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New upcoming Tri-Agency funding guidelines to be detailed at STAR conference, webcast

H. Bernie Kraatz, vice-principal, research, 茄子直播 Scarborough (left), Vivek Goel, vice-president, research, innovation and strategic initiatives (centre) and Kent Moore, vice-principal, research, 茄子直播 Mississauga will deliver the opening remarks at their respective campuses.

Behind the research and innovations by 茄子直播鈥檚 research community are the administrators, facilitators and business or financial officers that support this work. For a number of years, the Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI) has organized and sponsored the to provide learning, development and networking opportunities to these staff members.

, which in 2020 will be held on Feb. 19 at the St. George campus, Feb. 25 at 茄子直播 Mississauga and March 11 at 茄子直播 Scarborough.

Now in its sixth year, this year鈥檚 conference theme will be 鈥淕uiding Success鈥 and a key topic will be the updated , which takes effect on April 1, establishing a 鈥榩rinciples-based鈥 framework for the administration of Tri-Agency grant funds.

Details of this policy change pertaining not only to research administrators but also faculty members and researchers will be explained in an hour-long webcast on Feb. 19. Those who cannot attend the session in person are encouraged to to better understand the implications of this change on Tri-Agency funded researchers and their teams.

鈥淲e are pleased to offer this live webcast to those who may not be able to attend the conference for the whole day,鈥 says Renee Brost, VPRI鈥檚 chief administrative officer. 鈥淚 invite anyone involved in Tri-Agency funded research to tune into the livestream to understand the change and how it will affect tri-agency research expense eligibility starting on April 1.鈥

Supporting the administrative end of 茄子直播鈥檚 research and innovative activities is a key part of VPRI鈥檚 mandate, according to Vivek Goel, 茄子直播鈥檚 vice-president of research, innovation and strategic initiatives.  

鈥淰PRI is committed to supporting research and innovation at every stage,鈥 Goel says. 鈥淪taff across all three campuses are key to facilitating groundbreaking discoveries and are an integral part of our research teams.鈥

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