Greetings, It is a great pleasure to announce that the University of Lethbridge is continuing its SSHRC Exchange and SSHRC Explore competitions. SSHRC provides annual grants to help eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions fund, through their own merit review processes, small-scale research and research-related activities by their faculty and post-doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities. SSHRC Explorehttps://www.ulethbridge.ca/research/grants/sshrc-explore SSHRC Explore grants support social sciences and humanities researchers with modest research funding at any stage of their career; allow for small-scale innovation and experimentation by providing funding to develop a research project or conduct pilot work; and enable researchers to hire students at any level to participate in their research projects, thereby contributing to the students’ professional development. SSHRC Explore grants are intended to support research and cannot be used to fund knowledge mobilization projects. SSHRC Explore grants cannot be used to support ongoing projects. The proposed research or related activities must be primarily in the social sciences and humanities. Value: $7,000 Duration: 12 months Deadline: July 1 Eligibility: Hold a full-time faculty appointment (tenured or tenure-track) or postdoctoral affiliation at the U of L that does not end within 12 months from the date of application. If you hold a limited-term appointment or are a postdoctoral fellow, you must maintain your affiliation for the grant period. Please note that while postdoctoral researchers may apply, their supervisor must be listed as the co-applicant and funds will be held in their supervisor’s name. Regardless of the project, applicants can only hold one of the following grants at any given time: University of Lethbridge Research Fund, SSHRC Explore, and SSHRC Exchange. Applicants are permitted, however, to hold a University of Lethbridge Travel Fundhttps://www.uleth.ca/research/travel-fund (ULTF) award concurrently with the SSHRC Explore, if travel for ULTF is unrelated to any travel expenses for the SSHRC Explore. SSHRC Exchangehttps://www.ulethbridge.ca/research/grants/sshrc-exchange SSHRC Exchange Grants support knowledge mobilization activities such as organizing workshops and seminars, publication costs, digital resource creation, exhibitions, and other knowledge mobilization activities. Stream 1 supports conference travel up to $2,000. Stream 2 supports knowledge mobilization activities up to $7,000. SSHRC Exchange grants are intended to support knowledge mobilization activities and cannot be used to fund data collection or other research initiatives. SSHRC Exchange grants cannot be used to support ongoing projects. The proposed project must be primarily in the social sciences and humanities. Value: $2,000 - $7,000 Duration: 12 months Deadline: July 1 Eligibility: Hold a full-time faculty appointment (tenured or tenure-track) or postdoctoral affiliation at the U of L that does not end within 12 months from the date of application. If you hold a limited-term appointment or are a postdoctoral fellow, you must maintain your affiliation for the grant period. Please note that while postdoctoral researchers may apply, their supervisor must be listed as the co-applicant and funds will be held in their supervisor’s name. Regardless of the project, applicants can only hold one of the following grants at any given time: University of Lethbridge Research Fund, SSHRC Explore, and SSHRC Exchange. Applicants are permitted, however, to hold a University of Lethbridge Travel Fundhttps://www.uleth.ca/research/travel-fund (ULTF) award concurrently with the SSHRC Exchange, if travel for ULTF is unrelated to any travel expenses for the SSHRC Exchange. Please note that the evaluation criteria for Exchange applications have been changed to reflect the scoring rubric for SSHRC Connection Grants. Challenge – The aim and importance of the endeavor (40%):

* originality, significance and expected contribution to the preservation of, access to and/or mobilization of research knowledge; * quality of the proposed project and the appropriateness of the approach; * quality and significance of the research being mobilized; * quality of training and mentoring to be provided to students, emerging scholars and other highly qualified personnel, and opportunities for them to contribute; and * potential for the project results to have influence and impact within and/or beyond the social sciences and humanities research community.

Feasibility – The plan to achieve excellence (30%):

* appropriateness of the proposed timeline and probability that the objectives will be met; * appropriateness of the requested budget and justification of the proposed costs;

Capability – The expertise to succeed (30%).

* quality, quantity and significance of past experience and published and/or creative outputs of the applicant relative to their roles in the event or activity and the stage of their career; * evidence of past knowledge mobilization activities (e.g., films, performances, commissioned reports, knowledge syntheses, experience in collaboration / other interactions with stakeholders, contributions to public debate and the media) and of impacts on professional practice, social services and policies, etc.; and * quality and quantity of past contributions to the training and mentoring of students, postdoctoral researchers and other highly qualified personnel.

Please contact oris.sshrc@uleth.ca should you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you, Campbell

Campbell S. Peat, PhD

Research Facilitator - Social Sciences, Humanities & Fine Arts Office of Research and Information Services (p) 403-332-4487 (e) campbell.peat2@uleth.ca

Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. The University of Lethbridge is located in Blackfoot Confederacy territory. We honour the Blackfoot people and their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Aboriginal peoples who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our University community.

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