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Supplementary Information (Tables)
Strategic Outcomes:
Name of transfer payment program: Grants and Scholarships (voted)
Start date: 1978
End date: No end date
Description: This transfer payment program consists of grants and scholarships awarded for research, research training, and research dissemination activities in the social sciences and humanities.
Expected results1:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2009-10 | Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 | Planned Spending 2012-13 |
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PEOPLE | ||||
Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | $36.1 | $35.3 | $34.8 | $34.8 |
Research Chairs (grants) | $59.1 | $59.2 | $59.2 | $59.2 |
RESEARCH | ||||
Investigator-Framed Research (grants) | $81.4 | $78.8 | $77.1 | $77.1 |
Targeted Research and Training Initiatives (grants) | $21.6 | $18.4 | $17.8 | $16.8 |
Strategic Research Development (grants) | $26.0 | $25.6 | $25.2 | $25.2 |
KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION | ||||
Research Dissemination and Knowledge Translation (grants) | $7.5 | $6.9 | $7.3 | $7.3 |
Research Networking (grants) | $8.2 | $8.2 | $8.2 | $8.2 |
Total Grants | $239.9 | $232.4 | $229.6 | $228.6 |
Summary of the Three-Year Plan |
1. As presented in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's (SSHRC) revised Performance Measurement Framework, 2009.
Strategic Outcome:
People: A first-class research capacity in the social sciences and humanities
Name of transfer payment program: Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) (voted)
Start date: 2003
End date: No end date
Description: This transfer payment program supports 1,300 doctoral students and 1,300 master's students in the social sciences and humanities.
Expected results2:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2009-10 | Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 | Planned Spending 2012-13 |
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Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | $76.0 | $76.0 | $72.5 | $69.0 |
Total Grants | $76.0 | $76.0 | $72.5 | $69.0 |
Summary of the Three-Year Plan |
2. As presented in SSHRC, The Canada Graduate Scholarship Program Results-Based Management and Accountability Framework, Ottawa, June 2003.
Strategic Outcome:
People: A first-class research capacity in the social sciences and humanities
Name of transfer payment program: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) (voted)
Start date: 2008
End date: No end date
Description: SSHRC's portion of this tri-agency class grant transfer payment program provides financial support to Canadian and international students who have achieved outstanding success in their studies and will pursue a doctoral program at a Canadian university in an area of the social sciences and humanities.
Expected results3:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2009-10 | Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 | Planned Spending 2012-13 |
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Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | $2.8 | $5.5 | $8.3 | $8.3 |
Total Grants | $2.8 | $5.5 | $8.3 | $8.3 |
Summary of the Three-Year Plan |
3. As presented in Class Grant Terms and Conditions for the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program, approved by Treasury Board in July 2008.
Strategic Outcome:
Institutional Environment: A strong Canadian science and research environment
Name of transfer payment program: Indirect Costs of Research (voted)
Start date: 2003
End date: No end date
Description: This transfer payment program supports a portion of the indirect costs associated with the conduct of academic research in institutions that receive research grant funds from any of the three federal granting agencies. Grants are awarded to eligible institutions using a progressive funding formula based on the average revenues from research grants received from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and SSHRC.
Expected results4:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2009-10 | Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 | Planned Spending 2012-13 |
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Indirect Costs of Research (grants) | $324.6 | $322.1 | $314.4 | $314.4 |
Total Grants | $324.6 | $322.1 | $314.4 | $314.4 |
Summary of the Three-Year Plan |
4. As presented in SSHRC, Grants Program to Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions to Defray a Portion of the Indirect Costs of Federally Supported Research at Colleges, Universities and their Affiliated Research Hospitals and Institutes Results-based Management and Accountability Framework and Risk-based Audit Framework, Ottawa, June 2003. Note that the outcomes itemized above are considered "immediate." Longer-term and more general benefits for institutions and Canadians are also listed. These include economic and societal benefits such as job creation and improved quality of life for Canadians. Improved research excellence and capacity are also a long-term goal of the program.
Strategic Outcome:
Knowledge Mobilization: Facilitating the use of social sciences and humanities knowledge within and beyond academia
Name of transfer payment program: Networks of Centres of Excellence
Start date: 1997
End date: No end date
Description: This federal class grants transfer payment program is administered jointly by the three federal granting agencies in partnership with Industry Canada. It supports research in complex areas of critical importance to Canadian universities and hospitals in partnership with the private and public sectors. The networks funded through this program are multidisciplinary and multisectoral partnerships that stimulate leading-edge, internationally competitive research in areas critical to Canadian economic and social development.
Expected results5:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2009-10 | Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 | Planned Spending 2012-13 |
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Research Networking (grants) | $11.8 | $11.8 | $11.8 | $11.3 |
Total Grants | $11.8 | $11.8 | $$11.8 | $11.3 |
Summary of the Three-Year Plan |
5. As presented in Class Grant Terms and Conditions for the Networks of Centres of Excellence Program administered jointly by NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC in partnership with Industry Canada, approved by Treasury Board in 2008. Note that these results are listed as outcomes anticipated for the award period. Intermediate and long-term outcomes are also listed. These include the development of a pool of highly qualified personnel in areas essential to Canadian economic and social development, and an increase in Canada's international visibility and reputation.
All upcoming internal audits over the next three fiscal years.
Name of Internal Audit | Internal Audit Type | Status | Expected Completion Date |
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Grant and Fellowship Budget Process Review | Advisory | Completed | September 2009 |
Audit of Information Management | Assurance | In progress | June 2010 |
Audit of the Enterprise Awards Management System | Assurance | In progress | February 2010 |
Audit of Management of Human Resources | Assurance | Planned | September 2010 |
All upcoming evaluations over the next three fiscal years.
Name of Evaluation | Program Type |
Status | Expected Completion Date |
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Summative Evaluation of the Canada Graduate Scholarships Program | Transfer payment | Planned | 2012-13 |
Summative Evaluation of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program | Transfer payment | Planned | 2012-13 |
Summative Evaluation of the Postdoctoral Fellowships Program | Transfer payment | In progress | 2010-11 |
Summative Evaluation of the Prizes and Special Fellowships Programs | Transfer payment | Planned | 2010-11 |
Summative Evaluation of the Canada Research Chairs Program | Transfer payment | In progress | 2010-11 |
Evaluation of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program | Transfer payment | Planned | 2012-13 |
Summative Evaluation of the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program | Transfer payment | Planned | 2011-12 |
Summative Evaluation of Strategic Research Grants Programs | Transfer payment | Planned | 2011-12 |
Summative Evaluation of the Social Economy Suite | Transfer payment | Planned | 2010-11 |
Summative Evaluation of the Community-University Research Alliances Program | Transfer payment | Planned | 2011-12 |
Summative Evaluation of the SSHRC Institutional Grants Program | Transfer payment | In progress | 2010-11 |
Summative Evaluation of the Aid to Small Universities Program | Transfer payment | In progress | 2010-11 |
Summative Evaluation of the Other Strategic Research Development Programs | Transfer payment | Planned | 2010-11 |
Summative Evaluation of the Research Publishing Programs | Transfer payment | Planned | 2010-11 |
Summative Evaluation of the International Opportunities Fund Program | Transfer payment | In progress | 2010-11 |
Summative Evaluation of the Knowledge Translation Programs | Transfer payment | Planned | 2011-12 |
Summative Evaluation of the Research Events Programs | Transfer payment | Planned | 2010-11 |
Review of the Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence Program | Transfer payment | In progress | 2011-12 |
Review of the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research Program | Transfer payment | Planned | 2011-12 |
Summative Evaluation of the Industrial Research and Development Internship | Transfer payment | Planned | 2011-12 |
Summative Evaluation of the College and Community Innovation Program | Transfer payment | Planned | 2012-13 |
Summative Evaluation of the Strategic Knowledge Clusters Program | Transfer payment | Planned | 2011-12 |
Summative Evaluation of Funding in the Theme Area of Management, Business and Finance | Transfer payment | Planned | 2011-12 |
Summative Evaluation of Funding in the Theme Area of Canadian Environmental Issues | Transfer payment | Planned | 2012-13 |
Summative Evaluation of Funding in the Theme Area of Northern Communities: Towards Social and Economic Prosperity | Transfer payment | Planned | 2012-13 |
The information provided above is drawn from SSHRC's evaluation plan, available online. The plan is subject to change.
($ millions) | Forecast Revenue 2009-10 | Planned Revenue 2010-11 |
Planned Revenue 2011-12 | Planned Revenue 2012-13 |
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Refunds of previous years' expenditures | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Total Non-Respendable Revenue | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |