Apply for SSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge – Canada

Prize Details

• Phase 1
  • Twenty applicants in Phase 1 are eligible to receive $3,000 in exchange for SSHRC’s right to use their successful submission as marketing-communications content on SSHRC’s platforms (e.g., website, social media channels).
  • The winning applicants of Phase 1 will be considered the 20 finalists. The finalists will be expected to attend an online research communications workshop organized by SSHRC (to be made available in English and French) before finalists present to the jury and to the Storytellers Showcase audience in Phase 2.
  • Finalists will be responsible for their travel and accommodation costs. SSHRC will encourage Finalists’ institutions to support travel and accommodation costs.
  • The odds of success in Phase 1 depend on the total number and quality of eligible entries received before the Phase 1 closing date.
• Phase 2
  • From among the Phase 2 submissions, five (5) Phase 2 submissions will be selected as final winners. The final winners will receive an additional $1,000, in exchange for SSHRC’s right to use their winning submission as marketing-communications collateral.
  • The odds of success in Phase 2 will be no less than one in four and will depend on the number of Phase 2 submissions.
• Engagement Prize
  • SSHRC may award one (1) Engagement Prize to the finalist who most creatively and consistently promotes:
    • their submission;
    • the submissions of other finalists; and
    • the Challenge generally.
  • The recipient of the Engagement Prize will be determined by the finalists online, through voting moderated by SSHRC.
  • To be eligible to receive the Engagement Prize, a finalist must attend the Storytellers Showcase (at a location in Canada to be determined), and must participate in voting for the recipient of the Engagement Prize.
  • The Engagement Prize will consist of $1,000, to be announced at the Storytellers Announcement, in exchange for the SSHRC’s right to use their winning submission as marketing-communications collateral.
  • The chances of winning the Engagement Prize will be no less than one in 20.
  • In the case of a tie, SSHRC will determine, at its sole discretion, the recipient of the Engagement Prize.
  • SSHRC reserves the right not to award the Engagement Prize for any reason.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Storytellers Challenge (the Challenge) is open to residents of Canada who at the time of entry:
  • are students (undergraduate or graduate) enrolled at a Canadian postsecondary institution; and
  • are nineteen (19) years of age or older (the applicants or applicant). The Challenge is not open to postdoctoral researchers.
• Employees of SSHRC, including immediate family members and/or those living in the same household (whether legally related or not) are not eligible. For the purposes of the Challenge, immediate family members are defined as spouse, domestic partner, parents, legal guardians, in-laws, grandparents, siblings, children and grandchildren.
• Previous winners are eligible to enter the Challenge if:
  • the research featured in their submission is materially different, as determined by SSHRC, from that of their previous winning submission(s); and
  • they meet all other eligibility requirements.

For more information, visit SSHRC.