To apply to this funding opportunity, applicants must: Indigenous talent measuresĪmong its measures intended to support research by and with Indigenous peoples, SSHRC’s Indigenous Talent Measures are aimed at supporting graduate students and postdoctoral researchers applying for Canada Graduate Scholarships Program-Doctoral Scholarships, SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships or SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships. The research proposed in a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship application must be significantly different and distinct from, or add significantly to, that related to the applicant’s doctoral thesis. Projects whose primary objective is adapting a doctoral thesis for publication in a book or manuscript, editing textbooks, translation, or acquiring a foreign language are not eligible for funding under this funding opportunity. See subject matter eligibility for more information. Proposals can involve any disciplines, thematic areas, approaches or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding.
Most SSHRC funding is awarded through open competitions. These are taxable, non-renewable fellowships that can begin on the first of any month between May 2022 and January 2023. SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships are valued at $45,000 per year over one or two years, up to a total of $90,000. This is not an evaluation criterion for merit review and does not offer additional or dedicated research funds for this funding opportunity. SSHRC invites all applicants to review Imagining Canada’s Future’s 16 future global challenges and to consider addressing one or more of these areas in their research proposal. However, candidates must indicate that they wish to be considered for an initiative or a supplement, and explain why, in their application form. Unless otherwise indicated, there is no separate application process for most initiatives and supplements. SSHRC’s joint initiatives are designed to reflect SSHRC’s strategic objectives and mandate, inform decision-makers, and, in certain cases, address specific needs of its partners.įor a complete list of available supplements and joint initiatives, consult SSHRC’s funding search tool. SSHRC collaborates with organizations from across the not-for-profit, private and public sectors to support and promote training, research and connection activities in the social sciences and humanities. SSHRC offers supplementary funding to support scholarship and fellowship award holders, some of which is offered through joint initiatives. SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation. SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship awards are tenable at Canadian or foreign universities and research institutions. preparing to become competitive in national research grant competitions.preparing for research-intensive careers within and beyond academia and.developing and expanding personal research networks.The purpose of these fellowships is to provide stipendiary support to recent PhD graduates who are: These fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities, and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers. SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships are expected to respond to the objectives of the Talent program. Regulations, policies and related information.If a deadline falls on a weekend or a Canadian public holiday, the online application system will remain open until 8 p.m. Postdoctoral fellows holding their awards outside of Canada will continue to be paid directly by the agencies. Equity, diversity and inclusion in the research enterpriseĮffective April 1, 2022, new postdoctoral fellows will be paid through their eligible Canadian host institutions instead of directly by the funding agencies.