SUMMARY: This program supports events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and engage with participants on research issues they value. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant can often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects.
Grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, documentaries or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:
- disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the social sciences and humanities;
- scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
- intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the social sciences and humanities and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
- international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges with researchers, students and non-academic partners from other countries.
Grants provide $10,000–$25,000 for events and $10,000–$50,000 for outreach activities.
DEADLINE: The next application deadline is February 2nd, 2026.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants include Canadian postsecondary institutions and individual researchers affiliated with an eligible Canadian postsecondary institution.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/opportunities/connection-grants/2026/competition.aspx
