Dr. Ted Glenn, Professor and Program Coordinator of the Public Administration post graduate certificate program in the Business School, has been asked to serve as a member of the inaugural multidisciplinary adjudication committee for applications to the SSHRC Community and College Social Innovation Fund.
The SSHRC Community and College Social Innovation Fund is a new pilot funding opportunity that will provide $15 million over three years to support social innovation research projects at colleges and polytechnics.
The goal of the fund is to “enable colleges to increase their capacity to work with communities, with the goal of developing partnerships that foster social innovation in areas such as education, integration of vulnerable populations, and community development.”
This is the first time SSHRC will be providing research funds directly and exclusively to colleges and polytechnics.