Update: Aid to Scholarly Journals deadline extended to 30 June 2011

The Aid to Scholarly Journals (ASJ) funding opportunity is now available through SSHRC’s website.

The application is now entirely electronic, so please read all instructions carefully to become familiar with the new process.

The competition deadline has been extended to June 30, 2011.

Results will be announced in Late October 2011 and funds will be released in February 2012.

While the ASJ application form itself will see only minor changes since the previous competition, important policy changes have been implemented since the 2008 round.
The funding opportunity details  changes on SSHRC’s website. If you haven’t already done so, we urge you to learn about important eligibility policy changes since the previous competition. Highlights of the changes are:

Institutional Eligibility:

In line with all other SSHRC funding opportunities and in accordance with federal laws and policies regarding grants, all applicants (including current award-holders) to the 2011 Aid to Scholarly Journals funding opportunity will now be required to administer their ASJ grant funds through an eligible post-secondary institution or other eligible organization (e.g., journal, association or press).  Please note that previously holding a grant is NOT a guarantee of institutional eligibility.  

Institutions, journals or scholarly associations not holding a signed memorandum of understanding with SSHRC MUST either partner with an eligible institution or initiate the process of obtaining institutional eligibility with SSHRC by June 15, 2011, 14 days before the competition deadline. Simply having initiated the process will allow applicants to submit a proposal for the June 30 deadline.  However, if the institutional eligibility has not been granted by late August in time for the adjudication process, applicants will need to partner with an institution already authorized to administer public funds as a secondary option or risk being deemed ineligible for adjudication.

We understand that this represents a substantial transition for many Journals and we will do our best to work with Journals teams in order to find the best approach to institutional eligibility. SSHRC strongly encourages all institutions, journals, scholarly associations and/or presses that wish to establish institutional eligibility for this funding opportunity to contact SSHRC as soon as possible at: secretariat@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.

Once institutional eligibility is attained, the Journal will have the assurance of a simpler approach for all future ASJ competitions. Another new policy feature is the updated Guidelines for the Eligibility of Journal Subject Matter.  SSHRC staff can offer prospective applicants advice regarding the eligibility of a journal’s subject matter prior to the deadline. (Please see the funding opportunity description for details.)

Please review the funding opportunity description carefully for other changes (e.g., the policy-related alterations regarding release time stipends and the one-year transition grant as well as the modification to the definition of an article):

The contact person for questions relating specifically to the funding opportunity:

Bryde Kelly, Program Officer, SSHRC
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1610, Ottawa, ON  K1P 6G4
Tel.: 613-947-2060       Fax: 613-992-7635
Email: Bryde.Kelly@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca

The contact for questions relating to institutional eligibility: secretariat@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca