Impact

Canada’s Impact Award Winners to be Announced Monday Impact
The 2013 Impact winners, from left:

Canada’s Impact Award Winners to be Announced Monday

October 30, 2014 1191

Impact Award winners from 2013

The 2013 Impact winners, from left: Michael Geist, George Nicholas, Marguerite MacKenzie, Barry Smit, Hadley Friedland, and then-SSHRC Director Chad Gaffield.

Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada next week will award five leading researchers from Canadian universities for their achievements in research, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities. Prizes of between C$50,000 and $100,000 go towards furthering the five Impact Award winners’ research.

The finalists will be announced Monday, November 3, in Ottawa.

Chosen from nominations received from eligible postsecondary institutions across Canada, the Impact Awards finalists are described by the SSHRC as representing the very best in ideas and research about people, behavior, human thought, and culture. These researchers help us to understand and improve the world around us, today and into the future.

A shortlist of the top three finalists was announced earlier this year. The award categories and those on the shortlists appear here:

The Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by a current SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral scholarship or fellowship holder.

The Insight Award recognizes outstanding achievement arising from a research project funded partially or completely by SSHRC. It is given to an individual or team whose project has resulted in significant contribution to knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world.

The Connection Award recognizes an outstanding SSHRC-funded initiative to facilitate the flow and exchange of research knowledge within and/or beyond the academic community. It is given to an individual or team whose project has engaged the campus and/or wider community, and has generated intellectual, cultural, social and/or economic impacts.

The Partnership Award recognizes a SSHRC-funded formal partnership for its outstanding achievement in advancing research, research training or knowledge mobilization, or developing a new partnership approach to research and/or related activities. It is awarded to a partnership that, through mutual co-operation and shared intellectual leadership and resources, has demonstrated impact and influence within and/or beyond the social sciences and humanities research community.

Lastly, the Gold Medal for achievement in research is SSHRC’s highest research honor, and features its latrgest prize of $100,000. It is awarded to individuals whose sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought have inspired students and colleagues alike. Last year’s honoree was University of Guelph geography professor Barry Smit, a pioneer and world leader in research on the human impacts of climate change.


Related Articles

Alondra Nelson Named to U.S. National Science Board
Announcements
October 18, 2024

Alondra Nelson Named to U.S. National Science Board

Read Now
Viewing 2024 Economics Nobel Through Lens of Colonialism’s Impact on Institutions
Recognition
October 15, 2024

Viewing 2024 Economics Nobel Through Lens of Colonialism’s Impact on Institutions

Read Now
Research Assessment, Scientometrics, and Qualitative v. Quantitative Measures
Impact
September 23, 2024

Research Assessment, Scientometrics, and Qualitative v. Quantitative Measures

Read Now
Paper to Advance Debate on Dual-Process Theories Genuinely Advanced Debate
Impact
September 18, 2024

Paper to Advance Debate on Dual-Process Theories Genuinely Advanced Debate

Read Now
Webinar: Fundamentals of Research Impact

Webinar: Fundamentals of Research Impact

Whether you’re in a research leadership position, working in research development, or a researcher embarking on their project, creating a culture of […]

Read Now
Paper Opening Science to the New Statistics Proves Its Import a Decade Later

Paper Opening Science to the New Statistics Proves Its Import a Decade Later

An article in the journal Psychological Science, “The New Statistics: Why and How” by La Trobe University’s Geoff Cumming, has proved remarkably popular in the years since and is the third-most cited paper published in a Sage journal in 2013.

Read Now
A Milestone Dataset on the Road to Self-Driving Cars Proves Highly Popular

A Milestone Dataset on the Road to Self-Driving Cars Proves Highly Popular

The idea of an autonomous vehicle – i.e., a self-driving car – isn’t particularly new. Leonardo da Vinci had some ideas he […]

Read Now
0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

0 Comments
Newest
Oldest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments