Does SSHRC require CRediT?

No - SSHRC policy text is silent on CRediT. Most journal-publication outputs from SSHRC-funded research do carry CRediT statements because the receiving journal requires them.

How does CRediT interact with SSHRC's Indigenous-research guidance?

They are parallel rather than substitutable. CRediT records contribution roles on a publication; SSHRC Indigenous-research guidance governs community engagement, naming and anonymisation choices, and right of community to be acknowledged or named. Both can appear on the same output.

Does CRediT apply to humanities monographs?

CRediT is most established for multi-author journal articles. For humanities monographs, traditional authorship conventions (single-author, co-author) remain the norm; CRediT statements appear when multiple contributors with distinct roles are involved.

Are SSHRC partnership outputs treated differently from individual scholarly outputs?

In application templates, yes - the partnership-management section invites richer description of partner contributions, and CRediT can clarify intellectual contribution within that section. At publication, both follow journal practice.

CRediT statement guide

SSHRC - using CRediT in your application

SSHRC policy text is silent on CRediT. For collaborative and partnership outputs, SSHRC's community-attribution guidance operates in parallel to CRediT - both can appear on the same output without conflict, particularly for Indigenous-research and partnership programmes.

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At application stage

What SSHRC asks for in proposals

SSHRC applications are submitted through the SSHRC online application system using the Canadian Common CV (CCV). The Insight, Insight Development, and Partnership programmes have distinct templates. SSHRC's Indigenous-research framework adds layered attribution requirements for research with First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities.

Where to embed a CRediT statement

The CCV Contributions section is the natural place for CRediT-aligned articulation of your role on cited multi-author works. For SSHRC Partnership Grants, the partnership-management section invites description of how partners will contribute - CRediT vocabulary clarifies intellectual contribution alongside community-attribution narrative. For Indigenous-research applications, the community-engagement section runs in parallel to CRediT and uses different vocabulary (community names, ceremonial roles where appropriate).

Sample wording

In a CCV Contributions entry: "Conceptualization and Investigation co-lead on this co-authored monograph; led Writing - original draft." In a SSHRC Partnership Grant: "Community partner organisations hold Conceptualization and Investigation for the lived-experience workpackage; academic team holds Methodology, Formal analysis, and Writing - review & editing."

At final-report stage

How CRediT figures in SSHRC progress and final reports

SSHRC final research reports collect publications, monographs, and partnership outputs. Long-form scholarly outputs (monographs, edited collections) are not currently subject to the tri-agency immediate-OA mandate, though policy is under discussion. CRediT is not parsed as structured fields in SSHRC reporting.

Does SSHRC ingest CRediT as structured metadata?

SSHRC does not ingest CRediT as structured metadata. The chain runs through the publication and 12-month-OA route. For long-form scholarly outputs (monographs), CRediT is less established as a publishing convention than for journal articles, and authorship attribution often follows humanities tradition.

Common pitfalls

Things to avoid

Treating CRediT and community-attribution guidance as substitutes; for Indigenous-research outputs, both can appear and serve different purposes.
Applying CRediT mechanically to humanities monographs where the publication convention is single-author or co-author rather than multi-author-with-roles.
Failing to honour community right-to-be-named (or anonymised) as agreed at study design; this is a SSHRC-specific compliance issue independent of CRediT.
Forgetting that the tri-agency OA policy applies to peer-reviewed journal articles in the first instance; long-form OA policy is still being developed.

Worked example

Sample CRediT statement for a SSHRC proposal

Illustrative wording (names invented) - adapt to your team and confirm the SSHRC-specific funding-acknowledgement format current at time of submission.

Conceptualization: O. Whitehorse (community knowledge holder, with consent to be named), C. Marchand. Methodology: C. Marchand, O. Whitehorse. Investigation: C. Marchand, B. Lefebvre, O. Whitehorse, members of the [community] Research Council. Formal analysis: C. Marchand, B. Lefebvre. Writing - original draft: C. Marchand, B. Lefebvre. Writing - review & editing: all named authors and the [community] Research Council. Project administration: C. Marchand. Funding acquisition: C. Marchand. This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) under Insight Grant XXX-XXXX-XXXX. We acknowledge the [community] Research Council whose collective contributions are reflected in the CRediT statement above; their role names appear with the consent of community leadership.

Frequently asked

SSHRC + CRediT - common questions

Does SSHRC require CRediT?: No - SSHRC policy text is silent on CRediT. Most journal-publication outputs from SSHRC-funded research do carry CRediT statements because the receiving journal requires them.
How does CRediT interact with SSHRC's Indigenous-research guidance?: They are parallel rather than substitutable. CRediT records contribution roles on a publication; SSHRC Indigenous-research guidance governs community engagement, naming and anonymisation choices, and right of community to be acknowledged or named. Both can appear on the same output.
Does CRediT apply to humanities monographs?: CRediT is most established for multi-author journal articles. For humanities monographs, traditional authorship conventions (single-author, co-author) remain the norm; CRediT statements appear when multiple contributors with distinct roles are involved.
Are SSHRC partnership outputs treated differently from individual scholarly outputs?: In application templates, yes - the partnership-management section invites richer description of partner contributions, and CRediT can clarify intellectual contribution within that section. At publication, both follow journal practice.

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