This figure describes SSHRC’s four strategic outcomes and nine program activities, and breaks them down into sub-activities and sub-sub-activities.
Strategic Outcome 1.0 People—A first-class research capacity in the social sciences and humanities
Program activity 1.1: Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes
Sub-activities: Canada Graduate Scholarships, Doctoral Fellowships, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Prizes and Special Fellowships
Program activity 1.2: Canada Research Chairs
Sub-activity: Canada Research Chairs
Strategic Outcome 2.0 Research—New knowledge based on excellent research in the social sciences and humanities
Program activity 2.1: Investigator-Framed Research
Sub-activities: Standard Research Grants, Major Collaborative Research Initiatives
Program activity 2.2: Targeted Research and Training Initiatives
Sub-activities: Strategic Research Grants, Strategic Joint Initiatives, Social Economy Suite
Program activity 2.3: Strategic Research Development
Sub-activities: Research Development Initiatives, Community-University Research Alliances, SSHRC Institutional Grants, Aid to Small Universities, Other Strategic Research Development, International Opportunities Fund, BOREAS: Histories from the North—Environment, Movements, Narratives
Strategic Outcome 3.0 Knowledge Mobilization—Facilitating the use of social sciences and humanities knowledge within and beyond academia
Program activity 3.1: Research Dissemination and Knowledge Translation
Sub-activities: Research Publishing, Knowledge Translation
Program activity 3.2: Research Networking
Sub-activities: Research Events, Networks of Centres of Excellence, Strategic Knowledge Clusters.
Strategic Outcome 4.0 Institutional Environment—A strong Canadian science and research environment
Program activity 4.1: Indirect Costs of Research
Sub-activity: Indirect Costs of Research Program
Program activity 5.1: Internal Services
Sub-activities: Governance and Management Support, Resource Management Services, Asset Management Services