Sponsor
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Program
Exchange Grants
For More Information
For additional information, please visit the SSHRC Institutional Grant webpage for
- Program guidelines
- Application forms
- Evaluation criteria
Description
Exchange Grants are intended to subsidize the cost of travel required to support national and international knowledge mobilization within and/or beyond the research community. It is the expectation that applicants who receive an Exchange Grant will apply for an external SSHRC grant (any program) within three (3) years of the end of their Exchange Grant in order to meet application eligibility requirements. Applicants holding current SSHRC external grants (any program) are eligible to receive an Exchange Grant only if their travel is related to research not funded by their existing support from SSHRC.
Exchange Grants will be available to reimburse travel expenses/claims which have occurred in the past.
Exchange Grant applications will be evaluated against the following criteria:
- Applications must identify how Exchange Grant funds will be used to develop an application for submission in an external SSHRC competition within three (3) years of the end of the Exchange Grant, and the linkage between the travel and the future SSHRC application, the impact of the travel activities on the application development;
- The future external SSHRC grant project description must address SSHRC’s criteria (Challenge, Feasibility, Capability); and
- Applicants must demonstrate evidence of previous output.
Eligibility
All regular faculty members, including probationary, tenured and contractually limited term appointees, are eligible. Contractually limited term applicants are eligible, provided they are employed under a contract with the University for a period sufficiently long to make it feasible to carry out the proposed research project and/or travel. Professors emeriti, visiting fellows and scholars are not eligible. SIG funds will support both emerging and established scholars, as defined by SSHRC.
SIG applications may be used to support research and research-related activities in one to several of the disciplines, thematic areas, approaches or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding. Please see Subject Matter Eligibility for more information.
If an applicant is a prior SSHRC SIG award holder and a SSHRC application was not applied for within the three-year period as required, applicants should provide rationale to the review committee for consideration. As a general rule, applicants who are prior awardees that did not meet the requirement to apply to SSHRC (any program) within three years of their award date will be ranked “C” (unsuccessful). Eligibility to re-apply to SSHRC SIG is re-instated once an external SSHRC grant is applied for.
Maximum Project Value
A maximum of $3,000 will be made to successful applicants in any one (1) calendar year. Applicants may only submit one (1) application in each competition, but a single application might cover a number of activities all leading to the development of one (1) external SSHRC application.
Travel funds awarded are to be spent within 60 days after the date of travel unless retroactive funding has been sought. If funds are not required for the purposes described in the Exchange Grant application for which the award was made, the funds will be recalled.
Indirect Costs
0%
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Internal Deadline | Applicant to submit OR-5 form along with a copy of the complete application form and attachments, including CV and budget template to: research.services@uoguelph.ca. More information regarding these competitions, how to apply and electronic applications can be found on the SSHRC Institutional Grant webpage. NOTE: Incomplete application or applications submitted on out-of-date forms will not be advanced for review. Hard copy applications will not be accepted. |