Insight Development Grants

Overview of the Insight Development Grants program:

The IDG program is designed to foster research in its early stages by providing funding for projects that explore new research questions, methods, and theoretical approaches. It supports short-term research development projects proposed by individuals or teams, including case studies, pilot initiatives, and critical analyses of existing research. The program encourages national and international research collaboration and the exploration of new ways of producing, structuring, and mobilizing knowledge across disciplines and sectors. Funding is available for both emerging scholars, who may build on their graduate work or continue their research trajectory, and established scholars, who wish to explore new research questions distinct from their ongoing research.

Benefits of the Insight Development Grants program:

• Supports Early-Stage Research: Provides funding for the initial stages of research projects.
• Encourages Innovation: Enables experimentation with new methods and theoretical approaches.
• Fosters Collaboration: Supports national and international research collaborations.
• Inclusive of Diverse Research Areas: Welcomes applications involving Indigenous research and research-creation.

Eligibility criteria of the Insight Development Grants program:

• Eligible Applicants: Individual researchers or teams affiliated with a Canadian institution holding institutional eligibility.
• Categories of Scholars:
• Emerging Scholars: Researchers developing new questions or approaches, potentially building on graduate work.
• Established Scholars: Researchers exploring new questions distinct from their previous or ongoing research.
• Subject Matter: Proposals can involve any disciplines, thematic areas, approaches, or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding.
• Ineligible Projects: Those primarily focused on curriculum development, teaching materials, program evaluation, conference organization, digitization of collections, or database creation.