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Research Security - Institutional Performance Objectives and Allocations

In Budget 2022, the Federal Government introduced new funding through the Research Support Fund (RSF) to further support the activities related to the indirect costs of research security and to support the National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships.

Ontario Tech received:

  • $49,057 in fiscal year 2024-2025; all funds will be allocated to management and administration of an institution's research enterprise.
  • $44,612 in fiscal year 2023-2024; all funds will be allocated to management and administration of an institution's research enterprise.
  • $43,998 in fiscal year 2022-2023: all funds were allocated to management and administration of an institution's research enterprise.

To ensure institutional accountability to stakeholders, including researchers, community and industry partners, and Canadian taxpayers, the university is required to report the outcomes of the performance objectives annually.

Institutional performance objectives by fiscal year

  • 2024-2025
    2024-2025 Fiscal Year. Table of 6 columns, to be read by row. Column 1 lists eligible program expenditure category. Column 2 lists output (investment of research security funds). Column 3 lists performance objective. Column 4 lists performance indicator. Column 5 lists target outcome. Column 6 lists report outcomes.
    Eligible program expenditure category Output (investment of research security funds) Performance objective Performance indicator Target outcome Report outcomes (TBA)
    Research security Invest research security portion of RSF grant to onboard new hire full time Manager, Safeguarding Research and increase training and resources for faculty.  Onboard full time Manager, Safeguarding Research in the Office of Research Services and increase training and resources for faculty.  Continued support of full time Manager, Safeguarding Research and of increase training and resources for faculty.  Maintain full time Manager dedicated to identifying and mitigate risks to research security per the National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships and increase training and resources for faculty. 

    Target to report:

    Maintenance of Manager and comparison of training and resources available to faculty over the previous FY.
  • 2023-2024
    2023-2024 Fiscal Year. Table of 6 columns, to be read by row. Column 1 lists eligible program expenditure category. Column 2 lists output (investment of research security funds). Column 3 lists performance objective. Column 4 lists performance indicator. Column 5 lists target outcome. Column 6 lists report outcomes.
    Eligible program expenditure category Output (investment of research security funds) Performance objective Performance indicator Target outcome Report outcomes (TBA)
    Research security Invest research security portion of RSF grant (44,612) to offset new hire of  full time Manager, Safeguarding Research  Hire one full time Manager, Safeguarding Research in the Office of Research Services using RSF security funds. Successful hiring of full time Manager, Safeguarding Research Hire Manager to begin to identify and mitigate risks to research security per the National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships

    Target to report:

    Successful hiring of Manager Safeguarding Research
  • 2022-2023
    2022-2023 Fiscal Year. Table of 6 columns, to be read by row. Column 1 lists eligible program expenditure category. Column 2 lists output (investment of research security funds). Column 3 lists performance objective. Column 4 lists performance indicator. Column 5 lists target outcome. Column 6 lists report outcomes.
    Eligible program expenditure category Output (investment of research security funds) Performance objective Performance indicator Target outcome

    Report outcomes (TBA)
    Research security Invest research security portion of RSF grant ($43,998) in cybersecurity and data management. Begin to identfy secure internal and external IT infrastructure and provide resources and assistance to researchers in security assessments and risk mitigation and data management plans.

    Conduct faculty and grad student survey in fy 2022-2023 to identify research data, security, and storage practices and needs. 

    Develop an asset map of internal and external data storage, sharing and cybersecurity options available to researchers in fy 2022-2023.

    Complete faculty and grad student survey.

    Complete asset map of digital infra- structure available.

    The Research Security portion of the grant was invested in supporting the management and administration of the institution's research enterprise. 

    The survey and asset map were successfully completed.