The Government of Canada recently announced an investment of $95.3 million through Lab to Market grants—a collaboration among the federal research funding agencies—to support four networks aimed at fostering the development of entrepreneurship skills and commercialization capacity across the academic community.

Members of the University of Ottawa’s Metaresearch and Open Science Program, the Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s Research Intelligence Expert Group and the three federal research funding agencies have made available a preprint of a cross-sectional study mapping Canadian research data management strategies.

Nominations are now being accepted for SSHRC’s prestigious Impact Awards for 2025. The Impact Awards are the highest honours bestowed by SSHRC and include awards in Talent, Insight, Connection and Partnership categories, as well as the Gold Medal. Submissions close April 1, 2025.

Submissions for SSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge in 2025 have now closed. We received 161 submissions! We wish to thank all postsecondary students across Canada who shared their stories of how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives and future for the better. We are excited to work with a team of research communications experts to adjudicate the submissions and announce 20 Finalists in the coming months!