CRIS Research Roundup Issue 195 - Centre for Research and Innovation Support

CRIS Research Roundup

A weekly digest of research and innovation communications.

Issue 195: Week of Monday, March 18, 2024 – Sunday, March 24, 2024

In This Issue

Resources for the Research & Innovation Community

Funding & Information from Sponsors & Partners

Featured Training & Events

NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship Information Session
Mar. 27, 2024, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
What is a Data Management Plan and Why Do I Need One?
Apr. 4, 2024, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Get it Started, Get it Finished, Keep it Going: April 2024
Apr. 8, 2024, 9:30am – 11:30am

More Training & Events

Evidence-Based Medicine-New Learnings and Opportunities
Mar. 26, 2024, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Learning, Teaching, and Working in a Time of Crisis: Addressing Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Anti-Palestinian Racism on Campus
Apr. 1, 2024, 10:00am – 11:30am
Understanding your Responsibility to Preventing Racial Discrimination & Harassment in the Work Environment
Apr. 2, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm
NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship Information Session
Apr. 2, 2024, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Academic Authorship in the Life Sciences Workshop
Apr. 2, 2024, 10:00am – 11:30am
Apr. 3, 2024, 10:00am – 11:30am
Connect+Learn: SIS Training Resources & Support Session
Apr. 3, 2024, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Access Office Hours: Insider Tips for Effective Health Data Applications
Apr. 3, 2024, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Addressing Racial Microaggressions: Tools, Strategies and Discussions
Apr. 4, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Depositing Research Data in U of T Dataverse (Borealis)
Apr. 4, 2024, 12:10pm – 1:30pm
SSHRC Partnership Program: Models and Strategies for Success
Apr. 5, 2024, 10:30am – 12:00pm
Shell Scripting
Apr. 8, 1:16pm – 2:46pm
Book Launch: Coleen Carrigan on ‘Cracking the Bro Code’
Apr. 9, 2024, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Intro to Niagara
Apr. 10, 2024, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
E-Learning Event – Centering Youth Voice Through Arts-Based Evaluation of the WiseGuyz Program
Apr. 11, 2024, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
CBRCanada Community of Practice: “Trauma-informed Community Engagement in Research”
Apr. 12, 2024, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
CRIS Connects: Research Security
Apr. 15, 2024, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Digital Document and Web Accessibility Fundamentals
Apr. 16, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm
How to Land a Scholarly Book Contract
Apr. 16, 2024, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Web Content Accessibility Crash Course (Day 1)
Apr. 17, 2024, 9:00am – 12:00pm
JHI How-to: Jumpstart Your Alt-ac Career
Apr. 17, 2024, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Web Content Accessibility Crash Course (Day 2)
Apr. 18, 2024, 9:00am – 12:00pm
What is Harassment? Tools to Identify and Address Racial and Sexual Harassment (Part 1)
Apr. 18, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Sustaining & Growing the Relationship in Community-Engaged Research: Opportunities & Pitfalls (In-Person)
Apr. 24, 2024, 10:00am – 12:45pm
What is Harassment? Tools to Identify and Address Racial and Sexual Harassment (Part 2)
Apr. 25, 2024, 10:00am 12:00pm

Jackman Humanities Institute SSHRC Grant Writing Bootcamp 2024

Original Communication – Jackman Humanities Institute: Mar. 22, 2024
Are you planning to apply for a SSHRC Insight Grant or Insight Development Grant in an upcoming competition? Sign up for the Jackman Humanities Institute’s (JHI) 8-week intensive grant writing bootcamp, which is designed to help you prepare a winning grant application that advances your research program in exciting ways. The deadline for applications is 4:00pm (EDT), May 6, 2024.

Research Security Centre Webinars Calendar

Original Communication – The Research Security Centre: Mar. 21, 2024
The Research Security Centre will be hosting four additional webinars of Module 1 |Safeguarding Science. In addition, the Research Security Centre is also pleased to announce the launch of three additional virtual modules. These modules will be available in English and French from May to June 2024. View the full list on our Events Calendar.

IT@UofT 2024 Conference

Original Communication – Information Technology Services: Mar. 21, 2024
Registration is now open for the IT@UofT 2024 conference, which will take place in-person at St. George campus on May 8 and 9. This year’s conference theme is Better Together and will feature presentations focusing on three streams: artificial intelligence, information security and collaboration and teamwork. The conference has an excellent line-up of speakers including keynote speaker Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer at Western University. Register by April 17.

Funding & Information from Sponsors & Partners

Funding Calls and Program Changes

Lab2Market Validate Fall 2024 / NSERC I2I Program
Original Communication – Research Alert: Mar. 20, 2024

2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowships – Application Guidelines Released
Original Communication – Research Alert: Mar. 20, 2024

NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships: Call for Internal Nominations
Original Communication – Research Alert: Mar. 19, 2024

Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship: Call for Applications
Original Communication – Research Alert: Mar. 19, 2024

SSHRC – Partnership Engage Grants and Connection Grants – Revision to Upcoming Deadlines
Original Communication – Research Alert: Mar. 19, 2024

Data Sciences Institute – Emergent Data Sciences Program
Original Communication – Research Alert: Mar. 18, 2024

News, Information & Updates

Call for Nominations — Presidential Search Committee

Original Communication – Provost’s Weekly Digest: Mar. 22, 2024
This memo is announcing the launch of the Presidential Search process and issuing a call for nominations for membership of the Search Committee that will have responsibility for recommending President Meric Gertler’s successor. Nominations for people to serve on the Committee should be submitted by April 12.

Triannual University of Toronto Libraries Survey

Original Communication – Provost’s Weekly Digest: Mar. 22, 2024
This survey is aimed at enhancing the understanding of how individuals interact with the library resources and services. If you’re a faculty member, staff, or student at the University of Toronto, you are invited to take part. Your feedback will help improve how the library supports research, teaching, learning, and overall academic journey on campus.

University of Toronto’s Institutional Strategic Research Plan (ISRP) 2024-2029

Original Communication – The Bulletin Brief: Mar. 22, 2024
The Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI) introduces “From Discovery to Impact: University of Toronto’s Institutional Strategic Research Plan (ISRP) 2024-2029”. The ISRP is the key document that expresses VPRI’s core commitments to research excellence, providing direction for supporting scholarship by identifying strategic opportunities and enabling actions.

Rankings Show U of T Enjoys Broad Public Awareness

Original Communication – The Bulletin Brief: Mar. 20, 2024
In the inaugural edition of American Caldwell’s Global University Visibility (GUV) Rankings, U of T ranked fifth in the world when it comes to public interest as measured by online searches, social media followers and web traffic, among other metrics. Moreover, U of T was the only public university – and the only university outside the United States – to place in the top five.