Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee announces its fourth-year results

Press Release

From: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Canada’s three federal research funding agencies—the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)—are pleased to announce the results of the fourth year of the Tri-agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee (TAIPR).

The agencies launched TAIPR as a one-year pilot program in spring 2021, and announced the regularization of the committee in early 2024. TAIPR builds on the agencies’ world-class peer review processes and commitment to supporting interdisciplinary research, by bringing together researchers with expertise from across the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering and health sciences to review proposals for interdisciplinary, investigator-initiated research projects.

Researchers applying to SSHRC’s Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants competitions, CIHR’s Fall and Spring Project Grant competitions and NSERC’s Discovery Horizons competition can continue to direct their interdisciplinary applications to this committee for review.

See the TAIPR web page for more information, including on eligibility and how to apply.

The agencies are also pleased to share the results of the fourth year:

Fourth-year (2024-2025) facts and figures

Fifty-five interdisciplinary researchers served on TAIPR.
The committee reviewed 193 applications, including 38 Insight Grants, 41 Insight Development Grants, 38 Fall 2024 and 39 Spring 2025 Project Grants, and 37 Discovery Horizons applications.
Sixty-four projects were awarded in total, including 38 by SSHRC, 15 by CIHR and 11 by NSERC.

Projects funded in the Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee’s fourth year:

SSHRC Insight Grants:

Kayask Kiskethitamowinah. Legacy mines, Indigenous wellbeing, and a just green transition
A multi-method study examining ‘wine mom culture’ and sociocultural contexts of alcohol use among Canadian mothers
AgeSmart-AI: AI-Enabled Shadow Technologies Catalyzing Age-Inclusive Healthcare Environments
Art, Science and Industrial Plastic Pollution: Long-term monitoring and art-making in the Great Lakes Watershed
Empowering Emerging Adults through Compassion and Enhanced Social Connection: Co-creating a Compassionate Connection Oasis VR Toolkit (ccOasisVR)
Exploring Human-AI Methods for Access to Justice
Fire and Ancient Forest Stewardship: Assessing Human Agency in the Post-Glacial Biodiversity of Central Europe
Gathering insight on clinical nurse educators’ professional development and socialization to contribute to mitigating the healthcare workforce crisis
Genomics and blood donation: a qualitative exploration of the social and ethical dimensions
Interdisciplinary Approaches toward Responsible Facial Recognition AI: Developing Technical, Ethical, and Regulatory Recommendations for Policymaking in Canada
Investigating quality and innovation in laddered graduate certificate programs: a mixed methods comparative case study
Predicting global socio-economic vulnerability to climate hazards using satellite imagery and machine learning
The impact of abrupt warming on cultural evolution: the Late Glacial Interstadial Complex in Europe
Understanding Financial Contagion under Complete, Partial, and Hidden Information Scenarios: New Causal Graph Learning Methods for Risk Propagation in Complex Networks
When Strong Currents Meet: Swimming in the Waters of Transformative Social Innovation Pedagogies

SSHRC Insight Development Grants:

achIeving the dreaM of AginG IN placE: the IMAGINE study
Artificially intelligent scribe technology in the emergency department: Intruder, assistant, or both?
Bridging the Novice-to-Expert Gap in Representational Competency: Scaffolding Strategies for Enhancing Chemistry Education and Producing Better Professional Chemists
Caractérisation de la pratique collaborative entre les infirmières praticiennes spécialisées et les infirmières autorisées.
Conceptualizing and enacting social justice in nursing: A focused ethnography
Crises in the Coop: Poultry Farmers’ Decision-Making Strategies Amidst Multiple Challenges
Critical Interrogation of Sociodemographic Constructs and Collection for use in Musculoskeletal Research
Design, Co-creation, and Evaluation of a Usability Scale for VR Applications by and for Older Adults
Environmental disability scale: A novel system to measure environmental disabling factors and their impact on task performance
Envisioning Change: A solution-focused co-design approach to understanding retention strategies among mental health workers in Northern Ontario
Evolving practices in anatomy education, prosectorship, and the afterlife of human remains: A cross-cultural study
Final Wishes, Lasting Impact: Examining the Benefits and Challenges of Bucket List Fulfillment in Palliative Care
Forms of Deep Attention: Bridging Between Neuroscientific and Literary Perspectives
Helping the Helpers: Learning how to Holistically Support Home Dialysis Caregivers throughout their Caregiving Journey
Le recours aux savoirs traditionnels pour la prise en charge des troubles de santé mentale chez les migrants d’origine africaine au Québec
Painting music with robot swarms
Promoting Resilient Faculty Workforces in Canadian Postsecondary Education: Transferring Building Disaster Resilience (BDR) Approach to Address Academic Contra-Power Harassment (ACPH)
Regard « émancipé » sur la transition énergétique au Nunavik : approche critique et genrée
Return Migration, Social Participation, and Subjective Wellbeing Among Elderly West African Immigrants
Revealing the Forest Demographies of Human-Driven Neotropical Reforestation
Text Complexity of German Children’s Books
The politics of knowledge brokering: A case study of opioid deprescribing as exemplar
Understanding the diverse experiences of care partners of individuals with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia to improve their well being

NSERC Discovery Horizons:

Buccal Tablets and Nasal Sprays for non-invasive delivery of therapeutic peptides and hormones
Deriving and evaluating realistic statistical models for real-time clinical prediction of diabetes complications
Développement d’outils automatisés pour la détection précoce des troubles d’apprentissage de la lecture et du langage
Follow the Bison: Insights into Environmental and Cultural Change
Integrating Sustainability Factors into Self-Driving Laboratory Materials Development Processes
Multidomain dynamic difficulty adjustment and performance assessment in serious games
Multimodal Cancer Therapy – mitigating drug resistance and side effects
Oxygen-Dependent Structural Alterations In Extracellular Matrix Synthesized By Cancer-Associated Fibroblast
Redefining Health through Non-equilibrium Physics
Reimagining Health App Interfaces for Inclusive and Equitable Access through Artificial Intelligence and Novel Design
Towards Physician-in-the-Loop Artificial Intelligence in Oncologic PET/CT Imaging

CIHR Project Grants:

Fall 2024

Biomedical ultrasound image-guided delivery of immunomodulating antibody for cardiovascular disease
Discerning drivers of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus-associated disease across host species using a One Health approach
Predictive Care: Co-designing a human(e)-AI system to advance equitable violence risk assessment in acute psychiatry
Preventing ACL injury with an optimized knee brace: Evaluation of biomechanical efficiency and psychological acceptance
Supporting climate change interventions for urban health and equity: A participatory complex system perspective
Towards a novel implant system: Combining DNA gels and 3D-printed scaffolds for osseointegration in osteoporotic bone
Trustworthiness of person-generated health data from markerless motion capture for personalized motor rehabilitation for young people with motor disabilities

Spring 2025

AI-Driven Platform for Large-Scale Screening, Analysis, and Experimental Validation: Targeting Pin1 for Precision Drug Discovery in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
AI-Driven Structural Models to Map Bacterial Protein-Metabolite Interactions
An integrated approach for the discovery and production of novel bioactive agents for neurological and mental health disorders
DynaGraft: Development of a Prognostic Multimodal AI tool for Graft Fibrosis in Liver Transplantation
Enhancing Robustness in Non-Contrast CT Image Analysis for Stroke: Application to Intracerebral Hemorrhage Outcome Prediction
PD-TIPS.AI: Co-Designing AI-Driven Bilingual Self-Care Technology Delivering Tailored Care Tips and Resources for Parkinson’s Disease
Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System
Tracking trace elements in traditional foods: gaining insights into human exposure in the Peace River Valley

Contact

For more information, contact:

SSHRC

Email: research@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
Toll-free: 1-855-275-2861

CIHR

Email: support-soutien@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Toll-free: 1-888-603-4178

NSERC

Email: horizons@nserc-crsng.gc.ca
Toll-free: 1-855-275-2861

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