Brock SSHRC Institutional Grant (BSIG)

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) provides Brock University with annual block grants under the SSHRC Institutional Grants program to help the University develop and maintain a solid base of research and research-related activities in the SSHRC-supported disciplines. This grant has enabled Brock to establish an internal research seed grant competition.

 All tenure and tenure-track Brock University faculty members in the disciplines supported by SSHRC are eligible. Applications by Limited Term Appointment staff will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Sessional instructors, professors emeriti, research associates, post-doctoral fellows, adjunct professors and students are not eligible. 

• Subvention for scholarly books published by reputable scholarly presses
  Max. award $1,500
• Manuscript preparation grants
  Max. award $1,500
• Seeding peer review journals – created or edited at Brock University
  Max. award $2,000 annually
  Max. term of award: 3 years
• Travel to international scholarly conferences (outside Canada, Mexico and U.S.A.)
  Max. award: $1,000
• Occasional scholarly conferences and scholarly workshops to be held at Brock
  Max. award: $5,000