SSHRC Exchange Grant: Knowledge Mobilization

Description

Definition of Knowledge Mobilization (KM)

Although there are several accepted definitions of “knowledge mobilization”, the one governing this grant is SSHRC’s: an “umbrella term encompassing a wide range of activities relating to the production and use of research results, including knowledge synthesis, dissemination, transfer, exchange, and co-creation or co-production by researchers and knowledge users.” (see SSHRC Guidelines for Effective Knowledge Mobilization).

Examples of KM activities include, but are not limited to:

• Workshops, seminars, conferences, media events, public debates, town hall meetings
• Stakeholder consultations or meetings to develop research agenda or grant proposals
• Digital resource creation (infographic, video, toolkit, website, database)
• Policy briefs, scoping reviews
• Artistic exhibits, performances or festivals

Source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Institutional Grant (SIG)

Value: Up to $5,000 per application

Duration: Maximum of 12 months from Start Date

Deadlines, Important Notes and Documents

Application Deadline: May 1, 2026

Funding Start Date: June 1, 2026

Notes:

• This grant does not support research related activities (as per SIG)
• The cuResearch Approval Form must be fully approved by all signing authorities by the application deadline date.
• Late applications will not be accepted
• Incomplete applications will not be accepted
• Ineligible costs will be debited from the amount requested
• Proposals related to ineligible subject matter will not be accepted
• No extensions will be granted
• Expenses prior to the start date cannot be charged to the fund.

Documents:

• Guidelines
• Application
• Terms and Conditions

Eligibility

Applicants (applicable to both PI and Co-PI)

• An eligible applicant must be a faculty member whose contractual duties include research AND hold a tenured or tenure-track appointment at Carleton.
• Previous recipients of a CU SSHRC Exchange KM Grant must wait 3 years after the completion of their grant term and have submitted the corresponding final report prior to being eligible to apply again. 

Subject Matter

• The subject matter of the proposal must be consistent with SSHRC’s mandate. (Please see Subject Matter Eligibility for more information)
• It is expected that this funding will be used for knowledge mobilization connected to:
  • Knowledge mobilization connected to a recently completed SSHRC award, with activities undertaken during the award period; or
  • Establishing a new project for a future SSHRC application to be submitted no later than at the end of the award period.

Expenses

• Expenses must be eligible under Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration and the Research Expense Guidelines,  and Carleton University policies, and can include but are not limited to the following:
  • Stipends to students and postdoctoral fellows
  • Salaries of technical and professional staff
  • Speaker travel and accommodations
  • Materials, supplies and services, including technical services
  • Rental of equipment and space (e.g. for workshops, meetings)
  • Open access publication costs
• Expenses that are NOT eligible include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Research activities (e.g. field work, clinical trials, data gathering, etc.)
  • Teaching Release
  • Collection or preparation of material primarily intended for personal classroom needs or teaching purposes
  • Purchase of equipment
  • Technology transfer costs (e.g. patent filing)
  • Alcoholic beverages

Evaluation Criteria

1. Challenge—The aim and importance of the endeavour (40%):
   • originality, significance and expected contribution to the preservation of, access to and/or mobilization of research knowledge;
   • quality of the proposed project and 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 within the time constraints of this short-term and limited amount of funding; and
   • potential for the project results to have influence and impact within and/or beyond the social sciences and humanities research community.
2. 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 proposed costs; and
   • indications of other planned resources including leveraging of cash and in-kind support from other sources.
3. Capability—The expertise to succeed (30%):
   • quality, quantity and significance of past experience and published and/or creative outputs of the applicant / project director and any co-applicants 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.

APPLICATION PROCESS

1. Download and complete the Carleton University – SSHRC Exchange Program Knowledge Mobilization (KB) Grant Application Form
2. Save the application form with attachments in a SINGLE pdf file using the naming convention PIlastname.PIfirstname_cuSSHRC_Exchange.pdf
3. Login to the cuResearch portal
4. Create and complete all fields of the Approval Form. Sponsor information is included below:
   • Start Date: June 1, 202
   • End date: May 31, 2025
   • Agency abbreviation: CORIS
   • Program: SSHRC Exchange
   • Disbursement: amount requested
   • Attachments Tab: Upload your completed application packag
   • SUBMIT

CONTACT INFORMATION coris@carleton.ca.

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