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This program provides support to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the form of fellowships, and to researchers in postsecondary institutions in the form of grants that cover salary and the direct costs of research. This program is necessary in order to attract, retain and develop talent in the social sciences and humanities, to cultivate leaders within academia and across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, and to build centres of world-class research excellence at Canadian postsecondary institutions. The program brands Canada as a top destination for research and research training.
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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178.1 | 178.1 | 178.1 |
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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40 | 40 | 40 |
Program Activity Expected Results | Performance Indicators | Targets |
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SSHRC-funded scholarship and fellowship recipients are employed in positions of leadership, research, management, etc. in Canada and internationally | Employment rates of SSHRC-funded scholarship and fellowship recipients by degree and sector | 85 per cent Master's, 85 per cent Doctoral, 90 per cent Postdoctoral by 2014-15 |
Canada builds research excellence and research capacity by attracting, developing and retaining world-class social sciences and humanities researchers in Canadian institutions | Proportion of social sciences and humanities Chairs awarded to Canadian, returning expatriate, and foreign candidates | 75 per cent Canadians, 12.5 per cent expatriates, 25 per cent foreigners by 2012-13 |
Proportion of SSHRC Talent-funded researchers receiving Canadian and/or international recognition or prizes | 5 per cent by 2017-18 |
This program provides grants to support research in the social sciences and humanities conducted by scholars and researchers working as individuals, in teams and in formal partnerships among the academic, public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors and to support the building of institutional research capacity. This program is necessary to build knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world, as well as to inform the search for solutions to societal challenges.
The objectives of the program are to build knowledge and understanding from disciplinary, interdisciplinary and/or cross-sector perspectives; support new approaches to research on complex and important topics; provide a high-quality research training experience for students; mobilize research knowledge to and from academic and non-academic audiences; and build institutional research capacity. Research supported by the program has the potential to lead to intellectual, cultural, social and economic influence, benefit and impact, and increased institutional research capacity. International research initiatives that offer outstanding opportunities to advance Canadian research are encouraged. Partnerships can include both Canadian and international partners from academic institutions and Canadian partners from public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors.
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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130.1 | 130.1 | 130.1 |
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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37 | 37 | 37 |
Program Activity Expected Results | Performance Indicators | Targets |
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SSHRC funds excellent social sciences and humanities researchers/new scholars | Number of research projects cited for Canadian and/or international recognition or prizes | 100 by 2012-13 |
Creation of new/enhanced research knowledge | Average number of research contributions per grant (e.g., peer-reviewed articles, presentations, speeches) | 14 by 2012-13 |
Additional funding is leveraged to advance research, build capacity and increase intersectoral understanding among partners | Ratio of actual financial contributions leveraged from formal Partnerships grants compared to SSHRC funding | 0:35:1 ($) by 2012-13 |
This program provides funding (grants and operational) to support the multidirectional flow, exchange and co-creation of knowledge in the social sciences and humanities among researchers and diverse groups of policy-makers, business leaders, community groups, educators and the media working as individuals, in teams, in formal partnerships and in networks. This program is necessary to help stimulate leading-edge, internationally competitive research in areas critical to Canada, build multisectoral partnerships and accelerate the use of multidisciplinary research results by organizations that can harness them for Canadian economic and social development. The program increases the availability and use of social sciences and humanities research knowledge among academic and non-academic audiences; supports the building of reciprocal relationships, networks and tools designed to facilitate scholarly work; and makes such networks and tools more accessible to non-academic audiences. The funding opportunities offered in this program are intended to complement activities funded through the Talent and Insight programs.
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 |
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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14 | 14 | 14 |
Program Activity Expected Results | Performance Indicators | Targets |
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Partners and researchers benefit from linkages and mobilizing knowledge within and across their respective sectors |
Proportion of researchers and partners indicating their partnership to be “quite successful” (≥4 on a 5-point scale) |
60 per cent by 2012-13 |
Additional funding is leveraged to mobilize knowledge in social sciences and humanities |
Ratio of actual financial contributions leveraged from Connection grants compared to SSHRC funding | 0:35:1 ($) by 2012-13 |
This program provides support to institutions in the form of grants in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health. This program is necessary to build institutional capacity for the conduct of research and research-related activities to maximize the investment of publicly funded academic research. This program helps to offset the central and departmental administrative costs that institutions incur in supporting research, which are not attributable to specific research projects, such as lighting and heating, maintenance of libraries, laboratories and research networking spaces, or for the technical support required for an institution's website or library computer system, ultimately helping researchers concentrate on cutting-edge discoveries and scholarship excellence, and ensuring that federally funded research projects are conducted in world-class facilities with the best equipment and administrative support available. The program is administered by the SSHRC-hosted Canada Research Chairs Secretariat on behalf of the three research granting agencies.
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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332.8 | 332.8 | 332.8 |
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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4 | 4 | 4 |
Program Activity Expected Results | Performance Indicators | Targets |
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Universities and colleges have the necessary resources to host world-class research and enable knowledge mobilization |
Proportion of institutions reporting maintained or
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80 per cent by 2017-18 |
Internal Services provide support to the organization as whole in the form of operation and maintenance funds. They are necessary to support the delivery of programs and other corporate obligations. Internal Services include activities such as resource management, governance and asset management that apply across the organization, rather than those that support a specific program.
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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16.6 | 16.6 | 16.6 |
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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105 | 105 | 105 |
Program Activity Expected Results | Performance Indicators | Targets |
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Effective management frameworks (policies, |
Treasury Board Secretariat’s Management Accountability Framework (MAF) rating for the Area of Management # 3—Effectiveness of the Corporate Management Structure |
“Acceptable” MAF rating in 2013 |
MAF rating for the Area of Management # 12—Effectiveness of Information Management |
“Acceptable” MAF rating in 2013 |
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MAF rating for the Area of Management # 17—Effectiveness of Financial Management and Control |
“Acceptable” MAF rating in 2013 |