RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 2017 NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION AUGUST 29, 2017 VIVEK GOEL, VICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARCH & INNOVATION

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1 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 2017 NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION AUGUST 29, 2017 VIVEK GOEL, VICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARCH & INNOVATION uoft.me/ri2017 1

2 LEADING THE WAY IN RESEARCH & INNOVATION 2

3 EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE 2016 RANKINGS WORLD CANADA NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 4 1 U.S. NEWS BEST GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES 21 1 TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 22 1 ACADEMIC RANKING OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES 27 1 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING

4 Although U of T accounts for only 7% of Canada s professorial faculty, they have amassed a dominant share of prestigious honours among Canadian faculty.

5 RESEARCH FUNDING In , the total value of research funds awarded to investigators at U of T was $411 million. When combined with funding awarded to our partner hospitals the total was $1.2 billion.

6 TRI-AGENCY FUNDING TO U15 UNIVERSITIES ( ) 15.5%

7 U of T continues to be a North American leader in startups, invention disclosures, and licenses and options New startup companies created at U.S. and Canadian universities ( to ) to : 1239 disclosures 396 licenses & options 64 IP-based startups

8 THE OFFICES OF THE VPRI PARTNER WITH THE ACADEMIC DIVISIONS TO PROVIDE ENABLING SUPPORT LEADING TO: Successful proposals and research awards Professional post-award management Legal and ethical compliance Effective knowledge mobilization 8

9 Each year, the VPRI manages a wide range and large volume of research and innovation support activities.

10 THREE TAKE-HOME MESSAGES 1. Take advantage of available online resources Visit for details on nearly everything in this presentation. 2. Incorporate time in your research planning for necessary administration Find out about timelines for applications and ethical review, and plan accordingly. 3. Understand your responsibilities as a PI You are responsible for adhering to University policies, research integrity, sponsor requirements, policies concerning humans and animals in research, ethical conduct of research, etc. 10

11 THE RESEARCH FUNDING LIFECYCLE: FINDING, APPLYING FOR, AND MANAGING FUNDING Audit & Analysis Education, Outreach and KM Proposal Stage Fund Closure Post- Award Award Stage 11

12 FINDING FUNDING U of T Funding Opportunities Database Home > Faculty & Staff > Secure Research Funding Pivot Funding Opportunities Community of Science (COS) pivot.cos.com U of T Research Alerts Free subscription service U of T Connaught Fund New Researcher Award 12

13 APPLYING FOR FUNDING: SUPPORT Proposal Development Consult your Chair, Vice-Dean Research, and/or Research Facilitator for services available at the department and faculty level for specific funding programs. Funding opportunities/alerts/resources Dept./Faculty RSO & IPO Info sessions and workshops Mentoring/one-on-one support Internal pre-submission review Administrative/resource/budget review Divisional and institutional sign-off Matching funds Agreement negotiation 13

14 APPLYING FOR FUNDING: SIGNATURES Chair /Primary Appointment Hospital Vice-Dean and/or Dean Provost University Approves (VPRI) My Research Application (MRA) U of T s online tool for institutional endorsement of research proposals. Approvals shown in blue may be required based on discipline, amount requested, space impact, matching funding, sponsor requirements, etc. Allow at least a week for this process! Login to MRA to monitor it. 14

15 MANAGING FUNDING Funded Research Digest (FReD) Contains key administrative details for a specific award. My Research Online (MROL) View the status of all your applications, account balances and expenditures. U of T Guide to Financial Management Review responsibilities shared by the University, administering unit, and PI. Policies and Guidelines Related to Research Knowing University policies related to research is your responsibility. See advice on Faculty & Staff > Manage Your Research Funding 15

16 INNOVATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE The Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO) helps build successful partnerships between industry and the University of Toronto research community Manages U of T s portfolio of intellectual property turning ideas and innovations into products, services, companies and jobs. 16

17 HOW TO GET STARTED 1 st Step: Filing a Copyright or Invention Disclosure Contact: the University s Intellectual Property Officer ip.officer@utoronto.ca Contact: the University s Innovations & Partnerships Office innovations.partnerships@utoronto.ca Learn more about: MaRS Innovation & U of T Entrepreneurship 17

18 TRAINING & COMPLIANCE Animals & Humans in Research Environmental Health & Safety Research Integrity

19 DATA MANAGEMENT & OPEN ACCESS June 2016: Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) released a Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management o Data management plans will be a part of future grant proposals o Draft Data Management Policy to be released 2017/2018 for input Data sharing: Must have appropriate authorization to share data (either due to grant / journal requirements, or sharing data for altruistic reasons) Tri-Agency Policy on Open Access, 2015: U of T offers TSpace for Tri- Agency grant recipients to ensure journal publications are freely accessible within 12 months of publication: 19

20 PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH INTEGRITY Singapore Statement on Research Integrity has the following principles: Honesty in all aspects of research Accountability in the conduct of research Professional courtesy and fairness in working with others Good stewardship of research on behalf of others 20

21 CASE STUDIES 21

22 Professor A was supervising a graduate student for his PhD thesis. The student did paid work from the research grant. There was a suggestion that this work could be used as pilot data for the student s full thesis study. Unfortunately, the work was going slowly despite the Professor s attempts to move it along. Professor B received an from the graduate student saying he had a medical certificate for a leave of absence and would not be returning to the lab. When Professor B went into the research office, she noticed that the research data was missing along with the research notes. She ed the graduate student who confirmed he had the data and notes. He further stated he would not return the materials as he said they belonged to him and he planned to do further data analysis. What should she do? Who owns this data? What if this data collection involved human subjects? 22

23 Professor B has decided to familiarize himself with the scholarship of his colleagues. While reading a book written by a colleague he notes a chapter that looks very similar to the work of a graduate student at his prior institution. That graduate student has not yet published the results of her thesis. Is Professor B obligated to take any action? If so, who should Professor C notify of his concerns? What if Professor B learns that his colleague was the external examiner for the graduate student? 23

24 Professor C has conducted a survey with about 10,000 respondents which involved collecting personal health information and demographic data. A back-up copy of the record-level results are stored on a USB stick that includes the addresses of the survey population. The USB stick is lost on the TTC (public transit). What should Professor C do? What steps should Professor C taken to avoid this situation? 24

25 Professor D is the corresponding author of a paper that is going to be submitted to journal. She had promised authorship to a junior faculty member who had been working on the paper. Recently, the junior faculty member has not been responding to requests to continue finalizing the paper or requests to sign the authorship declaration required by the journal from all authors. It has been months and Professor A wants to get the manuscript submitted. The relationship between Professor A and the junior faculty member is deteriorating and after many attempts to engage her without success, Professor A gave an ultimatum that if she did not respond to the request to help finalize the manuscript and sign the authorship declaration, she would be removed as a coauthor. Do you agree that the junior faculty member should no longer be a co-author? Why or why not? 25

26 12:00 1:00 Networking Lunch Vivek Goel - Vice-President, Research & Innovation Lori Ferris - Human Ethics, Animal Care, Health & Safety, Research Integrity Judith Chadwick - Research Funding, Connaught, Canada Research Chairs Derek Newton - Innovation, Partnerships, Entrepreneurship Helen Lasthiotakis Office of VPRI, Awards & Honours, R&I Metrics, Institutional Strategic Research Plan Christopher Yip - International Research Partnerships, Applied Science & Engineering Ruth Ross Medical and Life Sciences Ito Peng Social Sciences and Humanities 1:00 2:30 What I wished I had known when I started at U of T Panel of experienced researchers Ruth Ross, Pharmacology and Toxicology Ito Peng, Sociology Christopher Yip, Associate Vice-President, International Partnerships uoft.me/ri