SSHRC
SSHRC Webinars on Partnership Funding Opportunities and Connection Grants
In a series of four webinars this October, SSHRC program officers will be on hand to provide information and answer questions about Partnership Development Grants, Partnership Grants and
Applying for a Master’s NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR
This user friendly session is for students planning to apply for a CGS Mater’s award (CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC) in 2013 for the 2014-15 funding cycle.
The session will cover:
• Award details and eligibility
• Application policies and procedure
• Required documents (reference letters, transcripts, etc.)
• Tips, tricks and resources to make the process easier
Applying for Your SSHRC Award (PhD only)
This user friendly session is for students planning to apply for an SSHRC - PhD award this fall for the 2014-15 funding cycle.
The session will cover:
• Award details and eligibility
• Application policies and procedure
• Required documents (reference letters, transcripts, etc.)
• Tips, tricks and resources to make the process easier
Staff and faculty: Social Sciences & Humanities (SSHRC)
This user-friendly session is for faculty and staff to help you best advise your students as they undergo the SSHRC PhD application process and make departmental recommendations. Sign up for this informative session covering:
• Award details and eligibility
• Application policies and procedure
• Required documents (reference letters, transcripts, etc.)
• Deadlines
• Quotas and recommendation criteria
Academic salary paid from research funds
The message below was sent by Mary-Margaret Klempa, Senior Director, OSR regarding Academic salaries paid from Tri Agency grants.
This is being widely communicated to ensure that we are in compliance with this regulation. Please read carefully. Take note that while this memo addresses Tri-Agency regulations, it applies to many other granting agencies. Any academic salary support to be charged to restricted research funds should be looked into carefully before finalizing an offer letter and/or processing labor distribution appointment forms.
Grant Writing Workshop for SSHRC Insight Grants - for Faculty
The workshop will include:
Graduate student Xenia Kurguzova wins SSHRC prize
Earlier this year, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) launched Research for a Better Life: The Storytellers, a competition encouraging Canadian post-secondary students to find innovative ways of communicating how funded research projects about people, behaviour, human thought and culture are beneficial to Canadians – and beyond. The winners will receive $3,000 and the chance to compete for a featured presentation at the next World Social Sciences Forum.
Dr. Beverly Baker and Dr. Aziz Choudry of DISE recently awarded SSHRC Connection Grants
Dr. Baker and Dr. Choudry were recently awarded SSHRC Connection Grants to fund knowledge mobilization activities, aiming to facilitate the multidirectional flow of knowledge between universities and the community.
Major health benefits of music uncovered
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Canadian Common CV Workshop
Gradually, more Tri-Council (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR) funding opportunities are starting to require the Canadian Common CV (CCV) as part of the application. In addition, a new version of the CCV was released in the summer of 2012.
What this means for researchers is that:
1) some will be creating a CCV for the first time and
2) some will be migrating from the old CCV to the new one.