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APPENDIX A: SNAPSHOT OF SSHRC COMPETITIONS IN 2007-08
1 In February 2008, the program was renamed the Aid to Scholarly Journals program.
2 Researchers are considered new scholars if it has been up to a maximum of five years since they completed their highest degree.
3 OECD (2002). Proposed standard practice for surveys on research and experimental development, (Frascati Manual), OECD, Paris.
4 Canada Research Chairs are allocated roughly in proportion to the level of funding provided to each discipline area by the granting agencies. Approximately 22 per cent of Canada Research Chairs are in the social sciences and humanities disciplines.
5. This excludes the Indirect Costs program, which SSHRC administers on behalf of all three federal granting agencies.
6 It is unlikely that the full complement of 2,000 Chairs will ever be filled in its entirety at any given time. This is due to the natural dynamism of the program, as chairholders retire and universities are in the process of submitting new nominations.
7 Source: OECD 2006, Observatoire des sciences et technologies 2007.
8 Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 71F0004XCB; cited in a draft report commissioned by SSHRC, The Economic Role and Influence of the Social Sciences and Humanities: A Conjecture; March 2008; The Impact Group.
9 Evaluation Report of the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Pilot program, Natalie Kischuk Recherche et Évaluation inc., July 21, 2008.
10 This includes expenditures from the start date of active Joint Initiatives up to March 31, 2008.
11 In February 2008, the program was renamed the Aid to Scholarly Journals program.
12 Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding.
13 Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding.