Funding, News and Announcements

The joint initiative through SSHRC and Agriculture and Agri Food Canada (AAFC) aims to establish a research network to enhance social sciences and humanities research capacity in universities, private, public and not-for-profit sectors, and in communities to fill knowledge gaps and expand the discourse for effective decision making on agri-environmental investments and actions. 

The objective of the research network is to support knowledge mobilization innovative research, partnership and training activities on the social and socio-economic impacts of policy actions in agriculture pertaining to net-zero, behavioural and societal influences on agricultural practices, and inform approaches to scale up adoption of practices that support Canada’s environment and climate goals. 

The award is valued up to $300,000 for the first two years, up to $400,000 for the third and fourth years, followed by up to $600,000 for the last year for an overall total maximum of $2 million over five years.

For more information, please visit SSHRC's website.

Contacts

ORS contact: sydney.dale-mcgrath@dal.ca
SSHRC contact: partnershipsgrants@sshrc-crsh.gc.c

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Interested faculty members are asked to submit their applications for internal review to the grants facilitator for your faculty by October 4, 2023 at 4:30pm AT

Funder Deadline: October 20, 2023 at 9:00pm AT