The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Aid to Scholarly Journals (ASJ) competition. SSHRC is awarding more than $22.7 million over the next three years to support a diverse range of Canadian scholarly publications, reinforcing the country's position as a leader in high-quality, open access, peer-reviewed research dissemination.
The ASJ program is a cornerstone of Canada's research publishing ecosystem, providing three-year grants to support the operations of scholarly journals and help increase their readership and impact as they navigate the evolving landscape of digital publishing. This latest cohort of recipients includes both long-standing publications and emerging journals, representing a wide breadth of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities.
The 2025 competition marks a significant milestone in SSHRC's commitment to Open science. As part of this funding cycle, funded journals are actively working toward immediate open access models, without reader or author fees (diamond open access). These efforts ensure relevant research is accessible to the Canadian public, policymakers and the international academic community, without financial barriers.
