Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada spent an estimated $1.5M in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 184 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 33 have at least one amendment (18%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 267% and the average number of amendments was 1.42. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $1.6M over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 1.02 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $52.8K. The longest contract was 8.27 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $484.1K.
