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We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Allocations of Research Support Fund Grants

Funding that Ontario Tech University has received from the Research Support Fund over the past five years can be viewed in the graph below. The university was allocated:

  • $2,316,531 in 2023-2024 ** includes new allocation of $44,612 dedicated to Research Security
  • $2,229,672 in 2022-2023 ** includes new allocation of $43,998 dedicated to Research Security
  • $1,935,801 in 2021-2022
  • $1,835,662 in 2020-2021
  • $1,798,806 in 2019-2020
  • $1,773,547 in 2018-2019
  • $1,673,236 in 2017-2018
  • $1,514,752 in 2016-2017
  • $1,587,939 in 2015-2016
Graph of RSF program funds received by Ontario Tech since the fiscal year 2015-2016. The values are listed in the paragraph above this chart.

 

Research Support Funds are allocated to defray expenditures in the following 5 categories:

In fiscal year 2023-2024, the university proposes to allocate the Research Support Grant funds between the five categories as outlined in the chart below. 

 

Notional Allocation of Expenditures RSF Ontario Tech fy 2023-2024

 The funding is allocated through two mechanisms:

  1. Central allocation: Annually, a portion of the research support program is allocated to maintain the current level of services and support the research environment. Specifically, funds go towards the costs in the following categories:
  • Research facilities to defray the cost of utilities in research space and renovate and update laboratory space.
  • Research resources to defray the costs associated with the acquisition of library research holdings and maintain subscriptions to electronic journals and databases.
  • Management and administration to defray the costs of supporting grants administration and financial compliance and reporting.
  • Regulatory requirements and accreditation to maintain the operation of the Research Ethics Board, the Animal Care Committee, the Radiation Safety Committee and the Biosafety Committee.
  • Intellectual property and knowledge mobilization to support the management of intellectual property and the maintenance of the existing patent portfolio.

2. The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation strategic fund: This fund is allocated in-year to address emergent and strategic priorities in accordance with the five categories.  The Vice-President, Research and Innovation makes the allocation decision in consultation, as needed, with key senior leaders.