SSHRC Talent Award
The SSHRC Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, on April 1, 2023, holds a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship. The Talent Award ($50,000 value) is given to an individual who maintains academic excellence, has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization, and has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader within and/or outside the academic sector.
The Talent Award may be taken up as a fellowship to fund the recipient’s doctoral or postdoctoral research over a one-year period, or may be used, within one year of receiving the award, as a grant to support research, knowledge mobilization or other research-related activities. At least 10 per cent of the award funds must be used to promote the recipient’s research achievements.
Eligibility: A nominee must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada at the time of nomination, must be an active social sciences and humanities researcher or student, and must hold a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship on April 1, 2023.
RHSC Application Deadline: 2 February, 2023 at 4:00pm PT
Application Procedures:
Submit to the RHSC Program Assistant by the RHSC Application Deadline, the following:
- SSHRC CV
- Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information form;
- Consent to Disclosure of Nomination Content for Promotional Purposes form
- Three (3) letters of support from referees
- see the SSHRC Impact Awards web page, item 6 under Nomination Package, for reference letter requirements and letter writing guidelines for your referees.
- Career interruptions and special circumstances statement (one page maximum, optional)
Nomination Deadline: 24 February 2023 at 4:00 pm PT. Graduate programs should set an internal application deadline for their applicants several weeks before this date to select nominees for which they will prepare the nomination package.
For more information on application requirements and nomination procedures, please consult the G+PS website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/sshrc-talent-award. For questions, contact graduate.awards@ubc.ca.