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