SSHRC (including TIPS) data centre move and impacts on programs and activities
Our corporate websites and several of our funding portals and applications will be unavailable from Friday, June 28, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. (eastern), until Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. (eastern). The planned outage is because SSHRC and NSERC’s data centre is being moved. Many systems used by the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) will also be affected.
We expect all systems to be operational again from 8:00 a.m. on July 2 following the data centre move. In the unlikely event of an extended outage, we will post updates on this webpage and our social media channels. Email and phone lines will not be affected by the move.
Systems that will be unavailable during the move:
- SSHRC websites (SSHRC, Canada Biomedical Research Fund, New Frontiers in Research Fund)
- TIPS websites (Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Canada Research Chairs, Canada 150 Research Chairs, Canada First Research Excellence Fund, Research Support Fund)
- NSERC corporate websites
- SharePoint sites created for competitions, adjudication, collection and collaboration (e.g., Extranet sites, NSERC Collab, SSHRC Collab, Grants and Administration Scholarships Portal, etc.)
- SSHRC online, NSERC online
- Financial Data Submission and Reconciliation
- Matrix
- Research Portal
Systems not affected by the move:
- corporate email and phone lines
- Canada Research Coordinating Committee website
- Convergence
- social media channels
As a best practice, remember to keep a copy of your documents and grant application information in your personal files.
Program or activity date changes
To minimize the impact of this interruption, SSHRC has made the following changes to funding opportunity dates and corporate activities:
| Program or activity | Change | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Connection Grants | Deadline is June 20 instead of August 1 | Email: connection@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca Toll-free: 1-855-275-2861 |
| Partnership Engage Grants | Deadline is May 22 instead of June 15 | Email: partnershipengagegrants@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca Toll-free: 1-855-275-2861 |
|
Application opening August 1 instead of July 22 | Email: fellowships@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca Toll-free: 1-855-275-2861 |
| SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships | Application opening June 5 instead of June 19 | Email: fellowships@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca Toll-free: 1-855-275-2861 |
| Partnership Development Grants | Application opening June 5 instead of July 8 | Email: partnershipdevelopment@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca Toll-free: 1-855-275-2861 |
| Partnership Grants—Stage 2 | Application opening June 5 instead of July 8 | Email: partnershipgrants@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca Toll-free: 1-855-275-2861 |
Contact information
- For Partnership Grants, Partnership Development Grants, Partnership Engage Grants or Connection Grants, contact partnerships@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
- For Insight Grants or Insight Development Grants, contact research@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
- For undergraduate awards, master’s scholarships, doctoral scholarships and fellowships, or postdoctoral fellowships, contact fellowships@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
- For Knowledge Synthesis Grants or Imagining Canada’s Future, contact ksg-ssc@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
- For joint initiatives, contact jointinitiatives@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
- For annual financial reconciliation of active awards, contact awards.reconciliation@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
- For media inquiries, contact medias@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
For technical questions or other inquiries, contact the helpdesk:
- Toll free: 1-855-275-2861, option 5
- Email: webgrants@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca