Faculty Services

• Funding
  • Identify opportunities and offer grant development support for faculty researchers.
  • Kick-start approved research projects. 
  • Manage research funds and identify next steps. 

   Visit the Funding page for more details.
• Research Partnerships
  • Identify potential partners and support the development of new research partnerships.
  • Recommend appropriate partnership funding programs.
  • Liaise with partner to develop a research contract.

  Visit the Partnerships & Innovations page. 

• Ethics and Safety

  Support for all research regulatory and compliance committees including:

  • Animal Care Committee
  • Biosafety Committee
  • Radiation Safety Committee
  • Research Ethics Board

  Visit the Ethics, Safety and Research Conduct page.
• Research Security
  • Provide education on government policies and guidelines.
  • Lead Research Security training.
  • Share Ontario Tech supports and resources.

   Visit the Research Security page for more details.

• Intellectual Property (IP)
  • Mobilize intellectual property and disseminate research.
  • Support IP protection, commercialization, and mobilization.
  • Provide educational talks, and IP assessment and market analysis for new invention disclosures.

  Visit the Intellectual Property page.
• Student Research
  • Co-ordinate the Undergraduate Research Awards (URA) program and the Undergraduate Student Research Fellowship program.
  • Host the annual URA Recognition Event.
• Policies and Procedures
  • Establish and implement research policies and procedures.

  Visit the Policies, Procedures and Forms page.
• Liaise and Advocate
  • Communicate and advocate with research funding agencies, including the Tri-Agencies, other government agencies, foundations, community organizations and private companies.
• Research Data Management (RDM)
  • Support capacity building surrounding research data management (RDM), which is related to the collection, storage, preservation and access to data produced from a given investigation.
  • Establish the institutional RDM strategy for Ontario Tech and raise awareness university-wide.

  Visit the Research Data Management page. 

• Post-Award Activities
  • Co-ordinate extensions, significant changes to budgets, changes to research team/interns, company partners, transfer of funds, etc.