Dr. Tim Wilson, Executive Director of Research and Partnerships with SSHRC, recently visited the University of Calgary and presented two town hall sessions. Full details will be released once officially announced (anticipated in the coming months), but in order to provide advance notice and time for planning, we would like to share the following highlights.

For individuals in Medicine disciplines the big news is that SSHRC will be expanding its funding of health-related research projects with a focus on social sciences and humanities

Eligible projects would include:

• General well-being and work-life balance related topics
• Health policy and management
• Health ethics
• Social construction of health and health behavior

Certain areas will remain ineligible:

• Clinical education
• Clinical research and therapy
• Kinesiology and epidemiology