SSHRC Insight Grant Workshop - Funding for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Excellence

1. SSHRC Insight GrantWorkshopSeptember 10, 2015Andrew Hacquoil, MAResearch Grants Officer, Research ServicesTamara Varney, PhDDepartment of Anthropology

2. Insight Grants Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for long-term research initiatives. Insight Grant applications may be submitted by an individual researcher or by a team of researchers (consisting of one applicant and one or more co-applicants and/or collaborators). Notice of Intent no longer required. Researchers involved in formal partnerships are encouraged to apply for Partnership Grants or Partnership Development Grants. For scholars interested in carrying out research in its initial stages, SSHRC also provides short-term support by way of its Insight Development Grants

3. Insight Grant

4. Insight Grant Research Team: Applicants • Applicant: At the time of application, is affiliated with Lakehead University (or another Canadian postsecondary institution). Researchers who maintain an affiliation with a Canadian postsecondary institution, but whose primary affiliation is with a non-Canadian postsecondary institution, are not eligible for applicant status within the Insight Grants funding opportunity. • Must completed any outstanding final reports from past SSHRC grants. • Postdocs must be affiliated with a Canadian eligible institution within five months of grant start date and maintain affiliation throughout the grant period • Applicants can be Emerging AND Established Scholars

5. Co-applicants and Collaborators • Co-applicants (except postdoctoral fellows/researchers and PhD students) must normally be affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution at the time of application. If they are not, they must contact SSHRC. Co-applicants on a successful application must be affiliated with an eligible institution before the grant is awarded. • Researchers who maintain an affiliation with a Canadian postsecondary institution, but whose primary affiliation is with a non-Canadian postsecondary institution, are not eligible for co-applicant status within the Insight Grants funding opportunity. • Collaborators: Any individual who will make a significant contribution to the research initiative is eligible to be a collaborator. Collaborators do not need to be affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution. No access to research funds, but some travel costs covered. New: No CV required.

6. SSHRC: Future Challenge Areas What new ways of learning, particularly in higher education, will Canadians need to thrive in an evolving society and labour market? What effects will the quest for energy and natural resources have on our society and our position on the world stage? How are the experiences and aspirations of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada essential to building a successful shared future? What might the implications of global peak population be for Canada? How can emerging technologies be leveraged to benefit Canadians? What knowledge will Canada need to thrive in an interconnected, evolving global landscape?

7. Parts of an Insight Grant Application • Identification (mandatory) • Participants (co-applicants and collaborators) • Research Activity (mandatory) • Response to Previous Critiques — maximum one page (optional) • Request for Multi/Interdisciplinary Evaluation — maximum one page • Summary of Proposal — maximum one page (mandatory) • Should address: • the challenges or issues to be addressed; • the potential contribution of the research in terms of the advancement of knowledge; and • the wider potential benefit of the research

8. Parts of an Insight Grant Application (continued) • Detailed Description — maximum six pages (mandatory) • Objectives • Context (including literature review and theoretical approach) • Methodology • address the applicable Challenge and Feasibility evaluation criteria listed under Evaluation and Adjudication in the funding opportunity description • Knowledge Mobilization Plan — maximum one page (mandatory) • plan for increasing knowledge uptake by target audiences, and anticipated outputs, outcomes and/or impacts of social sciences and humanities knowledge among various appropriate audiences or participants (academic and/or non-academic). • List of References — maximum 10 pages (mandatory)

9. Parts of an Insight Grant Application (continued) • Research Team, Previous Output and Student Training — maximum four pages (mandatory) • Description of the research team (if applicable) • Description of previous and ongoing research results • Description of proposed student training strategies • Funds Requested from SSHRC (mandatory) • Committees may consider failing a project on the Feasibility criteria if they deem that 30 per cent or more of the overall budget request is insufficiently justified and/or not appropriate to the proposed objectives or outcomes of the project. • Budget Justification — maximum two pages (mandatory) • It is important to justify your budget items as they relate to the needs of the research. • HQP costs?

10. Parts of an Insight Grant Application (continued) • Funds From Other Sources • Potential GA funds from Lakehead? • Expected Outcomes (mandatory) • Outcomes, not outputs • Environmental Impact — Appendix A • Sport Participation Research Initiative (Statement of Relevance)—maximum one page • Suggested Reviewers/ Exclusion of Potential Reviewers • SSHRC CVs (each applicant and co-applicant) – not the CCV. • Research-Creation Support Material — maximum one page

11. Assessment and Adjudication • Two groups of individuals will be involved in the evaluation of Insight Grant applications: • external assessors; and • members of the Insight Grants adjudication committees. • SSHRC will seek, but cannot guarantee, a minimum of two external assessments per application. Adjudication committees consider butare not bound by the judgments of the external assessors. • Committee members read an entire cohort of applications, along with the pertinent assessments provided by external assessors. Members, as a group, then evaluate and rank all of the proposals assigned to their committee.

12. Adjudicating Research Groups

13. Adjudication Scoring

14. Adjudication Scoring: ChallengeThe aim and importance of the endeavour (40%)

15. Adjudication Scoring: FeasibilityThe plan to achieve excellence (20%)

16. Adjudication Scoring: CapabilityThe expertise to succeed (40%)

17. Scoring Table

18. Submission Process

19. Reflections from a Recent Adjudicator of the Insight Grant Program

20. Additional Resources Tri-council resource pages: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/research-and-innovation/research-services/resources/tri-council-information-pages SSHRC Resources Page: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/research-and-innovation/research-services/resources/tri-council-information-pages/sshrc-resources List of grant writers/editors:https://www.lakeheadu.ca/research-and-innovation/research-services/resources/writing