SSHRC Graduate Scholarships
Quick Facts
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) provides financial support to outstanding eligible students pursuing master's or doctoral studies in a Canadian university in social sciences or humanities.
Graduate program deadlines vary from mid-September to early October
Eligibility
Complete eligibility criteria are available on the SSHRC website.
Potential applicants should also be sure that they are submitting their application to the most appropriate of the three federal funding agencies (CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC). If applicants are unsure whether they should submit their application to CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC, they should send a half-page summary of their intended research proposal to one of the agencies and ask the agency to confirm if they are eligible to apply to that agency. Applicants are advised to err on the side of caution, and ask the funding agency for an assessment rather than guess or assume incorrectly.
Evaluation Criteria
Complete evaluation criteria are available on the SSHRC website.
Procedures
Depending on their status at the time of application, applicants submit their application materials through a Canadian university or directly to SSHRC. Applicants must review the "Application Process" section for the appropriate funding program on the SSHRC website to determine where they are to submit their application materials. Please note that if applications materials are submitted to the wrong institution, the application will be withdrawn from the competition.
Applicants who are to submit their application to UBC must submit a complete application package to their UBC graduate program by the graduate program's deadline (generally mid-September to early October - confirm with the graduate program).
Graduate programs review and rank the applications they receive, and forward their top applicants to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Nominations must be submitted by graduate programs to the Faculty of Graduate Studies by 4:00pm on Friday 14 October 2011.
Applications for Master’s funding and doctoral funding are ranked separately throughout the adjudication process. SSHRC award applications are first reviewed and ranked by the applicant's UBC graduate program. The graduate program forwards its top-ranked applicants to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, which oversees a university-wide adjudication of all nominated applications. Adjudication committees composed of UBC faculty members review and rank nominated applications and select which applications will be forwarded to the national competition. UBC's nominees are forwarded to SSHRC, which oversees a nation-wide competition that selects which SSHRC applications will be funded.
Further Information
- For further information, please consult the SSHRC website.
- SSHRC is offering a number of webinars for applicants. Details are available on the Workshops and Presentations page.
