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INSTRUCTIONS
Provide a summary of your research proposal written in clear, plain, non-technical language understandable to scholars with varied areas of expertise. Clearly indicate:
- the problem or issue to be addressed; and
- the potential contribution of the research in advancing knowledge and, where applicable, the wider social benefit (e.g., Will this research be of interest to other areas of research/disciplines? Will it be of interest outside the academic community? How will it be used and by whom?).
Applicants who have selected either Committee 22 or Committee 23 must provide a brief explanation of how the project will integrate intellectual resources (theories, methodologies, perspectives, etc.) to help assess the proposal.
Applicants who have selected Committee 24 do not need to provide an explanation for their committee selection in this module; instead, they must upload a justification for selecting the Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee in a separate one-page PDF attachment.
Note: If your proposal is funded, this summary may be used by SSHRC for promotional purposes.
STRATEGIC ADVICE
Summarize your full proposal – not just the Detailed Description. Therefore, be sure to also reference student training, knowledge mobilization and expected outcomes, and to provide a brief description of your team approach, if applicable.
This module is likely the first one your primary reviewers will read, and potentially the only module unassigned members of the committee will read. Be sure to draw readers in (consider a “snappy” opening sentence), and sell them on your project right away.
Maintain consistency with concepts presented elsewhere in the grant, but avoid copy and pasting text verbatim from this section elsewhere in your proposal. This is a pet peeve for many reviewers.
See SPARC’s “Successful Summary Examples 2020 and 2021” resource (CWL required).