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Partnership Development Grants

SSHRC Partnership Development Grants provide support over one to three years to teams/partnerships, led by a project director, to: 1) develop research and/or related activities in the social sciences and humanities—these can include and the meaningful involvement of students and , by fostering new partnerships with existing and/or potential partners; or 2) 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 Development Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the program and/or the program.

Partnership funding is intended for formal partnerships between postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types. See the definitions for and . Within the Partnership Development Grants funding opportunity, there are two distinct categories of partnerships that may request support:

Existing partnerships: Support to foster new research and/or research-related partnership activities that are distinct from the partnership’s previous/ongoing partnership activities.
New partnerships: Support to foster new research and/or research-related partnership activities that are undertaken by partnerships in their initial stages
SSHRC welcomes applications involving , as well as those involving .

Please see the for more details.

Value and Duration

One to three years
Total of $75,000 to $200,000 over the funding period
Applicants are required to secure cash/in-kind contributions towards their proposal but no minimum value is required.

Eligibility

See .

Applications submitted to SSHRC that would be more appropriately evaluated by NSERC or CIHR will not be accepted. In such cases, applicants may be required to submit a new application to the appropriate agency. Applicants working in research areas where boundaries overlap are advised to state clearly in all applications for funding why they believe their proposals are primarily appropriate for support by the agency to which they are submitting their application. Partners, as outlined in the proposal must provide evidence that they have entered into a formal partnership.

Application Checklist & Important Dates

澳门六合彩开奖预测 (as partner) Letter of Support
Partner Letters of Engagement
Evidence of Formal Partnership document(s) (various formats as appropriate to the partnership)
Proposal development and review
Forward application to 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Research via SSHRC online system
澳门六合彩开奖预测 Research Institutional Programs Officer (IRPO) submits application to SSHRC

Important Dates

Program information and dates
DEADLINE	ACTIVITY
September 9	Notify 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Research (WR) Institutional Research Programs Officer (IRPO) and your Faculty Research Office of your intent to apply to the program.
September 10-20	Meet with WR IRPO and your Faculty Research Office to discuss your proposed partnership, application requirements and Dept/Faculty/University contributions (cash and/or in-kind). Discuss partner involvement, contributions and application process with partners. Discuss and begin drafting any MOUs or Evidence of Formal Partnership documents.
October 7	Finalize all partner Letters of Engagement. Finalize 澳门六合彩开奖预测 (as partner) Letter of Engagement for institutional signature.
October 21	Deadline to submit proposal draft (including budget) for detailed IRPO feedback. All partner contributions confirmed and invitations completed in the SSHRC system. All co-applicants and collaborators confirmed and invitations completed. Finalize partner MOUs or Evidence of Formal Partnership documents.
November 8	ROLA proposal completed and submitted. Deadline to submit a completed application with all supported documents in the online SSHRC portal for 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Research administrative review.
November 15*	Sponsor deadline: Electronic submission of application to SSHRC by 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Research IRPO. *Note SSHRC's next business day rule if deadline falls on weekends or holidays.