Knowledge Synthesis Grants – The Changing Nature of Security and Conflict

Sponsor’s Website

Visit the SSHRC’s website for more information on the Knowledge Synthesis Grants – The Changing Nature of Security and Conflict funding opportunity.

Internal Contacts

Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.

Deadlines

Value and Duration

Stream 1: $10,000 to $40,000 for one year
Stream 2: $10,000 to $78,000 for one year (NordForsk’s increased contribution to projects in Stream 2 (international) reflects the higher cost of doing research in Nordic countries)

Eligibility

Streams 1 (applicants affiliated with a Canadian institution)

Applications can be submitted by an individual researcher or a team of researchers (consisting of one applicant and one or more co-applicants and/or collaborators).

Stream 2 (applicants affiliated with an institution in the United Kingdom)

Applications must include two applicants (principal investigators), with one based in Canada and one based in one of the Nordic countries, as well as a co-applicant from a different Nordic country.

Multiple applications and holding multiple awards

Individuals can apply, as an applicant, for only one KSG per competition.

See SSHRC’s regulations regarding Multiple applications for grants and fellowship and scholarship awards for more information.

Specific rules for the use of grant funds

Grant funds can be used for consulting fees for expert and/or professional and technical services that contribute directly to the proposed research activities, as long as the service is not being provided by a team member or an individual whose status would make them eligible to hold a SSHRC grant.

Grant funds cannot be used to remunerate team members (applicants, co-applicants or collaborators) regardless of an individual’s eligibility to apply for grants. This includes postdoctoral fellows serving in any of these capacities.

Exception to the rule: In some cases, Indigenous team members (i.e., co-applicants, collaborators) may be compensated. For more information, see the Tri-agency guideline on remuneration for Indigenous people participating in funded projects. In such cases, the team member may not be delegated to authorize grant expenditures, and under no circumstances is the applicant eligible to be compensated from grant funds.

Grant funds cannot be used for course release time to allow an individual to engage in research activities.

Submitting Your Application

1. Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database cuResearch.
2. Submit an external application to SSHRC by following their submission guidelines.