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StrategicResearchPlanandStrategicMandateAgreement
TownHallFebruary14,2017
STRATEGICRESEARCHPLAN
RequiredbytheCanadaResearchChairsandCanadaFoundationforInnovation(http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/program-programme/instructions-eng.aspx)
Reflecttheuniversity’sstrategicdirectionforscholarshipandresearchfornext5-10years• Strengthswewishto
maintain• Newdirectionsinwhichwe
wanttogrow
Allocatescarceresources
STRATEGICMANDATEAGREEMENT2
RequiredbytheProvinceofOntario:
“Eachinstitution[isexpected]toprovideasubmissionidentifyingthreepriorityobjectives,andavisionofhowtheinstitutionplanstoimplementtheobjectives…”
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STRATEGICPLAN2016-2021CHALLENGE,INNOVATE,CONNECT
… produceandinspirefutureleaderswhohavereal-worldskillsets.• Amplifyourresearchreputationthrough
entrepreneurialscholarship,becauseideasareourmainexporttotheworld
… createnewapproaches,partnerships,andsolutionstoimprovesociety.• Ourfacultyandstudentresearchers
contributetocultural,economicandscientificchangesworldwidethroughscholarshipanddiscovery
… buildlastingrelationshipstomakeUOITaremarkableplaceforworkandstudy.• Buildresearchpartnershipsthatfortify
ouruniversity’skeystrengths,becauseournationalandinternationalcollaborationsopendoorstonewideasandinitiativesbothlocallyandglobally.
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UOIT’sStrategicResearchPlan“emphasizesresearchandscholarshipisessentialforourmission–undergraduateandgraduatelearning– andstudentengagement”
StrategicResearchPlanrevisions
WhyrevisetheSRPCanadaResearchChairsProgram/CFIrequiresuniversitiestoupdatetheirSRPonaregularbasis
UOITrevisedandupdatedtheStrategicPlanin2015-16.
Eachunit(Faculty,Department)isrequiredtodevelopaunitplan/academicplantoinformtheAcademicPlan
UOITisrequiredtosubmitanupdatedStrategicMandateAgreement(SMA)totheProvince(Spring2017)• Anyfocusonresearchshouldbeinformedby
anup-to-dateStrategicResearchPlan
ProcessSeptember2016- April2017• ResearchBoardreviewsexistingSRPand
consultswithFacultiesonthephilosophy,goalsandobjectivesoftheSRP.
• Vice-PresidentResearch,Innovation&InternationalconsultswithFacultyCouncils
April/May2017• ResearchBoardsubmitsrevisedSRPto
AcademicCouncil
June2017• Vice-PresidentResearch,Innovation&
Internationalpresentsup-datedSRPtoBoardofGovernors
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OurfundamentalapproachtoresearchDiscoveryResearchisCORE;AppliedResearchisencouraged;Knowledgemobilizationisessential (publications,trainees,conferences);Innovation&TechnologyTransferenabled
Innovation,TechnologyTransfer
KnowledgeMobilization
AppliedResearch
DiscoveryResearch
Allresearchactivitiesareconnectedandinformeachother
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Investigator-ledresearch
CollaborativeResearch(e.g.,U-I,International,Community-based)
Targeted(Industry-directedresearch)
Innovation&TechnologyTransfer
Strategic Research Plan: Guidance from the Canada Research
Chairs Program
ResearchBoardaffirmedthatrevisionstotheStrategicResearchPlanwouldbeminor,withprimaryfocusontheresearchpriorityareas
Universitiesmaywishtoaddressthefollowingquestions:
– Whataretheobjectivesincultivatingaparticularareaorareasofresearch?
– Whataretheuniversity'scurrentresearchstrengths?…,whatdifferencewillaCanadaResearchChairmake[tothoseareas]?Whatmeasureswilltheuniversitytaketodevelopstrengthsin…researchithasdesignatedaspriorities …?
– Towhatextentwilltheuniversitycollaborate…withotherinstitutionsto…developormaintainexcellenceinitspriorityareasofresearch?….
– Toaccomplishitsobjectives…:howdoestheuniversityproposetouseitsownresources,theChairsprogram,othergrantingagencyprograms,CFI,andotheroutsidesources?
– Whataretheexpectedobservableoutcomesofachievingtheobjectives?Whatwilldemonstratethattheuniversityhasmetitsgoalsandisachievinginternationalstatusingivenareasofresearch…
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UOIT Strategic Research Plan 2013-2018
VisionforresearchandinnovationatUOIT– Emphasizesintegrationofresearchandscholarshipforlearningandteaching aswellas
discoveryandknowledgemobilization
– Emphasizesresearchandscholarshipisessentialforourmission– undergraduateand
graduatelearning– andstudentengagement
– Emphasizesimportanceofcollaborations– interdisciplinary,inter-Faculty,inter-institutional
andinternational
– EmphasizestheimportanceofALLresearchandscholarshipfromalldisciplinesand
employingafullrangeoftheoreticalandmethodologicalapproaches
– Noonedisciplineormethodologyisprivileged
– AcknowledgesthatResearchServiceswillprovidehighqualityinformation,advice,grant
writingandpost-awardservicestoALLfaculty
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UOIT Strategic Research Plan 2013-2018
Objectives– Identifyandinvestinnewstrategicresearchpriorities,– Buildonandstrengthenexistingresearchstrengths,– Fosterexcellenceintargetedfields,– Integrateresearch,entrepreneurshipandinnovationwith
undergraduateandgraduateeducationandcommunityengagement,– Investininfrastructurethatenablesexcellenceandpromotes
regional,nationalandinternationalcollaborationwithacademic,communityandindustrypartners
– InvestinentrepreneurialcapacitythatenablestheeffectivemobilizationofUOIT-developfundamentalandappliedknowledgeanddiscoveriestoprivate,not-for-profit,andpublicsectorreceptors.
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UOIT Strategic Research Plan 2013-2018
AttheUniversityofOntarioInstituteofTechnology,ResearchandScholarlyExcellencemeans
– Scholarlypublishingthatmeetsinternationalpeerreviewstandards.
– Researchthatcontributestoknowledgedevelopmentinacademicdisciplinesandleadsto
facultymembers’participationinhighquality,peerreviewpartnershipswithinternational
scientistsandscholars.
– Researchthatfosterssocialinnovation.
– Researchthathasapositiveimpactonsocietiesandeconomies.
– Researchthathasapositiveeducationalimpactonstudentsandcurriculum,leadingtomore
effectivelearningenvironments,engagedstudents,andknowledgeableandablegraduates.
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UOIT Strategic Research Plan 2013-2018
• Partnerships
• BuildingResearchInfrastructure
• KnowledgeMobilization
• InternationalCollaborations
• AllocationprocessforCanadaResearchChairs– Candidateswhomeetnationalandinternationalstandardsforscholarshipandleadershipandwhowillbe
researchleadersintheirFacultyandtheUniversity,whowillbecatalystsforresearchcollaborationsinternallyandexternally,andwhowillcontributetoUOIT’sreputationasaleaderinintellectual,social,culturalandeconomicdevelopmentoftheregion,OntarioandCanada
– 1perFaculty(minimum)
– Genderbalance
– Increasedattentiontocandidateswhoareindigenouspeoples,minoritycandidates,and/orpersonswithdifferingabilities
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CANADARESEARCHCHAIRSand
PRIORITYRESEARCHAREAS
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Canada Research Chair Allocation (2016)
Chair Faculty ThematicArea Agency Tier Gender Start End/renewal
Aquatic Toxicology Science Energy & the Environment NSERC 1 M 2004 2018
Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification
FEAS ICT/Informatics or Energy & Environment
NSERC 2 M 2014 2019
Linguistic Information Visualization
Science ICT/Informatics NSERC 2 M 2013 2018
Health Informatics FBIT Human Health & Community Wellness
CIHR 2 F 2007 2017
Technology & PedagogyEducation
ICT/Informatics/Education SSHRC 2 F 2014 2019
Complex Chronic Conditions & Disabilities
FHS Human Health & Community Wellness CIHR 2 M 2013 2018
Digital Life, Media & Culture
FSSH ICT/Informatics SSHRC 2 F 2012 2017
Internet of Things FEAS ICT/Informatics NSERC 2 M 2017 2022
Nuclear Science & Materials
FESNS Energy & Environment NSERC 2 M 2017 2022
TBD NSERC 1 2018 2025
TBD NSERC 2 2018 2023
IT Security & Privacy FBIT ICT/Informatics NSERC 2 2018 20232017-02-14 11
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PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS
INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COMPARISONS
(CANADA)
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UOIT Strategic Research Plan 2013-2018
ResearchPriorityAreas
2013-2018
• AdvancedManufacturing• Educationfor21st Century• Energy&Environment• HumanHealthand
CommunityWellbeing• ICT&Informatics• LifeSciences&
Biotechnology
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UOIT Educationforthe21stcentury
ICTandInformatics EnergyandtheEnvironment
LifeSciences&Biotechnology
HumanHealth&CommunityWellness
AdvancedManufacturing
Brock � � � Trent � � BCIT � � � � � �Carleton � � Concordia � � �Laurentian � � �Lakehead � � � MUN � � � Dalhousie � � �SFX � � MSVU � � � Acadia � � � UNB � � � � Queen’s � � � �Waterloo � � � �WLU � � � Windsor � � �York � � Manitoba � � Regina � � � Calgary � � Lethbridge � � SFU � � � UNBC � �
StrategicResearchPlans:
Undifferentiated?
2012-2017PriorityResearchFoci
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FBIT FEAS Education FESNS FHS Science FSSH
AdvancedManufacturing
Ö Ö Ö
Educationfor21st Century
Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö
Energy&theEnvironment
Ö Ö Ö Ö
Human Health&CommunityWellness
Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö
ICT&Informatics
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LifeSciences&Biotechnology
Ö Ö
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UOIT Strategic Research Plan 2013-2018
Itemsthataremissing
• DIVERSITY:– Aboriginalcommunities:WheredoescollaborationwithFNMIcommunitiesfit?Shoulditbea
priority,ifnotapriorityresearcharea(futureinvestments– facultyhires,CRCs…)?
– Inclusiveness:EnsuringthattherecruitmentofCanadaResearchChairs(CRC)proactivelyaddressgenderequityanddiversity,specificallyforFNMIandpersonswithdisabilities
• FOCUS:– CurrentSRPtendstowardshoppinglistwithallthisaspriorityandhencenopriorities
• METRICS AND REPORTING ON OUR PROGRESS:– Howwillweevaluateourprogresstowardourgoalsandobjectives?
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ProposedFocus2018-2023
SmartSustainableCommunities:connected,inclusive,democratic,prosperous
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ResearchCapacities
ThematicRepresentation
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Discovery&AppliedResearchand
GraduateEducation
Environment,HealthandSustainableCommunities
Mobility&Connectivity
Digital&Information
Sciences
UOIT’sResearchCapabilities:
Threeprimaryclusters
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Discovery&AppliedResearchand
GraduateEducation
SmartSustainableCommunities:
connected,inclusive,democratic,prosperous
WhatconnectsUOIT’scapabilities?
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Discovery&AppliedResearchand
GraduateEducation
SmartSustainableCommunities:connected,inclusive,democratic,prosperous
Environment,HealthandSustainableCommunities
Mobility&Connectivity
Digital/InformationSciences
DiscoveryResearchandGraduateEducation
WhatconnectsUOIT’scapabilities?
2018-2023ResearchClustersorFoci
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FBIT FEAS Education FESNS FHS Science FSSH
Mobility&Connectivity
Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö
Digital/InformationSystems
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EnvironmentHealth andSustainableCommunities
Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö
2018-2023ResearchClustersorFoci(DRAFT)
MobilityandConnectivityforInnovativeCommunities
• Transportationsystems(includingelectric,hybridandautonomousvehicles)
• Humanmobility• Newcommunicationstechnologiesfor
teachingandresearch• MobileandPervasiveComputing• Wearables• MaterialSciences• ManufacturingEngineering• Nanotechnology• Integratedenergysystems• RenewableEnergySystemsandClean
Energy(Hydrogen,Solar,Battery)• Mechatronics• Machining• Automatic/intelligentsensing• AdvancedMaterials• Robotics,Automation&Controls• Finance&Marketing• Technologymanagement,innovationand
entrepreneurship,Businessperformance• --• --
Environment,Health&SustainableCommunities
• HumanandCommunityHealth• MentalHealthandPsychology• Criminology,JusticeandPolicystudies• Learningacrossthelife-span• Built&Naturalenvironments• EcosystemHealth• Energystorageandsystems• NaturalEnvironmentsandLifeSciences• Nano-scaletechnologies&MaterialSciences• Cyber-SecurityandPrivacy• SocialJustice(Immigration,SocialIntegration)• HealthInformatics&Analytics• ForensicPsychology• Healthofvulnerablepopulations• Rehabilitation• Drugdiscovery,formulation&delivery• Codinginclassrooms• E- andmobilelearning• Nuclear&HealthPhysics• LifeSciences• Biotechnology• NuclearSafety• NuclearWasteManagement• --
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• AI/DeepThinking• CognitiveComputing• Mobile&pervasivecomputing• E- andM-Learning• SimulationsandImmersiveTechnology
in/forLearning/Research(education,health,nuclear,automotive,gaming)
• Cyber-SecurityandPrivacy• Communications• Mobile&pervasivecomputing• Datavisualization• Communications&SignalProcessing• BigData&DataMining• HealthInformatics&Analytics• AdvancedManufacturing• RoboticsandAutomation• SmartGrid/MicroGrid• CodinginClassrooms• GameDevelopment• WearableTechnologies/DigitalLife• HumanCentred Computing• ComputationalModelling• Autonomous&ConnectedVehicles• InternetofThings(IOT)• Innovation&Entrepreneurship• --• --
Digital/InformationSystemsforConnectedCommunities
Connect Innovate Challenge
SmartSustainableCommunities:connected,inclusive,democratic,prosperous
UOIT Strategic Research Plan 2018-2023
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UOITresearchcapacities
andUNSustainableDevelopment
Goals
ESTABLISHINGRESEARCHFOCIOR
HOWWILLWEALLOCATESCARCERESOURCES?
2018-2023
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ResearchClustersorFoci• ProposedResearchFociare“inclusive”ofallFacultiesandmost(notall)researchers
• TheseResearchFociwillhelpprioritizeinvestments
• In2018-2023,SHOULDUOIT
– Investinmoretargeted professorialhiring?
– InvestinmoreresearchbasedgraduateeducationacrossallFaculties?
– Investinnewresearchfacilitiestied toapprovedSRPresearchfoci?
– Encouragetheformationofresearchcentres ineachfocusarea?
– AllocateCFIONLY tolargerscaleprojects(includinginter-institutional),withfewer“individual”
instrumentrequests?
– UseCRCstoaddressand/orseedstrategic researchandscholarlylacunaeinourresearchcapacity,
forexample,onissuesrelatedtogenderinequality,socialdiversity,indigenousissues?
– Establishrealistic,achievableandmeasurableobjectivesandreporttotheUniversitycommunity
annuallythatwouldhelpdirectresourcestomostsuccessfulFaculties/researchareas?
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ResearchFoci• Representcross-Faculty,inter-disciplinarycapabilitiesandanticipatedareasofresearchgrowthatUOIT– ReflectprioritiesidentifiedinFacultyAcademicPlans
• OnlytwoFacultyUnitPlansidentifythematicresearchpriorities– Notsiloed inoneFaculty
• Representnationaland/orprovincialpriorityareas
• Reflectinternationaldirectiononresearchandscholarship
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PERFORMANCEINDICATORS/METRICSHowwillwemeasureourprogressandsuccess?
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Smart(er)SustainableCommunities
Whatareourmetrics/indicationsofsuccess?
“Researchers atCanada’suniversitiescontributetotheeconomy,industryandbusiness,publicpolicy,culture,andsociety. Butmeasuringtheimpactofmuchoftheresearchbeingconductedatuniversitiesremainsachallenge.Canada’suniversitiesandTri-CouncilAgenciesareplacingmoreemphasisonknowledgemobilizationinordertogenerateresearchwithahighsocialutilityandgetresearchintothehandsofdecision-makers,policy-makers,andpractitioners.”
ConferenceBoardofCanada(2016),BeyondCitations:KnowledgeMobilization,ResearchImpact,andtheChangingNatureofAcademicWork
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OurfundamentalapproachtoresearchDiscoveryResearchisPRIVILEGED;AppliedResearchisencouraged;Knowledgemobilizationisessential (publications,trainees,conferences);Innovation&TechnologyTransferenabled
Innovation,TechnologyTransfer
KnowledgeMobilization
AppliedResearch
DiscoveryResearch
Allresearchactivitiesareconnectedandinformeachother
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Investigator-ledresearch
CollaborativeResearch(e.g.,U-I,International,Community-based)
Targeted(Industry-directedresearch)
Innovation&TechnologyTransfer
Measuringprogressandsuccess:Whatareourmetrics/indicatorsofsuccess?
• %offacultywithterminaldegrees(Ph.D.)Dowewantasagoal100%?Howclosearewe?
• Research$/FTEWhatisreasonableminimumtarget?$90,000/FTE
• Numberofprestigious,nationallycompetitiveresearchawards(e.g.,CFREF,CERC,etc.)Shouldourtargetbe1by2022?
• %offacultywhoarePIsonnationallycompetitivegrantsWhatisourtarget– 75%?100%?
• NumberofSponsoredGrantsandContracts/FTE
• Percentageoffacultymemberswithexternal,peerreviewedgrant?What%dowewant?DoesthisvarybyFaculty?
• Numberofinter-institutionalgrantsandcontracts(e.g.,NCE)Whatisatargetnumber?Whatissustainable?
• NumberofresearchMastersandPh.D.students/FTEfacultyShouldeveryfacultymemberhavetheopportunitytosuperviseatleastoneMastersoratleastonePh.D.studentperan?ShouldallFacultieshavePh.D.degrees?
• Numberofpublicationsinhighimpactjournalsorhighqualityacademicpressesperannum(e.g.,UTP,OxfordUP,JohnsHopkinsUP,etc.)Whatisareasonablenumberforeachdiscipline?Wheredosingleauthored/co-authored(notedited)academicbooksfit?
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Measuringprogressandsuccess:Whatareourmetrics/indicatorsofsuccess?(2)
• Numberofpublicationswithinternationalcollaborators• Numberofpublicationswithindustryandcommunitypartners• NumberofCitations/FTE(excludingselfcitations)Howdoescitationvarybydiscipline/sub-
discipline?WhatisexpectednumberbyFaculty/discipline?• Engagementofundergraduatestudentsinresearchprojects(beyondcapstone)(measured
annually) Shouldallundergraduatestudentsbegivenanopportunitytoparticipateinresearchactivities?HowwouldthisimpactonrecruitmenttoMastersprograms?
• Numberofnationalandinternationalawardstofacultymembers(FRSC,Fields,etc.)/anWhatshouldUOIT’stargetbe– minimumofthree/an?
• Numberofresearchcentres (andstablefundingfor…)ShouldFacultiesandtheUniversityencouragetheformationofresearchcentres asvehiclesfororganizingresearchandgraduatestudies?Howshouldthesebefunded(self-funded)?
• Numberofsponsored(industry,individual,etc.)researchchairsShouldweaimfor1sponsoredchairperFaculty?
• Rankings:WheretowewanttobepositionvisavisotherCanadianandinternationaluniversities?Whoareourcompetitions?
• ImpactMeasures(KnowledgeTransfer;Researchuptake;Spinoutcompanies;licenses,etc.)
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ResearchInfoSourceResearchUniversityoftheYear
• FinancialIndicators• TotalSponsoredResearchIncome• ResearchIntensity($/FFTE)
• ResearchOutputIndicators• TotalNumberofPublications• PublicationIntensity(#/FFTE)
• ResearchImpactIndicators• PublicationImpact(measureseachinstitution’ssuccessinbeingcitedinthepeer-reviewedacademicliterature)
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RANKINGS
Dowecare?Ifso,whichrankings(Canadaonly)orinternational?Whichuniversitiesshouldbeourcomparatoruniversities(smallerCanadianorinternationalscienceandtechnologyuniversities)?
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InnovationinResearchandEducation
By 2025, UOIT will be ranked amongst§ leading 50 science and technology § Times Higher Education top 100 under 50
universities § 35 research intensive universities in Canada
o Currently ranked 45th
§ Top 25 Research Universities of the Year (Canada)
o Currently ranked 33rd§ Top 10 RUY (undergraduate)
§ Research Impact§ 10th amongst PUI§ Currently ranked 7th in Canada§ Toronto, McGill, UBC,SFU, Alberta,
McMaster
ASPIRATIONAL
Stretchgoal:
UOITstrivestoberankedamongstthetop50scienceandtechnologyuniversitiesintheworld,theTimesHigherEducation100under50,andthetop35research-intensiveuniversitiesinCanada
Smart(er)&SustainableCommunities
• NationalandInternationalRankings– AWRU(Shanghai)– THE– Macleans– ResearchInfosource (Top50Research
Universities)
• InternationalRankings– Ourpartnersareintop150under50– Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity#2– UniversityofKonstanz#7– Karlsruhle InstituteofTechnology#8– UniversityofTechnologySydney#21
• UOIT– RankingWebofUniversities 1264– UniRank 1584
ResearchInfosource
Researchfunding
ResearchUniversityoftheYear
2016 45 40
2015 45 33
2014 43 36
2013 45 31
2012 45 38
2011 48 46
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Macleans SSHScience/Medical Citations Overall
2017 1 3 1 7
2016 1 5 1 6
2015 2 2 4
NEXTSTEPS
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StrategicResearchPlanrevisions
WhyrevisetheSRPCanadaResearchChairsProgram/CFIrequiresuniversitiestoupdatetheirSRPonaregularbasis
UOITrevisedandupdatedtheStrategicPlanin2015-16.
Eachunit(Faculty,Department)isrequiredtodevelopaunitplan/academicplantoinformtheAcademicPlan
UOITisrequiredtosubmitanupdatedStrategicMandateAgreement(SMA)totheProvince(Spring2017)• Anyfocusonresearchshouldbeinformedby
anup-to-dateStrategicResearchPlan
ProcessSeptember2016- April2017• ResearchBoardreviewsexistingSRPand
consultswithFacultiesonthephilosophy,goalsandobjectivesoftheSRP.
• Vice-PresidentResearch,Innovation&InternationalconsultswithFacultyCouncils
April/May2017• ResearchBoardsubmitsrevisedSRPto
AcademicCouncil
June2017• Vice-PresidentResearch,Innovation&
Internationalpresentsup-datedSRPtoBoardofGovernors
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COMMENTSANDQUESTIONS
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Recoveringmomentum
2017