2015/16 Research Support Fund Reporting

March 28, 2017

In 2015/16, Laurier received $1,992,096 from the Research Support Fund. The grant was allocated as follows:

• Research Facilities: $996,047
• Research Resources: $249,012
• Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation: $212,000
• Management and Administration: $415,060
• Intellectual Property: $119,974

Research Facilities

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain quality research space for faculty and student research.
• Indicator: Faculty and student research spaces are operational throughout the year
• Output: 66,367 square feet of research space maintained and operational across all Laurier campuses.
  
  
  • Research Support Fund information on research facilities

Research Resources

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support related to dissemination of faculty research through our institutional repository.
• Indicator: The number of downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository.
• Output: Support 225,000 downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository.
  
  
  • Research Support Fund information on research resources

Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain annual reporting compliance as mandated by the Tri-Council policy statement.
• Indicator: All active protocols submit the required annual report.
• Output: Remained compliant with Tri-Council policies for Research Ethics Board.
  
  
  • Research Support Fund information on regulatory requirements and accreditation

Management and Administration of an Institution’s Research Enterprise

• Institutional Performance Objective: Continue to support Tri-Council grant applications and process Tri-Council awards.
• Indicator: The number and quality of Tri-Council grant applications submitted by Laurier faculty and the number of successful awards.
• Output: Supported the submission of grants totalling approximately $40 million, including 90 Tri-Council grants. Had a success rate of approximately 55% in the February 2016 SSHRC Insight Development Grant competition, significantly higher than the national average.
  
  
  • Research Support Fund information on management and administration of an institution’s research enterprise

Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support for industry-led projects.
• Indicator: The number of new industry-led projects initiated.
• Output: Supported 25 industry-led projects, a 32% increase over 2014/15.
  
  
  • Research Support Fund information on intellectual property and knowledge mobilization