Competition

* Unless explicitly noted, all times indicated for deadlines are for the appropriate NL timezone (NST or NDT)

Aid to Scholarly Journals grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Insight research program. The grants support Canadian scholarly research and dissemination by offering a contribution to enable journals to defray the costs associated with publishing open access scholarly articles and digital journal dissemination.

Aid to Scholarly Journals grants are meant to:

• enable the dissemination, discoverability and mobilization of original research results in the social sciences and humanities through Canadian scholarly journals;

• increase research capacity by facilitating knowledge sharing and the development of scholarly communities, particularly in areas relevant to Canada;

• assist journals in taking advantage of developments in digital technologies and innovative practices;

• promote best practices in open access scholarly publishing; and

• encourage the transition to immediate open access publishing.

SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation.

Value and duration

Aid to Scholarly Journals grants are valued at up to $42,400 per year over three years for emerging journals and up to $52,000 per year over three years for established journals.

The value of the grant will be calculated based on a per-article rate for each approved, peer-reviewed scholarly article (see Definitions below) to be published during each year of the grant period.

There are four per-article rates:

• $1,800 for emerging journals that are published in immediate open access without a subscription and do not use article processing charges (APCs);

• $1,000 for established journals that are published in immediate open access and use APCs (gold);

• $1,800 for established journals that are published in delayed open access with an embargo period of 12 months or less, and do not use APCs; and

• $2,000 for established journals that are published in immediate open access without a subscription and do not use APCs (diamond).

In addition, as part of the total grant value for both emerging and established journals, the applicant may request up to $10,000 per year to contribute to the costs related to the development and implementation of publishing best practices, including but not limited to technical best practices (e.g., improvement of metadata and dissemination quality, such as indexing, search functionalities, reference set, metadata standards, digital object identifiers, interoperability, referencing, harvesting, metrics); digital accessibility, diversity and inclusion best practices; and innovative dissemination practices (e.g., developing a social media strategy aimed at increasing the dissemination and impact of the journal’s articles and/or content; developing innovative layouts and structures for articles; producing high-quality graphics, videos and podcasts; offering interactivity for postpublication discussions).

In addition to the external funding agency’s submission procedures, this opportunity must also be submitted for Departmental, HSS Faculty, and Research Initiatives and Services (RIS) institutional reviews and approvals via Memorial's Researcher Portal (RP). In order to facilitate the HSS Faculty’s administrative review, please ensure "Heather C. O'Brien (Grants Facilitator)" and “Matthew Milner (Grants Facilitator)” are added as "Team Members" on your RP file. 

In accordance with University-wide approval protocols, all tabs of the RP file must be completed, the completed application must be uploaded to the “Attachments” tab, all supporting documentation including support for cash and in-kind commitments and/or letters of support must also be uploaded, and “Submit” must be pressed prior to the HSS internal deadline listed below. HSS cannot guarantee completion of an administrative review for application files that are incomplete and/or are submitted after the HSS deadline. For more detailed submission instructions and information, please consult the HSS Research Support Services website.

If you plan to apply to this competition or other research funding opportunities (as either PI or CI), e-mail an HSS Grants Facilitator, Heather C. O’Brien (HSSResearchAdmin@mun.ca or 864-8603) or Matthew Milner (HSSResearchGrants@mun.ca or 864-8050), to notify the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of your intent to apply. E-mailing the intent to apply as early as possible will help to facilitate an efficient review. A Grants Facilitator can answer any questions you may have about internal or external submission procedures and may also be able to help with proposal development.