Date/Time
Date(s) - 31/03/2025
12:00 am - 4:30 pm

Deadline Date: March 31, 2025, at 4:30 pm

Applications are now being accepted for the Arts Research Board (ARB) Spring 2024 SSHRC Exchange – Conference Attendance & Representational Activities Grants competition.

 

The objectives of ARB SSHRC Exchange – Conference Attendance & Representational Activities Grants are to support the applicant’s participation in national and international conferences of major scholarly significance, as well as representational activities for scholars who hold executive office in scholarly organizations thereby contributing to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business and the enhancement of the stature of the participant and the University.  Presenting a major exhibition of work at a national or international conference will also be supported but funding will be at the discretion of the Faculty Conference Sub-Committee.

 

Award Value: The maximum allowable ARB SSHRC Exchange – Conference Attendance and Representational Activities Grant is $4,000. Please note, researchers who submit multiple conference grant applications to the same competition, or who submit a conference grant application to more than one competition within two fiscal years (April 1 to March 31), will be awarded a maximum of $4,000 over the two-year period.

 

Eligibility

To be eligible for ARB funding, an applicant must be affiliated with McMaster University and must be eligible for SSHRC funding under the SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG) program. The following will be considered affiliated with McMaster University:

 

• Faculty members of McMaster University with a tenured or tenure-stream academic appointment.
• Former faculty members of McMaster University who have retired while holding a tenured academic appointment.
• Persons holding at least a one-year appointment at McMaster University. In the event the grantee’s appointment at McMaster ends, unspent funds remaining at that time will be returned to the Arts Research Board.
• Postdoctoral fellows who are conducting scholarly activity in Humanities or Social Sciences fields, and who are supervised by a faculty member of McMaster University who holds a tenured or tenure-stream appointment.
• Individuals who hold teaching track or non-tenure track positions are eligible to apply for ARB funding for research and travel, provided they obtain explicit permission from their Faculty Deans (or their delegate).
• Other persons, including Adjunct Professors and Professional Librarians, who hold permanent appointments at McMaster University and who meet SSHRC eligibility criteria for SIG funding.

 

Preferential treatment will be given to emerging scholars. Applicants qualify as emerging scholars if they have not applied successfully, as principal investigator or project director, for a research grant offered from the Tri-Agency (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR). However, may have previously held or currently hold knowledge mobilization grants and/or SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants. In addition, they must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Have completed their highest degree no more than six years before the competition deadline;
• Have held a tenured or tenure-track postsecondary appointment for less than six years;
• Have held a postsecondary appointment at a university where tenure-track positions are offered, but never a tenure-track position;
• Have had their careers significantly interrupted or delayed for health or family reasons within the past six years.

 

Deadline Date

 

One electronic copy of the application form and all the required attachments must be submitted to Muriel Gervais (gervaism@mcmaster.ca) and Kim Graham (grahkim@mcmaster.ca), Research Administration Analyst (ROADS), by 4:30pm on March 31st. (If the deadline falls on a weekend/holiday, applications will be due on the next business day.)

 

Application Forms & Guidelines

The guidelines and applications can also be found below and on the Research And Innovation website under Forms, Checklist and Samples:

 

• ARB SSHRC Exchange – Conference Attendance and Representational Activities Grant Guidelines and Applications – Word format

 

Additional Information

The Research And Innovation website also includes the ARB Policy Guide.

 

Final Reports Requirements

Researchers awarded ARB SSHRC Exchange or Explore Grant previously and who did not submit a final report within 6 months of completing the project, must submit a final report with their application.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESEARCHER TO ENSURE THAT ROADS RECEIVES THE COMPLETED APPLICATION (WITH ALL REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS AND SIGNATURES) ON OR BEFORE THE DEADLINE.

If you have any questions, please contact Muriel Gervais at gervaism@mcmaster.ca and/or Kim Graham at grahkim@mcmaster.ca.