Competition

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2025 Details TBC - Information below is for reference only!

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research Training and Talent Development. These fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities, and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers. The purpose of these fellowships is to provide stipendiary support to recent PhD graduates who are:

• undertaking original research;

• publishing research findings;

• developing and expanding personal research networks;

• broadening their teaching experience;

• preparing for research-intensive careers within and beyond academia; and

• preparing to become competitive in national research grant competitions.

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship awards are tenable at Canadian or foreign universities and research institutions. SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation.

Value and duration

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships are valued at $70,000 per year over two years, for a total of $140,000. These are taxable, non-renewable fellowships that can begin on the first of any month between May 2025 and January 2026.

Eligibility

Subject matter

Most SSHRC funding is awarded through open competitions. Proposals can involve any disciplines, thematic areas, approaches or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding. See subject matter eligibility for more information. Projects whose primary objective is adapting a doctoral thesis for publication in a book or manuscript, editing textbooks, translation, or acquiring a foreign language are not eligible for funding under this funding opportunity. The research proposed in a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship application must be significantly different and distinct from, or add significantly to, that related to the applicant’s doctoral thesis.

Submit directly to the funding agency as per their instructions.