Dear Principals, Deans, Directors and Chairs On September 24th, 2010, I wrote to Principals and Deans about unrecoverable deficits or losses in non Tri-Council restricted research funds and our plans for resolving the underlying issues. I am writing today to provide an update on the progress we have collectively made and the significant events coming [...]
Further to my earlier communication regarding the launch of the new suite of Connaught Programs, I am at this time soliciting volunteers and/or nominations for appointment to the Connaught Review College. Vacancies have arisen due to the normal rotation of membership. The Connaught Review College comprises five disciplinary review panels: Humanities Life Sciences – Epidemiology [...]
Further to my memo regarding the launch of the new Connaught Programs, I am writing to remind you of the upcoming application deadlines for these Programs. Connaught Summer Institute – deadline: October 1, 2010 Approximately $150,000 allocated annually for up to three awards to bring together international graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, other scholars in order [...]
Over the past year, the Research portfolio has undergone significant reorganization and streamlining. We have adopted a new structure based on three pillars: Research Services to support and advance the University’s participation and success in competitive research programs; Innovations & Partnerships to help advance our institutional objectives in private sector partnerships and knowledge transfer; and [...]
Please bring this information to the attention of eligible faculty in your department. The Ministry of Research and Innovation has announced the 2010 competition for Early Researcher Awards (ERA). The ERA program helps promising and recently appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams of undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants, associates, and technicians. Eligible [...]
The purpose of this document is to provide a high‐level, evidenced ‐based snapshot of our performance in certain federal and provincial research funding programs. This report places a particular emphasis on our “market share” of funding from the three federal granting councils. Historically, tri‐council funding has been a sort of proxy for research intensity. In [...]
I am extremely pleased to announce the launch of the new suite of programs totaling approximately $3.8M annually supported by the University’s Connaught Fund. Following careful review and consultation over the past year, the Connaught Committee approved at its meeting on June 10th a new program architecture that will: promote excellence in research and innovation; [...]
