Department of National Defence Research Initiative Competition

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1 Department of National Defence Research Initiative Competition SEPTEMBER 2018

2 Presentation Outline Objectives, Value & Duration Insight & Insight Development Grants Adjudication & Relevance Review Overview Updates Research Areas Examples of Funded Projects

3 Objectives SSHRC and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), an agency of the Department of National Defence Supports research relevant to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and DND Fosters effective, evidence-based strategies, policies and programs in research areas identified by DRDC

4 Value & Duration DNDRI supplements in addition to value of Insight & Insight Development Grants $20,000 per year for 3 years ($60,000 total) to successful Insight Grant recipients $10,000 to successful Insight Development Grant recipients

5 Insight Grants APPLICANT DURATION Principal Investigator Co-applicants and/or Collaborators 2-5 years VALUE $7,000 - $100,000 (Stream A) $100,001 - $400,000 (Stream B) FUNDING No separate envelope for Emerging Scholars October 15, 2018 at 8PM (ET) Formal Application (check internal deadlines)

6 Insight Grant Application Form

7 Insight Development Grants APPLICANT Principal Investigator (Emerging or Established) Co-applicants (Canadian and International postsecondary institutions) and/or Collaborators DURATION 1-2 years VALUE $7,000 - $75,000 FUNDING Separate budget provided for emerging scholars (minimum 50 percent of the envelope) February 2, 2019 at 8PM (ET) Formal Application (check internal deadlines)

8 Adjudication & Relevance Review Overview Funding opportunity Review by SSHRC adjudication committees DND Review Results Announced DNDRI Supplement start date Insight Grants March 2019 Insight Development Grants May 2019 June 2019 July 2019 January 2020

9 Research Areas 1. Personnel Recruitment & Selection 2. Readiness Training & Development 3. Social Processes in the Workplace 4. Operational Effectiveness Selection Tests Emerging learning & training modalities Diversity, Gender & Armed Forces Developing Trust in Diverse Organizational Teams & In Cross- Cultural Settings Transition to civilian life Individual, social & cultural dimensions of radicalization Artificial Intelligence in Defence & Security: Ethical, legal & regulatory implications Human Dimensions of Cybersecurity Shaping Attitudes, Opinions & Behaviour Gender Perspectives on Operations, Defence & Security Civil-Military relations

10 THEME 1: Personnel - Recruitment and Selection Selection Tests Selection tools to assess cognitive ability, integrity, personality both positive and negative aspects resilience/hardiness, situational judgement, etc. Integrity & personality testing, as well as advancements in cognitive ability testing for selection/hiring purposes, and online selection testing. Challenges inherent in testing, including: computerized/online testing; cultural and language issues in test development; and test accommodations for reasons related to religion, learning disability, and physical and mental health.

11 THEME 2: Readiness - Training and Development Emerging learning and training modalities Address knowledge gap in evaluating the effectiveness of existing learning and training approaches in environments with evolving threats Evaluate learning and training mechanisms, and maximize their effectiveness and readiness for current and emerging threats for CAF, allied forces, and first responders

12 THEME 3: Social Processes in the Workplace Diversity, gender and armed forces Military personnel from diverse communities Inclusive Military organization Developing trust in diverse organizational teams and in cross-cultural settings Multi-organizational and multicultural teams Frameworks, models, and theories to better understand the psychological and group dynamics in either diverse organizational or diverse cultural teams

13 THEME 3: Social Processes in the Workplace Transition to civilian life: The role of identity in the transition process. Role of identity in Military-Civilian Transition (MCT) Wellbeing in post-service MCT - Veterans and their families Innovative ways to inform identity disruptions and develop healthy post-service identities

14 THEME 4: Operational Effectiveness Individual, social and cultural dimensions of radicalization Culture, society, group membership, identity, gender, mental health, and sense of belonging Mitigation strategies

15 THEME 4: Operational Effectiveness Ethical dimension of using artificial intelligence in defence and security Artificial intelligence (AI) Ethical implications of specific technologies in a military and a public-safety context, Technical, institutional, legal, and regulatory elements of an AI code of ethics, Immediate and emergent challenges posed by adversarial use of AI and robotic technologies by non-state actors and competitive nation states.

16 THEME 4: Operational Effectiveness Human dimensions of cyber security Network security / users susceptibility Policy and behaviours that put cyber systems at risk Psychological and human factors

17 THEME 4: Operational Effectiveness Shaping attitudes, opinions, and behaviour Beliefs, opinions, or behaviour shaped by individual, group, media, industry, or state actors through persuasion or deception (e.g., misrepresentation and information manipulation) techniques. Qualitative and/or quantitative approaches to understand how factors such as individual vulnerabilities, group processes, gender, and social identity contribute to shaping attitudes, opinions, and behaviour in the physical and online environments.

18 THEME 4: Operational Effectiveness Social and cultural demands of military operations Capacity to integrate gender-based analyses into institutional and operational processes Gender perspectives on operations, defence, and security Gender perspectives or gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325

19 THEME 4: Operational Effectiveness Civil military relations Effective, collaborative relationships between the military and civilian populations. Expand on current theories of civil military relations at strategic, operational, and tactical levels in the variety of settings and contexts

20 Examples of Funded Projects La perception des Autochtones des Forces canadiennes comme élément explicatif de leur faible représentation Jean-François Savard, École nationale d'administration publique (IDG 2017) Trust in Human and Automated Teammates Heather Neyedli, Dalhousie University (IDG 2017) Daesh Discourse of Terror, Recruitment of Supporters, and Adaptive Use of Emojis on Twitter Abdulmotaleb EL Saddik, University of Ottawa (IDG 2017) The Politics of Foreign Military Training: Military Effectiveness, Human Rights and Governance Lee J.M. Seymour, Université de Montréal (IG 2017)

21 Resources Department of National Defence Research Initiative Defence Research and Development Canada Insight Grants Insight Development Grants

22 THANK YOU! Chantal Meda Senior Program Officer, Research Grants and Partnerships TEL.: Apie Ekissi Program Officer, Research Grants and Partnerships Tel.: