2026 Storytellers winners announced

The search for a new SSHRC president is underway! See the Governor in Council appointment notice for full details. Interested candidates have until July 9 to submit their applications. 

On May 19, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Martha Piper and Janet Rossant were announced as the co-chairs of the Impact+ Research Chairs Multidisciplinary Selection Committee, responsible for reviewing Canada Impact+ Research Chairs competition applications. The committee first met in May to review applications submitted in Intake one (see application statistics for Intake 1). They will meet again at the end of August to review applications submitted in Intake 2.

The Government of Canada announced the Phase 1 results of the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards on May 28. A total of $84.3 million will be awarded to 659 international doctoral and postdoctoral researchers over three years. This is the first phase of a $133.6 million investment.

On May 13, Karim Bardeesy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, announced investments to support new and renewed Canada Research Chairs and the New Frontiers in Research Fund’s Exploration stream, which supports high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research.

The three federal research funding agencies are inviting the Canadian research community to provide feedback on proposed updates to the data deposit requirement of the Tri-agency Research Data Management Policy. The updates include additional details, clarifications and answers to frequently asked questions to help research funding recipients meet the requirement. The feedback will inform the final version of the requirement and will help shape effective research data management and stewardship practices in Canada. Participants have until July 17, 2026, to submit their feedback.

Offered by the three federal research funding agencies, and developed in consultation with Indigenous partners and communities, the Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative responds to the government’s commitment to strengthen Indigenous research capacity and support Indigenous research and research training. The supplements—previously only available to master’s students—are now also available to Indigenous students at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels. The supplements can be used for travel to northern and remote communities, honorariums for Elders, child and elder care, and more.

SSHRC, in partnership with NSERC and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, has launched the Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative Connection Grants to support knowledge mobilization in sustainable agriculture research. The grants are intended to support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives.

Canada’s three federal research funding agencies recently announced the first recipients of the Dimensions Canada grants, a tri-agency initiative that helps postsecondary institutions strengthen their equity, diversity and inclusion practices. In this inaugural competition, $1.1 million was awarded to 11 projects developed collaboratively across 28 institutions to help build a more inclusive and equitable research environment nationwide.

If you are unsure about which of the three federal research funding agencies your project should be submitted to for funding, check out the SSHRC subject matter eligibility guidelines. This is particularly helpful if your research project touches on anything health-related. The guidelines provide details on what subject matters are ineligible for SSHRC funding and which of the other two federal research funding agencies may be more appropriate to submit to.