Associate Dean Research Report

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Associate Dean Research Report

• Outline
• Research Advisory Committee
• 2009 NSERC, CIHR, Genome Canada and CFI Results
• Canada Research Chair and Federal Indirect Cost
  of Research Update
• New Faculty of Science Research Priorities
• Research Services Office Update
• Faculty of Science Research Institutes Policies
  and Procedures
• Future Activities

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1. Research Advisory Committee

• Established a New Research Advisory Committee
• Doug Muench Bio Sci
• George Shimizu - Chem
• Jeff Boyd - CPSC
• Bernard Mayer - Geosci
• Paul Binding MTST
• Dave Knudsen PHAS

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2. Current Funding Results
2009 NSERC RESEARCH TOOLS INSTRUMENTS GRANT
COMPETITION
7 of 38 applications funded 5 in the FofS
(411,375) P. Facchini, M. Hynes, D. Storey, P.
Tieleman (Bio Sci) B. Mayer (Geosci)
2009 NSERC DISCOVERY GRANT COMPETITION
2008 881,646 2009 1,089,660 (24 increase)
-new applicant success rate 56
2009 NSERC CREATE Applications 4 of 6 LOIs are
from Science NSERC 1.3M -Square Kilometre Array
(SKA) R. Taylor (PHAS)
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Carbon
Capture and Storage -ISEEE, Dept. of Geoscience
SSE invited to participate in Phase 2 -possible
10M over 7 years (http//www.cerc.gc.ca/hp-pa-eng
.shtml)
2009 CIHR (50 success rate) S.J. Zimmerly J.
A. Cobb (Bio Sci) 2009 Collaborative Health
Research Projects Program (CHRP) (NSERC/CIHR) D.
Cramb (Chem)
2009 Genome Canada Peter Facchini Dae-Kyun Ro
(Bio Sci) 13.6M Gerrit Voordouw, Lisa Gieg,
Peter Dunfield Elmar Prenner (Bio Sci) 11.6M

2009 CFI Peter Dunfield (Bio Sci) 329,394
(823,485) Ken Ng (Bio Sci) 288,808 (722,020)

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2. Faculty of Science Funding 2005-2009
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2. Faculty of Science Funding 2005-2009
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2. Faculty of Science Scholarship Funding
2008-2009
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3. CRC/Federal Indirect Cost Research (FICR)
UofC Tricouncil Funding 2007
Current Distribution of CRC in FofS
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FICR funds based on Tricouncil Funding Science
receives 1M per year
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4. FofS Research Priorities

• January 6th- VPRs office asks faculties to
  identify 3 areas of research strength for input
  to the development of a new UofC Strategic
  Research Plan
• January 14th - faculties allowed to identify more
  than 3 areas of research strength
• Late January - Heads were asked to identify areas
  of research strengths, emerging strengths and
  interdisciplinary research projects
• Jan./Feb - two additional meetings were held with
  Heads and members of each department to identify
  FofS research priorities and sub-categories
  within each priority
• Mid February final wording for the FofS
  priorities and sub-categories within each
  priority was determined
• February 28 submission of our priorities to the
  VPRs office

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4. Research Priorities
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4. Research Priorities
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5. Research Services Office - Update

• meet biweekly with RSO senior managers
• (Glenn McMurray, Jamie Day, Lorna Very, Michelle
  Rempel, Lori Foster and Neil Campbell)
• Betty Tear (MTST) and I work with RSO to solve
  various issues, concerns, etc.
• Glen McMurray implemented two review processes
• 1) Phase II Solutions to address the needs of
  researchers on the post award side
• 2) Institutional Research Information System
  (IRIS) to improve and standardize pre-award and
  compliance processes
• In addition, there are two University initiatives
  for reviewing the operations of central services
• 1) Process Improvements (for HR, Payroll,
  purchasing, etc)
• 2) Innovate Support Systems (IS2) with
  PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
• Any enterprise process issues that can be
  successfully addressed by these projects will
  have a significant impact on the types of
  services RSO could deliver in the future.
• RSO are also developing measurable service
  delivery standards

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5. Research Services Office - Changes
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6. Research Institutes Policy and Procedures

• The following Institutes now are under the
  jurisdiction of the Faculty of Science
• Biogeoscience Institute
• Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics (IBI)
• Institute for Quantum Information Science (IQIS)
• Institute for Space Imaging Science (ISIS)
• A new policy that defines the principles for the
  establishment, review, renewal, and winding down
  of research institutes was developed.
• A set of procedures to implement the Research
  Institutes Policy was developed.

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7. Future Activities Monitor Bill 27

• Bill 27 The Alberta Research and Innovation Act
  tabled March 18
• http//aet.alberta.ca/research/system/mandates/fra
  mework.aspx go to questions and answers
• What would happen to the existing organizations?
• The intent of the Alberta Research and Innovation
  Act is to enable the Government of Alberta to
  create one new advisory body and four new,
  board-governed provincial corporations by
  transitioning the following existing
  organizations
• the Alberta Science and Research Authority
• 2-6) AETs five research institutes Energy, Life
  Sciences, Agriculture, Forestry, and Information
  and Communications Technology (ICT)
• 7) the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science
  and Engineering Research (operating as Alberta
  Ingenuity)
• 8) the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical
  Research (AHFMR)
• 9) the Alberta Research Council Inc. (a
  provincial corporation owned by the Crown)
• 10) iCORE Inc. (a provincial corporation owned by
  the Crown)

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7. Future Activities Monitor Bill 27
Bill 27 The Alberta Research and Innovation Act
tabled March 18 http//aet.alberta.ca/research/sys
tem/mandates/framework.aspx go to questions
and answers What would happen to the existing
organizations? 1) new organization focused on
technology commercialization or bringing
technology to market Alberta Research Council,
Alberta Ingenuity, and related programs and
initiatives from Albertas ICT strategy. 2) new
bioindustries provincial corporation Alberta
Agricultural Research Institute, Alberta Forestry
Research Institute, and Alberta Life Sciences
Institute. 3) The Alberta Energy Research
Institute would be transformed into the energy
and environment corporation. 4) A renewed AHFMR
would continue as the new provincial corporation
with a stronger focus on strategic health
research. iCORE would be integrated into the
provinces funding of research capacity in
post-secondary institutions. The specific model
is still to be worked out, but the intent is to
bring our research and innovation framework
closer to Campus Alberta, further integrating the
provincial knowledge-based economy.
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7. Future Activities

• Future Workshops

Industry Day Partnership Opportunities for
Emerging Leaders Sponsoring Partners NSERC, AET
AIF Theme Sustainable Solutions for Energy
and Environment Monday June 22, 2009 (Roza
Centre) -inviting over 80 oil and gas,
engineering and environmental related companies
to participate -more information to follow
Urban Alliance Workshop May 2009 Innovation
Supports Workshop Thursday May 7, 2009 (Cassio
Room, MacEwan Student Centre Presenters UTI,
Calgary Technologies Inc., NSERC, NRC-IRAP WED,
SRED, BDC, DFAIT

• Develop a Faculty of Science Strategic Research
  Plan
• Pilot Project with RSO

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Possible Amalgamation of Faculties of Arts and
Social Sciences - Update

• Facilitators
• John Archibald SS
• Tamara Seiler CC
• Jeoffrey Simmins FA
• Douglas Walker - HU
• Brian Keay SC

Recent Activities

• Web site www.ucalgary.ca/president/artsandsocial
  sciences

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Possible Amalgamation of Faculties of Arts and
Social Sciences - Update

• Recent Activities (contd)
• April 23 UPC Proposal debated at a special
  meeting of GFC
• Main concerns
• Transition time of April 1, 2010 too short
• Transition Dean should be neutral
• Once the new faculty is implemented, there
  should be a search for a Dean.

Future Activities May 6 UPC to consider
comments from April 23rd GFC meeting May 21
2nd GFC Debate and Approval(?) June 25 Board
of Governors Approval