Are you planning to apply for a SSHRC Insight Grant or Insight Development Grant in an upcoming competition? Do you feel daunted by the SSHRC grant writing process? Sign up for the Jackman Humanities Institute’s (JHI) 8-week intensive grant writing bootcamp, which is designed to help you prepare a winning grant application that advances your research program in exciting ways.
The program, now in its third year, is intended to support tri-campus faculty members in the humanities and qualitative social sciences who are applying for a SSHRC Insight Grant or Insight Development Grant.
The bootcamp focuses on the three main components of any SSHRC funding application: the Detailed Description, the Knowledge Mobilization plan, and the Budget. The sessions are divided into:
- Speaker sessions, which feature recent SSHRC grant recipients who will discuss and demonstrate their successful applications
- Spark sessions will be led by divisional research officers who will provide practical grant writing exercises, tips, and best practices for preparing the core sections of your application
- Co-working blocks, which are led by the JHI Research Officer and feature short intensive writing bursts, visualization strategies, and dedicated writing time to foster creative thinking and the completion of each draft section. The co-working sessions are optional
The final week of the bootcamp features a peer review session. Participants will complete the bootcamp with a working draft of their application and valuable peer review feedback from their academic colleagues.
Tuesdays (online) and optional alternate Thursdays (hybrid) from June 4 to July 23, 11am-12:30pm.
The first session (June 6) and last session (July 23) will be 2-hour sessions.
Participation in the bootcamp requires attendance at all the Tuesday sessions.
Seats are limited, so we encourage you to apply early! The deadline for applications is 4:00pm (EDT), May 6, 2024.
Session Schedule
Session #1: Tuesday June 4, 11am-1pm (2 hours, online)
- Faculty speaker: A detailed overview of a successful Insight Grant application
Session #2: Tuesday June 11, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, online)
- Guided activities to workshop and start preparing the Detailed Description section (Gabrielle Sugar and Tim Nieguth, Funded Research Officers, Faculty of Arts & Science)
Session #3 (optional): Thursday June 13, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, hybrid)
- Structured co-working block: Storyboarding your grant – a creative visualization (Amy Ratelle, JHI Research Officer)
Session #4: Tuesday June 18, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, online)
- Faculty speaker: Connecting the Dots: Knowledge Mobilization, Research Team, Outputs and Outcomes
Session #5: Tuesday June 25, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, online)
- Guided activities to workshop overall project planning and to write the Knowledge Mobilization, Research Team, Outputs and Outcomes sections (Ely Lyonblum, Strategic Research Development Officer, Faculty of Music and Amy Ratelle, JHI Research Officer)
Session #6: Thursday June 27, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, hybrid)
- Structured co-working block: Putting pen to paper (Amy Ratelle, JHI Research Officer)
Session #7: Tuesday July 2, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, online)
- Faculty speaker: Budget Branching: Using your budget to connect your grant sections together
Session #8: Tuesday July 9, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, online)
- Guided activities to connect costs to draft section activities (Amy Ratelle, JHI Research Officer)
Session #9: Thursday July 11, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, hybrid)
- Unstructured co-working block: Dedicated and quiet time to work on your draft (Amy Ratelle, JHI Research Officer)
Session #10: Tuesday July 16, 11am-12:30pm (90 minutes, online)
- Final working session: Peer Review Instructions, Final Q&A session, Unstructured co-working block (Amy Ratelle, JHI Research Officer)
- DEADLINE: Final drafts due at 4pm
Session #11: Tuesday July 23, 11am1pm (2 hours, online)
- Final peer review session (facilitated by Amy Ratelle, JHI Research Officer)
Total hours: 19.5
Instructional hours: 15
Optional co-working hours: 4.5
