Description of SSHRC 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, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Doctoral Fellowships, Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Prizes and Special Fellowships

Program activity 1.2: Research Chairs

Sub-activities: Canada Research Chairs, 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, Major Collaborative Research Initiatives

Program activity 2.2: Targeted Research and Training Initiatives

Sub-activities: Strategic Research Grants, Strategic Joint Initiatives

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, 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, Knowledge Translation

Program activity 3.2: Research Networking

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

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

Program activity 4.1: Indirect Costs of Research

Internal Services

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