Partnership Grants | SSHRC

Partnership Grants support formal partnerships between academic researchers, businesses and other partners that will advance knowledge and understanding on critical issues of intellectual, social, economic and cultural significance. By fostering mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, the grants allow partners to innovate, build institutional capacity and mobilize research knowledge in accessible ways. The grants may also be used to help establish partnered chairs and research centres.

Partnership Grants support formal partnerships between academic researchers, businesses and other partners that will advance knowledge and understanding on critical issues of intellectual, social, economic and cultural significance. By fostering mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, the grants allow partners to innovate, build institutional capacity and mobilize research knowledge in accessible ways. The grants may also be used to help establish partnered chairs and research centres. Who leads the project? While the project director is responsible for the overall leadership of the partnership, intellectual leadership and governance may come from within the research community and/or from partners in other sectors (i.e., private, public and not-for-profit). Who manages the funds? Grants are administered by an eligible institution (represented by a project director) on behalf of the partnership. Who owns the intellectual property resulting from the research partnership? Intellectual property is negotiated among partners and the lead institution, based on the institutions’ policies. Can both existing and new partnerships be supported? Yes. But in the case of existing partnerships, the supported research and related activities must be distinct from a partnership’s previous or ongoing activities. Duration of award Four to seven years. Value of award Stage 1: Letter of Intent Up—to $20,000 Stage 2: Formal Application (by invitation)—Maximum $500,000 per year, up to$2.5 million in total Type of partners required Canadian or international institutions or organizations (private, public, not-for-profit) of any type. Partner contributions Cash and/or in-kind contributions are required. Subject matter Please see Eligibility of Subject Matter for details. Application process In two stages: Stage 1—Letter of Intent Stage 2—Formal Application, by invitation Application deadline See the complete Partnership Grants description for details. Evaluation method Grants are awarded through a competitive process involving multidisciplinary review committees that include relevant expertise from the academic community, and public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Infrastructure funding Available to eligible institutions from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Leaders Opportunity Fund.

General Guidelines for the Eligibility of Subject Matter at SSHRC

Applications to SSHRC as the primary source of research or research training support must meet the following two criteria:

• The proposed research or related activities must be primarily in the social sciences and humanities (i.e., aligned with SSHRC's legislated mandate).
• The intended outcome of the research must primarily be to add to our understanding and knowledge of individuals, groups and societies—what we think, how we live, and how we interact with each other and the world around us.

Applicants to any of SSHRC’s grant or scholarship funding opportunities who wish to collaborate with researchers working in fields other than the social sciences and humanities should explore options for Multi-agency Research Funding Collaboration.

Guidelines for the Eligibility of Applications Related to Health

The following are considerations when preparing or assessing the eligibility for SSHRC support of applications with subject matter related to health:

• Investigators whose proposed research is health-related should consult CIHR’s mandate first to explore eligibility. CIHR has policies and procedures in place to adjudicate the full range of social sciences and humanities research proposals related to health research.
• The use of social sciences or humanities theories, methodologies and hypotheses is, in and of itself, not sufficient to make a proposal eligible for SSHRC funding.

Ineligible for SSHRC Support

Examples of ineligible research include:

• clinical education for health care professionals;
• psychomotor research and kinesiology;
• clinical research (e.g., treatment, prevention or diagnosis of a condition, disorder or disease; testing or evaluating the impact of interventions, medication or medical aids);
• therapy (e.g., counselling, interventions, psychotherapy, rehabilitation, speech and occupational therapy, validation/testing of diagnostic tools); and
• epidemiology.

Decision-Making and Consultation Process to Determine the Eligibility of Applications Related to Health

Decision-making with regard to eligibility is entrusted to SSHRC staff and management, rather than to the peer/merit review committees, which focus on assessing the excellence of proposals. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact SSHRC staff in advance of submitting their application if there are questions regarding subject matter eligibility. Staff will endeavour to provide advice to applicants. However, a final decision on eligibility can be made only following submission of a full proposal.

SSHRC staff also consult, as required, with outside experts and/or with officials at CIHR for assistance in arriving at a recommendation. Applicants whose proposals are deemed ineligible are informed via a formal letter.

Please note that SSHRC does not permit appeals on grounds of subject matter eligibility.

Guidelines for the Eligibility of Applications in Psychology

Notwithstanding the above-mentioned guidelines for research related to health, applicants should consider the following guidelines in their decision to apply to a federal granting agency if their research is in the field of psychology:

SSHRC considers eligible applications within the broad areas of social, developmental, personality and educational psychology. SSHRC also considers eligible proposals related to theory and methods in these areas. SSHRC does not support clinically oriented research with an intent to improve health, or research involving clinical trials.

NSERC considers eligible applications that relate to fundamental psychological processes, their underlying neural mechanisms, their development within individuals, and their evolutionary and ecological context. Fundamental processes are understood to include:

• sensation and perception;
• sensorimotor integration;
• motivation, emotion and reward;
• learning and memory;
• cognition and language;
• sleep, arousal and the chrono-biological modulation of behaviour; and
• statistical methods for analysis of psychological data.
• NSERC does not support clinically oriented research.
• CIHR supports all research in psychology that has direct relevance to, or ultimate impact on, human health.

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