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2023 24 Research Support Fund Institutional Objectives

2023 24 Research Support Fund Institutional Objectives

April 18, 2023

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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: A portion of the RSF is used to maintain research space across Laurier’s campuses.
  • Outcomes Reported at Year End: 66,367 square feet of research space maintained and operational across all Laurier.

 

Research Resources

  • Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support related to the dissemination of faculty research through our institutional repository.
  • Indicator: The number of downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository.
  • Output: A portion of the RSF will support the continued development of Laurier’s institutional repository.
  • Outcomes Reported at Year End: Number of faculty research publications downloaded from Laurier’s Institutional Repository in 2023/24. We will use 2017/18-2022/23 as a performance baseline.

 

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: A portion of the RSF is used to support online applications and tracking system.
  • Outcomes Reported at Year End: Remain compliant with Tri-Council policies for Research Ethics Board reporting in 2023/24.

 

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: A portion of the RSF invested in the salaries of Laurier’s research facilitators, research finance team, and knowledge mobilization officer.
  • Outcomes Reported at Year End: The number of Tri-Council grants processed and awarded in 2023/24. We will use 2017/18-2022/23 as a performance baseline.

 

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: A portion of the RSF invested in the university-industry liaison officer’s salary and activities.
  • Outcomes Reported at Year End: The number of industry-led projects initiated in 2023/24. We will use 2017/18-2022/23 as a performance baseline.

 

Allocation

In 2023/24, Laurier received an allocation of $2,976,474.

In 2023/24 Laurier proposes allocating its RSF across the five expenditure categories as follows:

  • 20% Research Facilities
  • 15% Research Resources
  • 60% Management and administration of the institution's research enterprise
  • 2.5% Regulatory requirements and accreditation
  • 2.5% Intellectual property and knowledge mobilization
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