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Monthly Archives: August 2009
You always have time for yoga, mama
I am very busy at this time of year. I have a stack of draft proposals for the SSHRC Standard Research Grant sitting on my desk. I went to Thompson Rivers University last week for 2 days of workshops and … Continue reading
What is an impact factor, anyway?
In some social science disciplines, talk of impact factors will be routine. In others, they will be mentioned sometimes but some of your colleagues (even highly respected researchers) won’t know anything about them. In most humanities disciplines, they are unheard … Continue reading
Why write your SSHRC proposal before Labour Day?
Are you applying for a SSHRC Standard Research Grant? Or an Aboriginal Research Grant (project or development)? Or a Research Development Initiative Grant? Or an Image, Text, Sound & Technology Grant? The deadlines for those are all in September and … Continue reading
It’s not how much you publish
I did an in-person workshop recently. We worked on publishing plans, clarifying objectives, figuring out when to apply for a SSHRC grant, etc. At the end of the workshop one participant made an interesting comment. Thanking me for the workshop … Continue reading
SSHRC grant review: early bird ends August 15
Are you submitting a proposal to the SSHRC Standard Research Grant competition this fall? The SRG program is very competitive. The budget has been effectively frozen for several years but more and more people are applying and the average amount … Continue reading