February 2023 SSHRC Connection Grant

Eligibility

• Applicants must normally be affiliated with an eligible Canadian institution at the time of application.
• Co-applicants may be individuals from Canadian post-secondary institutions, not-for-profit organizations, philanthropic foundations, think tanks, and municipal, territorial or provincial governments; or International post-secondary institutions.
• Collaborators are any individuals who may make a significant contribution to the intellectual direction of the event or outreach activity. Collaborators do not need to be affiliated with an eligible Canadian post-secondary institution.
• An applicant / project director may apply for only one (1) Connection Grant per calendar year. An applicant may not apply for or hold more than one Connection Grant for the same event or outreach activity.

Summary

Connection Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Connection program.

These grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage with participants on research issues of value to them. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant can often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects.

Connection Grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:

• disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the social sciences and humanities;
• scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
• intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the social sciences and humanities and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
• international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges with researchers, students and non-academic partners from other countries.

Application deadlines

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.

Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.

Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at rsotrainee@ucalgary.ca. Trainees should not use RMS at this time.

Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via either RMS or the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:

• Principal Investigator
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean
• Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)

Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.

Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.

Applications are submitted through the Research Management System (RMS) to initiate internal approvals.  Please note, when the RMS record finally reaches Research Services by the internal deadline, it should contain all the relevant Department and Faculty approvals, so please allow additional time for these steps.  Late applications will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances.  If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you will need to secure additional late approvals from your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) and the Executive Director, Research Services.  A link to RMS can be found here which includes training resources.

1. Complete the APPLICATION form and SSHRC CV in the SSHRC online system - SUBMIT on the SSHRC portal (it will be routed to RSO, not to SSHRC)
2. To initiate internal approvals, complete the Pre-Award record on the Research Management System (RMS) (RMS login at https://research.ucalgary.ca/rms). Please attach a PDF copy of your SSHRC application in RMS in order to initiate approvals. It will route electronically to your Department Head (if applicable) and Faculty Associate Dean (Research), and finally to Research Services for institutional approval. Research Services must receive the application and electronic approvals by noon, January 27, 2023. Your application must also be electronically submitted within the SSHRC system (click “submit” once verified as complete) by this deadline in order to enter our review and approval queue. 
3. As an optional service, if you wish to receive a detailed administrative review, with the opportunity for feedback from a grants officer, please submit your complete and final application via the process above by 4:00pm on January 18, 2023.