CRIS Research Roundup
A weekly digest of research and innovation communications.
Issue 164: Week of Monday, July 31, 2023 – Sunday, August 06, 2023
Resources for the Research & Innovation Community
- CBRCanada Community of Practice – “Community Burnout”
Sept. 08, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm - DSI Data Sciences Research Day
Sept. 27, 2023, 9:00am – 5:00pm - Depositing Research Data in U of T Dataverse (Borealis)
Sept. 27, 2023, 10:00am – 12:00pm
- CIHR Summer Project Grant Writing Workshop Session 2: How to Think Like a Reviewer: A CIHR Project Grant Hands-On Workshop
Aug. 09, 2023, 1:00pm – 3:30pm - CIHR Summer Project Grant Writing Workshop Session 3: Peer Review Roundtable
Aug. 30, 2023, 1:00pm – 4:30pm - CPE: Climate Positive Energy Research Day 2023
Aug. 10, 2023, 10:00am – 5:00pm - Acceleration Consortium’s (AC) 2023 Accelerate Conference
Aug. 22, 2023 – Aug. 25, 2023 - Funding and Equity for University Startups Webinar Series, Part 6 | Setting up Boards for your Startup: Pre-Funding and Post-Funding
Aug. 23, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:15pm - SSHRC Insight Grant – Budget Information Session
Aug. 24, 2023, 10:00am – 11:00am - Get it Started, Get it Finished, Keep it Going: September 2023
Sept. 11, 2023, 2:00pm – 4:00pm - NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) Grant: Strategies for Success
Sept. 12, 2023, 10:00am – 11:30am - Research Connect: The Investigator Training Program (ITP):
Module 2: Study Start-up
Sept. 13, 2023, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Module 3: Informed Consent
Sept. 20, 2023, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Module 4: Conducting a Study
Sept. 27, 2023, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Module 5: Study Oversight
Oct. 04, 2023, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Module 6: Pediatric Clinical Research
Oct. 11, 2023, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Module 7: Regional Regulations Governing Clinical Trials
Oct. 18, 2023, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Module 8: Safety in Clinical Trials
Oct. 25, 2023, 11:00am – 12:00pm - Research Connect: The Investigator Training Program (ITP): Module 1: Clinical Trial Overview
Sept. 06, 2023, 11:00am – 12:00pm - Faculty Writing Accelerator: 12 Weeks to Publication Fall 2023
Sept. 13, 2023, 1:00pm – 3:00pm - NSERC Discovery Grant: Strategies for Success
Sept. 14, 2023, 10:00am – 11:30am - Innovations 101
Sept. 19, 2023, 2:00pm – 3:00pm - Drawing Across the Disciplines: Data Visualization Workshop
Sept. 27, 2023, 10:00am – 12:00pm - Let’s Talk International Partnerships Fireside Chat – International Student Experience Fund
Sept. 28, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
AgeTech Innovation Week brings together stakeholders in research, industry, government, and community organizations, older adults, caregivers, future leaders and others committed to enhancing lives through technology. Get ready for inspiring keynote presentations, dynamic panel discussions, the latest AgeTech innovations, workshops, networking opportunities, and more.
This DSI program provides research groups access to a professional research software developer to refine existing software tools to improve usability and robustness or to build new tools, disseminate research software beyond the research space in which it is created, and enhance existing functionality. Deadline: October 20, 2023.
Funding & Information from Sponsors & Partners
Announcements
Funding Calls and Program Changes
Original Communication – JHI Humanities at Large: July 06, 2023
Ontario Pork: Call for Research 2024
Original Communication – Research Alerts: July 31, 2023
News, Information & Updates
Original Communication – The Bulletin Brief: Aug. 02, 2023
SDGs@UofT pursues an ambitious research agenda that addresses the 17 UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) – targets that individuals, communities, institutions and countries can work toward achieving by 2030. They include taking urgent steps to combat climate change, consuming and producing sustainably, improving health and education, reducing inequality and protecting the natural world.
DSI-Supported Study Demonstrates Reproducibility and Success in Predicting Cancer Treatment Response
A reproducibility project, led by DSI members and Professor Benjamin Haibe-Kains (University Health Network and Medical Biophysics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto) and Bo Wang (Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto) and a team of U of T student researchers including Emily So and Grace Fengqing Yu, is currently making significant strides in advancing research within the field of precision oncology
Unlocking the Power of Data: DSI and UNICEF Collaborate to Advance Data Science Research and Training
In a significant collaboration aimed at advancing data science research and training, DSI is partnering with UNICEF’s Frontier Data and Tech team to leverage data for addressing complex challenges concerning children. This collaborative effort aligns with DSI’s strategic goal of fostering knowledge mobilization to promote the greater public good. This partnership represents a significant milestone in the journey towards leveraging the immense potential of data for effecting positive social change.