12 psychology researchers awarded 2024 Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants.
Today, the Government of Canada announced that $123.1 million in federal research funding has been awarded through 503 Insight Grants and 590 Insight Development Grants to researchers working in social sciences and humanities disciplines at institutions across Canada.
Congratulations to the UBC Psychology faculty members who received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as part of the 2024 Insight Grant and Insight Development Grant competitions!
83 projects led by UBC researchers have been awarded $11.5 million in funding through these grants.
Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to emerging and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years. Stable support for long-term research initiatives is central to advancing knowledge.
Insight Development Grants support research in its early stages and enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and ideas. Funding is available to both emerging scholars and established scholars for research initiatives of up to two years.
Through this funding, our researchers will explore the role of AI in happiness, the seasonal cycles of attitudes, the influence of language and culture of infants, the impact of reminiscing on loneliness, and more.
The following UBC Psychology researchers received Insight Grants
Project: How Does Conversational AI Influence Social Connection and Happiness?
Project: Neural correlates of the infant experince: Research embedded in sociocultural context
Project: On the structure of cultural norms: where they come from, when they clash, and why they matter
Project: Exploring the emergence of social cognitive intergroup biases: Studies with preverbal infants
Project: Solitude in Context
Project: The role of surprise and prediction in early math education
Project: Seasonal Cycles in Attitudes and Dispositions
Project: Positive emotions and stress responses: An adult developmental perspective
Project: Does group-based pride regulate other group-based emotions and promote prosocial intergroup attitudes?
Project: The influence of language and culture on the development of lexical semantic systems in infants and toddlers
The following UBC Psychology researchers received Insight Development Grants
Project: Prosociality “in the wild”: Understanding the benefits and trade-offs of prosocial engagement in everyday life
Project: Co-reminiscing as a social glue to mitigate loneliness
“Loneliness is highly prevalent in Canadian society. Our team, including Chen Frances and Samantha Dawson from UBC Psychology, along with Brendan O’Connor at U Albany and Christopher Madan at U Nottingham, is excited to investigate whether memory sharing—collaborative reminiscing—can help alleviate feelings of social disconnection.”
Join us in congratulating our faculty and their research collaborators!
