Research Training and Talent Development

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• Goal
• Context
• Objectives
• Funding opportunities

Goal

The goal of SSHRC’s Research Training and Talent Development program is to support students and postdoctoral researchers to develop the next generation of researchers and leaders across society, within academia and across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Context

SSHRC’s Research Training and Talent Development program promotes the learning of research skills, and assists in the training of highly qualified personnel in the social sciences and humanities. Through this program, SSHRC fosters the development of talented and creative people who will become leaders across campuses and communities, and, thereby as a result, contribute to Canada’s success in the globalized 21st century.

Objectives

The objectives of the Research Training and Talent Development program are to:

• support the development of the best or most promising highly qualified personnel with social sciences and humanities research and professional skills;
• support the best or most promising social sciences and humanities students and postdoctoral researchers selected through an adjudication process;
• support students and scholars in gaining exposure to international social sciences and humanities scholarship; and
• mobilize social sciences and humanities knowledge that has the potential to lead to intellectual, cultural, social and economic influence, benefit and impact.

Funding opportunities

For undergraduate students

• Undergraduate Student Research Awards*
  *SSHRC Undergraduate Student Research Awards are exclusively to support Black students

For master’s students

• Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master’s program
• Canada Graduate Scholarships—Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

For doctoral students

• Canada Graduate Scholarships—Doctoral program  
• SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
• Canada Graduate Scholarships—Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
• Canada Graduate Scholarships to Honour Nelson Mandela

For postdoctoral researchers

• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships  

For formal partnerships

SSHRC provides funding for research, research training and knowledge mobilization carried out by new and existing formal partnerships.

• Partnership Grants (Research Training and Talent Development)