000 Over 1 to 3 years### November 2025 Competition Deadline: November 17, 2025 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members * Research team### Associated supplements ## Partnership Engage GrantsThese grants support short-term partnered research activities involving a postsecondary institution and a single organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sectors. Grant$10,000 to $50,000 Over 1 year### June 2026 Competition Deadline: June 15, 2026 (8:00 p. m.
eastern) ### September 2026 Competition Deadline: September 15, 2026 (8:00 p. m. eastern) ### December 2026 Competition Deadline: December 15, 2026 (8:00 p.
m. eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members * Research team### Associated supplements ## Partnership GrantsPartnership Grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities.
Grant Up to $2,500,000 Over 4 to 7 years### 2026 Competition—Stage 2 (by invitation only) Deadline: October 29, 2026 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Institutions### Associated supplements * John R.
Evans Leaders Fund (Stage 2) * Mitacs Accelerate (Stage 2) ## Race, Gender and Diversity InitiativeThe goal of the Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative is to support community-based and community-led research partnerships with postsecondary institutions that are grounded in the lived experience of underrepresented or disadvantaged groups and that analyze the causes and persistence of systemic racism and discrimination.
Grant Up to $450,000 Over 3 years### November 2021 Competition Deadline: November 15, 2021 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members ## Reconciliation Network in Response to Call to Action 65This joint initiative between the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and SSHRC supports establishment of a national research program with multiyear funding to advance collective understanding of reconciliation.
Grant$7,000 to $1,000,000 Over 5 years### May 2023 Competition Deadline: May 15, 2023 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members ## Social Sciences and Humanities Research Network on Sustainable Agriculture in a Net-Zero EconomyThis joint initiative between SSHRC and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada supports the establishment of a research network to maximize learning outcomes in the social sciences and humanities for research in the area of agriculture, climate and the environment as it relates to a net-zero future.
Grant Up to $2,000,000 Over 5 years### October 2023 Competition Deadline: October 20, 2023 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply ## Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine)Recognizing how the crisis in Ukraine may affect the research landscape, this additional funding for grant holders will support trainees, defined as graduate students or postdoctoral researchers, through salaries and stipends.
Grant Up to $45,000 Over 12 months### December 2022 Competition Deadline: December 22, 2022 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers ## SSHRC Doctoral FellowshipsThese fellowships are for students applying to, or registered in, a doctoral program or a combined MA/PhD program in the social sciences or humanities.
Fellowship$40,000 per year For 1 to 3 years### Fall 2024 Competition Deadline (Directly to SSHRC): October 17, 2024 (8:00 p. m. eastern) Deadline (Through a Canadian institution with a quota): Contact your institution (often significantly earlier than agency deadline)### Who can apply * Doctoral students### Associated supplements * Aileen D.
Ross Fellowship * CMHC-SSHRC Housing Research Scholarship Program * Department of National Defence MINDS Scholarship Initiative * Sport Participation Research Initiative ## SSHRC Impact AwardsSSHRC Impact Awards are designed to build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in the social sciences and humanities.
The awards recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their achievements in research, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or completely by SSHRC. Award or prize$50,000 to $100,000### April 2026 Competition Deadline: April 1, 2026 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can be nominated * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members ## SSHRC Institutional GrantsThrough its SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG) funding opportunity, SSHRC provides annual grants to help eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions fund, through their own merit review processes, small-scale research and research-related activities by their faculty and students in the social sciences and humanities.
Grant Minimum $5,000 per year For 3 years### December 2024 Competition Deadline: December 1, 2024 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply ## Storytellers ChallengeSSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge asks postsecondary students to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future for the better.
Award or prize$3,000 to $4,000### January 2025 Competition Deadline: January 21, 2025 (5:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply ## Trans-Atlantic PlatformSSHRC is partnering with international funding agencies on the fifth Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) Call for Proposals.
T-AP aims to enhance the ability of funders, research organizations and researchers to engage in transnational dialogue and collaboration. Grant Up to $250,000 Over 2 to 3 years### Democracy, Governance and Trust Deadline: November 6, 2023 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply ## Undergraduate Student Research AwardsThese scholarships provide financial support to students who wish to gain research work experience in an academic setting to complement their studies. Currently, SSHRC exclusively designates these awards for Black students.
Scholarship$6,000 Over 14 to 16 weeks### 2026 Competition Each eligible institution sets its own internal deadline dates### Who can apply ## Research on Research Joint InitiativeThe Research on Research Joint Initiative gathers evidence and data, undertakes experiments and develops tools to improve how research is funded, practiced, communicated and evaluated.
Grant Up to $200,000 Over 3 years### February 2025 Competition Deadline: February 20, 2025 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members ## Destination Horizon GrantsDestination Horizon Grants support researchers affiliated with eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions to build capacity, foster existing partnerships, and further develop networks and/or consortia with European Union and other “associated countries” researchers, with the ultimate goal of applying to Horizon Europe—Pillar II calls for proposals.
Grant Up to $15,000 Over 1 year### May 2026 Competition Deadline: May 22, 2026 (8:00 p. m. eastern) ### September 2026 Competition Deadline: September 22, 2026 (8:00 p.
m. eastern) ### January 2027 Competition Deadline: January 22, 2027 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Researchers / Faculty members ## Policy Innovation Partnership GrantsThese grants are meant to support a partnership between a postsecondary research entity and one or more federal government departments to establish a long-term research program focusing on specific topics in an area of importance to Canada and public decision-makers.
Grant Up to $6,000,000 Over 15 years### September 2025 Competition Deadline: September 10, 2025 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply ## Canada Graduate Research Scholarships—Doctoral programThe Canada Graduate Research Scholarship—Doctoral program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers and researchers.
Scholarship$40,000 per year For 3 years### October 2025 Competition Deadline (Directly to SSHRC): October 17, 2025 (8:00 p. m. eastern) Deadline (Through a Canadian institution with a quota): Contact your institution (often significantly earlier than agency deadline)### Who can apply * Doctoral students### Associated supplements * Aileen D.
Ross Fellowship * CMHC-SSHRC Housing Research Scholarship Program * Department of National Defence MINDS Scholarship Initiative * Sport Participation Research Initiative ## Canada Graduate Research Scholarships—Master’s programThe Canada Graduate Research Scholarships—Master’s program provides financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in an eligible master’s or, in some cases, doctoral program in Canada.
This support allows these scholars to concentrate more fully on their studies in their chosen fields. Scholarship$27,000 per year For 1 year### December 2025 Competition Deadline: December 1, 2025 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Doctoral students### Associated supplements * CMHC-SSHRC Housing Research Scholarship Program * Department of National Defence MINDS Scholarship Initiative * Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative ## Canada Postdoctoral Research Award programThe Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers and researchers at a pivotal time in their careers.
Scholarship$70,000 per year For 2 years### September 2025 Competition Deadline: September 11, 2025 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers### Associated supplements * Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research * CMHC-SSHRC Housing Research Scholarship Program * Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes—SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships Collaboration * Department of National Defence MINDS Scholarship Initiative * Jules and Gabrielle Léger Fellowship * Sport Participation Research Initiative ## Indigenous Capacity and Leadership in Research Connection GrantsThese grants aim to contribute to Indigenous leadership and self-determination in research by funding events and activities representing opportunities to engage and exchange knowledge on successful ways of conducting Indigenous research that are transformative and contribute to Indigenous-led research, including holistic and distinctions-based approaches.
Grant Up to $50,000 Over 1 year### September 2025 Competition Deadline: September 23, 2025 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members ## Indigenous Science and the Impacts of Plastic PollutionThis joint initiative between SSHRC and Environment and Climate Change Canada provides research funding support through Research Partnerships grants to address knowledge gaps about the impacts of plastic pollution on Indigenous communities through the various stages of the plastic lifecycle.
Grant Up to $237,500 Over 2 years### October 2025 Competition Deadline: October 16, 2025 (8:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members ## Indigenous Innovation and Leadership in Research Network GrantsThis funding opportunity affirms and seeks to build on Indigenous knowledge systems and Indigenous ontology, epistemology and methodology.
Networks should be wholistic, reflecting the full range of collaboration across disciplines and subject areas pertaining to the social sciences and humanities; natural sciences and engineering; and health and wellness.
Grant Up to $1,750,000 Over 4 years### 2025-26 Competition—Stage 2 Deadline: November 2026### Who can apply ## Artificial intelligence humanities sandpitSSHRC and UK Research and Innovation’s Arts and Humanities Research Council invite researchers to submit expressions of interest to participate in a humanities-led, interdisciplinary research “sandpit” (a facilitated, collaborative process through which new research teams and project ideas are developed and selected for funding) to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial intelligence tech design.
Grant Up to $200,000 Over 18 months### October 2025 Competition Deadline: October 30, 2025 (12:00 p. m. eastern)### Who can apply * Researchers / Faculty members ## Canada Impact+ Research Training AwardsThe Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards are a one-time initiative designed to recruit international or returning Canadian students and postdoctoral researchers to Canada.
These awards support the recruitment of doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in priority areas, helping build capacity, strengthen the research ecosystem and enhance Canada’s global competitiveness. Scholarship / Fellowship$40,000 to $70,000 Over 3 years (doctoral awards); 2 years (postdoctoral awards)### March 2026 Competition Deadline: March 4, 2026 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can be nominated * Postdoctoral researchers ## Convening the Canadian Meta-Research Community Connection GrantThese grants support short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization events and activities intended to enhance metaresearch and its application in Canada. Grant$10,000 to $50,000 Over 1 year### February 2026 Competition Deadline: February 2, 2026 (8:00 p. m.
eastern)### Who can apply * Postdoctoral researchers * Researchers / Faculty members
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