Description of Strategic Outcomes and Program Activity Architecture

This figure describes SSHRC’s four strategic outcomes and nine program activities, and breaks them down into sub-activities and sub-sub-activities.

Strategic Outcome 1.0: People—A first-class research capacity in the social sciences and humanities

Program activity 1.1: Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes

Sub-activities: Canada Graduate Scholarships, Georges Philias Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Doctoral Fellowships, Postdoctoral Fellowships, and Prizes and Special Fellowships

Program activity 1.2: Canada Research Chairs

Sub-activities: Canada Research Chairs, and Canada Excellence Research Chairs

Strategic Outcome 2.0: Research—New knowledge based on excellent research in the social sciences and humanities

Program activity 2.1: Investigator-Framed Research

Sub-activities: Standard Research Grants, and Major Collaborative Research Initiatives

Program activity 2.2: Targeted Research and Training Initiatives

Sub-activities: Strategic Research Grants, Strategic Joint Initiatives, and Social Economy Suite

Program activity 2.3: Strategic Research Development

Sub-activities: Research Development Initiatives, Community-University Research Alliances, SSHRC Institutional Grants, Aid to Small Universities, Other Strategic Research Development, and International Opportunities Fund

Strategic Outcome 3.0: Knowledge Mobilization—Facilitating the use of social sciences and humanities knowledge within and beyond academia

Program activity 3.1: Research Dissemination and Knowledge Translation

Sub-activities: Research Publishing, and Knowledge Translation

Program activity 3.2: Research Networking

Sub-activities: Research Events, Networks of Centres of Excellence, and Strategic Knowledge Clusters

Strategic Outcome 4.0: Institutional Environment—A strong Canadian science and research environment

Program activity 4.1: Indirect Costs of Research

Program activity 5.1: Internal Services

Sub-activities: Governance and Management Support, Resource Management Services, and Asset Management Services