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Supplementary Information (Tables)
1. Grants and Scholarships
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 results:1
Program Activity | Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
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PEOPLE | ||||
Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | 36.9 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 |
Research Chairs (grants) | 59.1 | 59.2 | 59.2 | 59.2 |
RESEARCH | ||||
Investigator-Framed Research (grants) | 78.8 | 84.4 | 84.1 | 84.1 |
Targeted Research and Training Initiatives (grants) | 18.7 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
Strategic Research Development (grants) | 28.5 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 30.1 |
KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION | ||||
Research Dissemination and Knowledge Translation (grants) | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
Research Networking (grants) | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
Total Grants | 237.1 | 235.7 | 234.7 | 234.7 |
Summary of the Three-Year Plan |
1. As presented in SSHRC’s revised Performance Measurement Framework, 2010.
2. Canada Graduate Scholarships
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 results:2
Program Activity | Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
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Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | 76.0 | 72.5 | 69.0 | 69.0 |
Total Grants | 76.0 | 72.5 | 69.0 | 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.
3. Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
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 results:3
Program Activity | Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
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Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | 5.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
Total Grants | 5.5 | 8.3 | 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.
4. Indirect Costs of Research
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 research 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 results:4
Program Activity | Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
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Indirect Costs of Research (grants) | 329.3 | 322.4 | 322.4 | 322.4 |
Total Grants | 329.3 | 322.4 | 322.4 | 322.4 |
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.
5. Networks of Centres of Excellence
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 research 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 results:5
Program Activity | Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
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Research Networking (grants) | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
Total Grants | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 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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Audit of Corporate Information Management | Information Management | In progress | April 2011 |
Audit of Corporate Governance in SSHRC | Governance | Planned | June 2011 |
Audit of Integrated Business Planning in SSHRC | Business Planning | Planned | September 2011 |
In 2008-09, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) completed a merger of their internal audit units, creating a shared Corporate Internal Audit Division (CIAD). In 2009, CIAD developed SSHRC’s 2009-10 Risk-Based Audit Plan (RBAP). The audits mentioned above reflect the current planned audits. In late 2010, CIAD began developing SSHRC’s multiyear RBAP based on information gleaned from the recently completed corporate risk profile. This RBAP is tentatively slated for completion in March 2011, covering fiscal years 2011-12 to 2014-15. Since the RBAP is still in its developmental stage, audit plans for 2012 and beyond will be updated in the 2012-13 Report on Plans and Priorities.
Electronic Link to Internal Audit Plan
SSHRC internal audits
Audit of the Enterprise Management System (EAMS) Project
Name of Evaluation and Link to Report | Program Activity | Status | Expected Completion Date |
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Evaluation of Prizes and Special Fellowships | 1.1 Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes | In progress | July 2011-12 |
Evaluation of the Postdoctoral Fellowships Program | 1.1 Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes | In progress | January 2011-12 |
Evaluation of Strategic Knowledge Clusters | 3.2 Research Networking | Pending | April 2012 |
Evaluation of the Canada Graduate Scholarships Program | 1.1 Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes | Pending | December 2012 |
Evaluation of the Georges Philias Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program | 1.1 Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes | Pending | December 2012 |
Evaluation of the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research | 3.2 Research Networking | Pending | March 2012 |
Evaluation of Canada Excellence Research Chairs | 1.2 Research Chairs | Pending | April 2013 |
Evaluation of Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence | 3.2 Research Networking | Pending | March 2014 |
Evaluation of Networks of Centres of Excellence | 3.2 Research Networking | Pending | March 2014 |
Evaluation of Indirect Costs Program | 4.1 Indirect Costs of Research | Pending | January 2014 |
Evaluation of College and Community Innovation | 3.2 Research Networking | Pending | March 2013 |
All evaluation reports are or will be posted in the Publications section of SSHRC's website.
Electronic Link to Evaluation Plan
SSHRC’s Evaluation Plan is posted on SSHRC's website.