SSHRC Partnership Grants – Models and Strategies for Success – May 27, 2021
Session Description
May 27, 2021 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
This event is part of a series of webinars designed to increase awareness and understanding of SSHRC Partnership Funding opportunities, and to encourage and support researchers with the planning and development of competitive proposals for these programs.
In this session, faculty and staff will provide an overview of the Partnership Grant Program, share insights on key elements of competitive proposals, and share resources and strategies for successful proposal planning and development.
The session will feature a panel of University of Toronto researchers who lead Partnership Grants. Panelists will describe their partnership grants, discuss their insights on the partnership and proposal planning and development process, and share practical tips and strategies that faculty can use to enhance their partnership planning and development, and their work towards preparing competitive partnership proposals.
Moderator:
- David Wolfe, Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga & Co-Director, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
Panelists:
- Shelley Craig, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
- Steven Farber, Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough
- Dilip Soman, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Rotman School of Management
The session will conclude with an overview of support resources and processes (milestones) for partnership planning and development, and recommendations for next steps as faculty develop their partnerships.
Additional Information:
- To explore other events in this series, please visit the series overview
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- Past workshop and event recordings can be accessed through our video library (UTORAuth required)
- Questions about how to join sessions can be directed to cris@utoronto.ca
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- understand the scope and overview of the funding opportunity
- be informed by illustrative examples of successful partnerships
- identify techniques and strategies to develop a successful grant application
- know what steps to take to develop and plan their partnership and proposal
- know which resources and supports are available to support partnership and proposal planning and development, and
- work towards developing their partnership plans in anticipation of the fall proposal writing workshop.
A follow-up Partnership Grant writing workshop will be offered in early November. This second workshop will offer a close review of the Partnership Grant application requirements and proposal content, proposal adjudication and evaluation, and offer specific advice for writing and refining a Partnership Grant proposal.
Additional Information
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For link to the session recording (requires UTORid): Click here