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In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NSERC and SSHRC provided an opportunity to researchers with grants ending on or before March 31, 2021, to request an extension of the grant’s tenure period beyond the automatic one-year extension prescribed in the . For most funding opportunities, the period for this initial pandemic-related provision will end shortly, on March 31, 2021.

Given the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we recognize that research activities may have been delayed considerably over the past year. Therefore, we are pleased to inform you that NSERC and SSHRC will allow, on request, a one-year extension to grants ending after March 31, 2021, regardless of whether they have received a previous time extension of any length for any reason. Please note that this extension does not apply to funds awarded as part of the three-month supplement for the support of trainees (students, postdoctoral fellows) and research support personnel.

This latest one-year COVID-19 extension applies only to grants awarded under the following funding opportunities:

SSHRC

• Connection Grants
• Partnership Development Grants
• Partnership Grants
• Partnership Engage Grants
• Insight Development Grants
• Insight Grants

NSERC

• University programs (with the exception of Advancing Climate Change Science in Canada; Canada-UK Artificial Intelligence Initiative; Joint Canada-Germany 2+2 call on Advanced Manufacturing-Industry 4.0; Joint Canada-UK projects on Quantum Technologies; Whale Science for Tomorrow; WaterWorks Joint Call; Ship Time Program; Belmont Forum; Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling Initiative, DND/NSERC Discovery Grant Supplements)
• College and Community Innovation program
• Networks of Centres of Excellence

For all funding opportunities not listed above, the administering institution must continue to request an extension from NSERC or SSHRC by submitting the with a justification from the grant holder. Such extension requests, whether related to COVID-19 or not, will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

For further information, please consult the tri-agency message on COVID-19 on and ’s website.

For more information, please contact Caroline.Sequeira@Dal.Ca