Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada · Grant program
New Frontiers
This program provides grants to support high risk, high reward and interdisciplinary research that is not easily supported through funding opportunities currently offered by the three agencies. It seeks to inspire projects that bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches by research teams with the capacity to explore something new, which might fail but has the potential for significant impact. Exploration grants aim to have a variety of types of impacts, some of which might be social, economic, scientific, artistic or cultural.
- Total value
- $38.3M
- Agreements
- 157
- Mar 2019 to Apr 2019
- Median agreement
- $250K
- Typical range
- $249K–$250K
- the middle half of agreements
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.
Most agreements under this program go to individuals (scholarships, fellowships, athletes and the like), so this site names none of its recipients. Every agreement still counts in the figures here.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s website.
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 157 | $38.3M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 63 | $15.1M |
| Quebec | 30 | $7.3M |
| British Columbia | 26 | $6.4M |
| Alberta | 19 | $4.7M |
| Nova Scotia | 9 | $2.2M |
| Saskatchewan | 5 | $1.2M |
| Manitoba | 4 | $986K |
| Prince Edward Island | 1 | $250K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals and sole proprietorships | 157 | $38.3M |