Partnership Grants
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Large multi-year support for new and existing formal partnerships advancing research, research training and knowledge mobilization. Two-stage: a letter-of-intent stage, then a full application.
- Indicative award
- $20k–$2.5M (total award)Canadian dollars. Stage 1 (letter of intent) is up to $20,000 to $30,000 depending on the year; Stage 2 is up to $2.5 million over 4 to 7 years.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Feb, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-29 — 31 days awayAnnual two-stage cycle. The published 2026 dates are Stage 1 on February 10, 2026 (passed) and Stage 2 on October 29, 2026, both 8:00 p.m. eastern. The October date is only reachable by teams that cleared Stage 1.
- Who can apply
- Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Held at a Canadian postsecondary institution eligible to administer SSHRC funds, with formal partner organisations. Stage 2 is open only to applicants successful at Stage 1, so a first-time applicant must enter at the February Stage 1 deadline.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- formal research partnerships · research training · knowledge mobilization
- Apply at
- https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/partnership-grants.aspx
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
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