CRIS Research Roundup
A weekly digest of research and innovation communications.
In This Issue
Issue 268: Weeks of Monday, October 6, 2025 - Sunday, October 12, 2025
Resources for the Research & Innovation Community
Featured Training & Events
- Research Leadership Academy: Insights & Exchanges
Application deadline: October 15, 2025 - Early Researcher Award Round 19 Information Session
October 17, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm - CFI JELF: Strategies for Success
October 29, 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm
More Training & Events
- Cyber Security and Your Research(ers) Office Hours: Scareware and other Cyber Threats
October 14, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm - Journal Production Services Information Session
October 14, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm - JHI How-to: Navigate JHI Funding Opportunities
October 14, 2025, 1:00pm-2:30pm - Pan-Canadian Research Connect: “Quantum Creativity: It all begins with an IDEA!”
October 15, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm - European Research Council (ERC) Grants – Q&A and Testimonials
October 15, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm - SRI Seminar Series: David Duvenaud, University of Toronto
October 15, 2025, 12:30pm-2:00pm - Effective Collaboration in Research with Indigenous-Led Organizations
October 15, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm - Introduction to Using MAXQDA for Qualitative Data Analysis: Part 1
October 15, 2025, 3:00pm-4:30pm
October 16, 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm - 2025 Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium Symposium
October 16, 2025, 8:00am-6:00pm - SSHRC Partnership Grants – Stage 1
October 16, 2025, 11:00am-12:30pm (French)
October 16, 2025, 1:00pm-2:30pm (English) - Partnering in Service of First Nations Child Well-being with Amber Crowe and Barbara Fallon
October 16, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm - Digital Storytelling with ArcGIS StoryMaps
October 17, 2025, 11:00am-1:00pm - Graduate Student Lunch Hour: Shaping BRN Programming
October 17, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm - AI in Qualitative Research
Mapping the Data Landscape: October 21, 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm
Harnessing Tools Appropriately: October 28, 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm - AGE-WELL 10th Annual Conference & 2025 envisAGE Forum
October 22-23, 2025, 8:00am-7:00pm - Causal Inference across Fields: Methods, Insights, and Applications
October 22, 2025, 9:00am-5:00pm - Connect+Learn: SharePoint Best Practices
October 22, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm - ArcGIS Pro: Introduction to Spatial Analysis (in-person)
October 22, 2025, 11:00am-1:00pm - Introduction to Industry Research
October 22, 2025, 12:30pm-1:00pm - SRI Seminar Series: Peter Salib, “AI rights for human safety”
October 22, 2025, 12:30pm-2:00pm - Safeguarding Science – Module 2: Dual-Use Technologies: Know Your Research – Know your Partners – Assess the Risk
October 22, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm - SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
English: October 22, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm
French: October 23, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm - Introduction to Using MAXQDA for Qualitative Data Analysis: Part 2
October 22, 2025, 3:00pm-4:00pm
October 23, 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm - Who’s Afraid of AI? Arts, Sciences, and the Futures of Intelligence | Conference
October 23-24, 2025, 9:00am-5:00pm - How to Give More Effective Writing Feedback to Graduate Students
October 23, 2025, 12:00pm-1:30pm - FIPPA + PIA information session #3
October 23, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm - Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Online
October 24, 2025, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Understanding SQL
October 24, 2025, 4:00pm-6:00pm - Let’s Talk International Partnerships Fireside Chat – Partnering Globally for Impact through Co-Creation
October 30, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Blueprints of Immunity: Designing the Next Generation of Antibodies
October 31, 2025, 8:30am-2:00pm - Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff
October 31, 2025, 12:10pm-1:00pm - Introduction to Visualizing Relationships Using Gephi
November 4, 2025, 10:00am-12:30pm - Drawing Across the Disciplines: Zines Webinar
November 5, 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm - QGIS: An Introductory Tour (in-person)
November 5, 2025, 11:00am-1:00pm - Data cleaning made easier with OpenRefine
November 5, 2025, 2:00pm-4:00pm - Resources for Patent Research
November 6, 2025, 12:00pm-2:00pm - Digital Storytelling with ArcGIS StoryMaps
November 7, 2025, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Storytelling with Data (PowerBI)
November 7, 2025, 4:00pm-6:00pm
More Resources
Map & Data Library Catalog
Original Communication – Map and Data Library website blog post: September 12, 2025
The Map & Data Library has a new data catalogue. This catalogue allows you to search MDL’s licensed data collections in all formats, including our geospatial, quantitative, and textual data.
Funding & Information from Sponsors & Partners
Funding Calls and Program Changes
Lund University Get Started Funding for Horizon Europe Proposal Development
Original Communication — Research Alerts: October 9, 2025
EduCanada Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program 2026/2027
Original Communication — Research Alerts: October 9, 2025
Upcoming Lab2Market Opportunities
Original Communication – Research Alerts: October 8, 2025
McLean Award
Original Communication – Research Alerts: October 7, 2025
Connaught New Researcher: 2025-26 Competition
Original Communication – Research Alerts: October 7, 2025
News, Information & Updates
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U of T Launches Emergency Research Fund to Support Faculty Hit by U.S. Cuts
Original Communication: U of T News: October 8, 2025
The emergency fund provides up to one year of bridge support to U of T faculty most affected by changes to U.S. federal research funding streams.
Do it Here Campaign
Original Communication – UTE Weekly Digest: October 7, 2025
Do it Here, a brand campaign that sheds light on U of T’s robust entrepreneurship ecosystem. The campaign and its assets feature our diverse founders, state-of-the art spaces and our new institutional metrics.