About Us
The mandate of the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS) is to provide researcher-centred, practical and coordinated supports to faculty and divisional research offices. CRIS is a partnership, launched by the Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, the University of Toronto Libraries and Information Technology Services.
Our Goals
Enhance Visibility & Access
We lead and coordinate with central units and academic divisions to promote new and existing research and innovation supports at the University of Toronto.
Promote Researcher Development
We foster research excellence, leadership, inclusivity and impact by supporting researcher development. We co-create programming to help researchers develop the strategies and skills required to succeed in evolving and highly competitive research contexts.
Enable Collaboration & Engagement
We enable equitable and effective opportunities for collaboration and partnership within and outside UofT. We coach and deliver resources to build facilitation practice and host strategic engagements with faculty leadership, sponsors, and other research and innovation stakeholders of strategic importance.
Our Approach
Engage & Listen
Achieving research-centred, impactful, and relevant service by providing meaningful opportunities to engage and understand our stakeholders.
Complement & Amplify
Identifying existing resources and supports to amplifying access, spread, and scale across the university.
Partner & Guide
Pulling together Pan-University teams, to deliver on our priority areas.
Providing structure and guidance, tools and templates to standardize research offerings across U of T, and supporting best pedagogical and leading practices.
Competitive Advantage
Furthering successful and competitive research that attracts funding and garners public recognition.
Service Optimization
Maintaining a lean operational structure while identifying opportunities to share resources, reduce duplication of effort, and optimize service efficiency.
Research Impact
Enabling U of T faculty to maximize the impact of discoveries and insights and the mobilization of those insights to society.
Our Team
Advisory Committee
Get in touch
9 King’s College Circle
Gerstein Science Information Centre
Sigmund Samuel Library Building
Toronto, ON M7A 1A5
cris@utoronto.ca
