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1: Grants and Scholarships
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 results1:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2008-09 |
Planned Spending 2009-10 |
Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
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PEOPLE | ||||
Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | 33.7 | 36.9 | 36.9 | 36.9 |
Canada Research Chairs (grants) | 59.2 | 59.2 | 59.2 | 59.2 |
RESEARCH | ||||
Investigator-Framed Research (grants) | 85.2 | 82.0 | 81.6 | 81.4 |
Targeted Research and Training Initiatives (grants) | 20.4 | 21.6 | 19.0 | 18.9 |
Strategic Research Development (grants) | 26.5 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 26.0 |
KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION | ||||
Research Communication and Interaction (grants) | 18.5 | This program activity has been split into two new program activities for 2009-10 and beyond | ||
Research Dissemination and Knowledge Translation (grants) | New program activities for 2009-10 and beyond | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
Research Networking (grants) | 12.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | |
Total grants | 243.5 | 245.3 | 238.1 | 238.2 |
Planned Evaluations 2009-10 to 2010-11 (dates indicate the fiscal year during which completion of the evaluation is expected) |
Doctoral Fellowships (2008-09) Postdoctoral Fellowships (2009-10) Prizes and Special Fellowships (2009-10) Canada Research Chairs (2009-10) Joint evaluation of Standard Research Grants program and Research Development Initiatives program (2009-10) Strategic Research Grants (2008-09; 2010-11) Strategic Joint Initiatives (2008-09; 2009-10) Initiative on the New Economy (2008-09) Social Economy Suite (2010-11) Joint evaluation of Major Collaborative Research Initiatives and Community-University Research Alliances (2010-11) Joint evaluation of SSHRC Institutional Grants and Aid to Small Universities programs (2010-11) Other Strategic Research Development (2008-09; 2009-10) International Opportunities Fund (2009-10) Evaluation of SSHRC’s participation in BOREAS (2009-10) Umbrella evaluation of Knowledge Mobilization programs (2010-11) |
1. As presented in SSHRC, SSHRC Performance Measurement Framework, Ottawa, April 2008.
2: Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS)
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 results2:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2008-09 |
Planned Spending 2009-10 |
Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | 67.8 | 68.2 | 68.2 | 68.2 |
Total grants | 67.8 | 68.2 | 68.2 | 68.2 |
Planned Evaluations |
A tri-agency evaluation of the Canada Graduate Scholarships program was completed in 2008-09 |
2. As presented in SSHRC, The Canada Graduate Scholarship Program Results-Based Management and Accountability Framework, Ottawa, June 2003.
3: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
People: A first-class research capacity in the social sciences and humanities
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (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 results3:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2008-09 |
Planned Spending 2009-10 |
Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes (grants) | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 8.3 |
Total grants | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 8.3 |
Planned Evaluations |
The evaluation of the Vanier Scholarships program will be launched in its fourth year (2012) |
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
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 granting agencies. Grants are awarded to eligible institutions using a progressive funding formula based on the average revenues from research grants received from CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC
Expected results4:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2008-09 |
Planned Spending 2009-10 |
Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Indirect Costs of Research (grants) | 328.3 | 329.1 | 329.1 | 329.1 |
Total grants | 328.3 | 329.1 | 329.1 | 329.1 |
Planned Evaluations |
An evaluation of the Indirect Costs of Research program has been completed in 2008-09 |
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.
5. Networks of Centres of Excellence
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 granting agencies in partnership with Industry Canada. It supports research in complex areas of critical importance to Canadian universities and hospitals in partnership with private and public sectors. The networks funded through this program are multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral partnerships that stimulate leading-edge, internationally competitive research in areas critical to Canadian economic and social development
Expected results5:
Program Activity ($ millions) |
Forecast Spending 2008-09 |
Planned Spending 2009-10 |
Planned Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
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Research Communication and Interaction (grants) | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Research Networking* (grants) | * New program activity for 2009-10 and beyond | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
Total grants |
11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
Planned Evaluations | An evaluation of the Networks of Centres of Excellence program was completed in 2007, and another will be completed in 2009-10 |
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.