Partnership Development Grants
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
One-to-three-year grants to develop partnered research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including building the relationships and infrastructure a larger partnership would need.
- Indicative award
- $75k–$250k (total award)Canadian dollars as published for 2026: $75,000 to $250,000 over 1 to 3 years. The 2024 and 2025 ceiling was $200,000.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · NovPublished deadline: 2026-11-16 — 93 days awayAnnual November competition. The page lists November 16, 2026 (8:00 p.m. eastern), following November 17, 2025 and November 15, 2024.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Held at a Canadian postsecondary institution eligible to administer SSHRC funds; the application structure requires named partner organisations alongside an applicant, co-directors, co-applicants and collaborators. Detailed criteria sit in the competition instructions.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- research partnerships · capacity building · collaborative research
- Apply at
- https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/partnership-development-grants.aspx
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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