Organization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

SSHRC awards four new MCRI grants

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $10 million over seven years for four Major Collaborative Research Initiatives. York Univ secured two of the awards to investigate suburban growth in the 21st century and new ways to organize long-term residential care for seniors. McGill Univ will lead a research project examining the…

Climate change adaptation research initiative launched

Four Canadian research agencies have teamed up to launch a $12.5 million initiative to explore how humans and natural systems are adapting to actual and expected changes in climate both in Canada and the developing world. A call for proposals has been issued to seek research teams for The International Research Initiative on Adaptation to…

SSHRC reviewing peer review practices

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has completed a survey on its peer review system that will assist a blue ribbon panel conducting a merit review for publication in early 2009. The panel — led by Dr Michele Lamont of Harvard Univ — is assessing SSHRC’s peer review practices as part of the…

Council of Cdn Academies strikes new expert panel

The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has announced a new assessment to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the university-based research community in the areas of management, business and finance. The expert panel was requested by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and will be chaired by David Zussman, a professor of public sector…

SSHRC funds collaborative research projects

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has announced $10 million over seven years for four projects under the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) program. Interdisciplinary research teams will examine the spread of surveillance as a technology of governance in modern societies, major changes taking place in the global labour environment, the global migration of…

Metropolis Project receives phase three funding

The Metropolis Project has received $7.5 million over five years to investigate a range of issues related to globalization, migration and diversity. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council is providing $3.1 million with $4.4 million provided by a consortium of federal departments and agencies led by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The international Metropolis Project…

SSHRC awards Margaret Lock its top research award

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has announced the winners of the granting council’s top prize and three other research awards. Margaret Lock has been selected as the winner of the $100,000 SSHRC Gold Medal for Achievement in Research for her work on the social repercussions of biomedical technologies. Research by the McGill…

SSHRC and IDRC to fund new research alliances

The federal government is devoting $6.3 million over six years to the development of three international research alliances for the analysis of strategic social, economic, environmental and technological issues facing developing and emerging nations. The program is jointly funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).…

Common CV Network gains new members

Canada’s three granting agencies are teaming with their Quebec counterparts to extend the reach of the Canadian Common CV for researchers. The Canadian Common CV is a collection of a common, standardized, web-based, data set required from the funding agencies. It’s designed to ease the process of applying for funding from the participating agencies. The…

Rapid growth in SSHRC research grants

Research grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) experienced average annual growth of 18% between 1998 and 2004 while scholarships nearly doubled in the same period, according to an analysis of SSHRC’s award search engine by the Observatoire des science et des technologies (OST). During the seven-year period, SSHRC’s annual budget increased…