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INSTRUCTIONS
Research contributions content must address the Capability evaluation criteria listed in the funding opportunity description.
Applicants must attach research contributions in this order:
- Relevant research contributions over the last six years
- Other research contributions
- Most significant career research contributions
- Career interruptions and special circumstances
- Contributions to training
Co-applicants must also provide their research contributions (maximum four pages), which they will be able to upload once they have accepted the invitation to participate.
1. Relevant research contributions over the last six years
Outline your research contributions within six years of the application deadline date. In the case of those candidates claiming career interruptions (see 4, below), you may include publications drawn from your most recent periods of research activity to an overall total of six years.
Provide details, as appropriate, about the contributions you listed, as follows:
- In the left margin, identify with an asterisk (*) research contributions that results from previous SSHRC support
- Specify your role in co-authored publications
- For published contributions, provide complete bibliographic notices (including co-authors, title, publisher, journal, volume, date of publication and number of pages) as they appear in the original publication
- For publications in languages other than French or English, provide a translation of the title and the name of the publication
- For recent graduates, list theses
Group your contributions by category in the following order, as applicable, listing your most recent contributions first.
Refereed Contributions
Examples include books (where applicable, subdivide according to those that are single-authored, co-authored, and edited works), monographs, book chapters, articles in scholarly refereed journals and conference proceedings.
Be aware that a “refereed work” involves its assessment:
- In its entirety – not merely an abstract or extract
- Before publication; and
- By independent (at arm’s length from the author), anonymous, qualified experts.
Other Refereed Contributions
Examples include papers presented at scholarly meetings or conferences and articles in professional or trade journals.
Non-refereed Contributions
Examples include book reviewers, published reviews of work, research reports, policy papers and public lectures.
Forthcoming Contributions
Indicate one of the following statuses: “Submitted”, “Revised and submitted”, “Accepted” or “In press”. Provide the name of the journal or book publisher and the name of pages. Contributions not yet submitted should not be listed.
Creative Outputs
Examples may include exhibitions, performances, publications, presentations, and film, video and audio recordings. List your most recent and significant achievements grouped category. Creative outputs will be evaluated according to established disciplinary standards and creative and/or artistic merit.
If applicable, you may include a website link. SSHRC cannot guarantee that links will be accessed.
2. Other Research Contributions
Describe any contributions to research and the advancement of knowledge within the last six years, including your research contributions to non-academic audiences (e.g., public, policy-makers, private sector and not-for-profit organizations).
3. Most Significant Career Research Contributions
List and rank up to five of your most significant contributions over your entire career. The six-year rule does not apply to this section. Therefore, contributions listed here may differ from those listed in other sections of your CV. Please ensure that you explain briefly the significance of the contributions listed.
4. Career Interruptions and Special Circumstances
Career interruptions occur when researchers are taken away from their research work for an extended period of time for health, administrative, family or other reasons, or reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In these cases, as explained above in section 1, explain the interruption(s) and ask that an overall total of six years of research activity be considered by the adjudication committee.
Special circumstances involve slowdowns in research productivity (i.e., the researcher was not completely taken away from research work) created by health (and/or disability-related), administrative, family, cultural or community responsibilities, socio-economic context, COVID-19 or other reason. Applicants from small institutions may indicate their teaching load in this section if the change in workload impacted their research output.
Indigenous applicants can use the “Special Circumstances” section to describe special circumstances that may have had an impact on their academic or career paths.
SSHRC asks its adjudication committees to consider career interruptions and special circumstances that may have affected candidate’ record or research achievements. In doing so, the adjudication committee members will be able to more accurately estimate the productivity of the research, independent of any career interruptions or special circumstances in the last six years. Previous productivity is one element than may predict the success of the proposed research project.
All information provided to SSHRC is subject to the Privacy Act. Applicants are reminded that the information included in this section of their application will be shared with both the external assessors and adjudication committee members for consideration as part of their application. All SSHRC reviewers are subject to the Tri-Agency Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Policy, and are prohibited from sharing this information outside of the merit review process.
5. Contributions to Training
Provide the following information on students you have helped train within the last six years.
- Indicate your role in supervising or co-supervising ongoing and/or completed theses, listing these by the student’s level of studies
- Describe efforts you have made to involve students (e.g., doctoral, master’s or undergraduate) in your research activities
Specify if opportunities for such contributions have been limited because your postsecondary institution does not have graduate degree programs in your field or discipline.