SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

SSHRC's Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) are designed to bring together research teams and an organization to help address a need, challenge or opportunity. These grants are small-scale, short-term, and stakeholder driven. The partnerships on these grants allow for knowledge transfer between the institution and the organization. Leveraging each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities allows researchers and organizations to collaborate on topics of mutual interest.

The PEG has a streamlined applications process and offers quicker adjudication. The competition runs four times a year and each award provides one year of funding between $7,000 and $25,000.

Application Process at Western

Date What is Required?

Internal Deadline:

10 business days before SSHRC deadline
By/before 10 a.m. ET

(E.g., June 2, 2025 is the internal deadline for the June 15, 2025 competition)
  • Submitted ROLA Proposal for internal e-approvals
  • Substantially complete application:
    • The application must be submitted in the SSHRC web-based forms portal;
    • Western Research will retrieve the application from the portal and release it for final editing, as required. 

SSHRC Deadline:

Sept 15/Dec 15/Mar 15/Jun 15 
By/before 10 a.m. ET

*if the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, the SSHRC portal will remain open until 8 p.m. ET the following business day.
  • Applications must be submitted in the SSHRC Web-based forms portal
  • Submitting by 10 AM allows for a buffer period for any last-minute technology flukes or portal errors. Western Research will forward the application to SSHRC

Application Information

Individuals can apply, as an applicant, for only one Partnership Engage Grant per calendar year. Current PEG award holders can apply again after their current PEG award’s end date, regardless of whether they will seek an extension on their existing award.

Selecting “submit” in the SSHRC Web-based Forms does not send the application to SSHRC. It first goes to the Western Research Grants Officers. The Grants Officers will retrieve the application from the portal and provide their institutional review and ensure that the ROLA e-approvals process is complete. Western Research will forward the application to SSHRC on your behalf before the SSHRC deadline. Successful applicants will be notified of their results approximately 8-9 weeks after submission of the application.

Co-Applications, Collaborator, and Partner Organization Invitations should be sent early in your grant writing process. Please ensure that invitations are sent and required documents are uploaded to the portal well in advance of the internal and sponsor deadlines. You will be unable to submit the application in the SSHRC portal with incomplete Co-Applicant, Collaborator, or Partner Organization invitations. The application cannot be submitted to Western Research for review unless all components in the application are substantially complete

One Partner Organization can be involved in the application. This organization can be Canadian or International and must be from the public, private, or not-for-profit sector. Postsecondary institutions, including organizations or associations affiliated with them, and scholarly associations are not eligible as Partner Organizations. Partner Organizations are expected to support the activities of the partnership through cash and/or in-kind contributions.

Resources

Contact

For more information, or questions relating to SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants, please contact researchoffice@uwo.ca. If you have additional questions, SSHRC welcomes you to contact them at partnershipengagegrants@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca or 1-613-943-1007.