VPR Announcements

The Director of the Centre for Youth and Society, Dr. Anne Marshall, is currently being considered for reappointment to that position. The Associate Vice-President Research invites you to attend a public presentation Dr. Marshall outlining her vision for the centre over the next 3 years. There will be time for audience questions and attendees will have an opportunity to provide written feedback on the candidate for consideration by the reappointment committee.

Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Date: Monday, 28 January 2013
Location: Senate Chambers (A180), University Centre, University of Victoria

The Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives is currently searching for a new Director. The Associate Vice-President Research invites you to attend a public presentation by candidates for the position. The candidates will be speaking about their vision for CAPI over the next 5 years and there will be time for audience questions. Attendees will also have an opportunity to provide written feedback on the candidates for consideration by the search committee.

Daromir Rudnyckyj
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Location: Senate Chambers (A180), University Centre, University of Victoria

Sikata Banerjee
Time: 11:00-12:00noon
Date: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Location: Senate Chambers (A180), University Centre, University of Victoria

Dear colleagues:

I am pleased to announce that the consultation on the Council of Canadian Academies' (the Council) July 2012 report,  Informing Research Choices: Indicators and Judgment, is now live. We invite you to visit the Consultations section of the NSERC Web site to learn more about the consultation and to take the time to complete the survey.

The information contained in the expert panel's report and feedback from the research community on the findings will contribute to NSERC's review of potential methodologies to allocate budgets among Evaluation Groups under the Discovery Grants Program. NSERC's goal is to implement any potential changes in this methodology in time for the 2014 competition. Please note that the results of the survey are not intended to be applied to the peer review evaluation of research proposals submitted by individual researchers or teams.

Stakeholders in the research community are invited to complete the on-line survey or share their feedback via e-mail at connect@nserc-crsng.gc.ca until January 11, 2013.

We look forward to hearing from you and others on your campus. Should you require further information or have any questions, please contact us at connect@nserc-crsng.gc.ca.

Kind regards,
Isabelle Blain
Vice-President, Research Grants and Scholarships Directorate
NSERC

Date: September 18, 2012
Time: 10:00-11:30 am
Location: HSD A270

Genome BC will be on campus on Tuesday, September 18th to provide information to researchers about the Strategic Opportunities Fund and the Proof of Concept grant. This session will offer information to faculty interested in learning more about these funding opportunities. UVic Industry Partnerships will also provide information on UVic resources available to potential applicants when completing their applications. If you are planning to apply to one of these Genome BC Programs this year, do not miss this opportunity!

Researchers interested in discussing specific details on the eligibility of potential projects, or interested in touching base about current projects, should contact UVic Industry Partnerships as soon as possible, as there will be an opportunity to schedule a limited number of meetings with Genome BC staff before or after the presentation.  Please email ipevents@uvic.ca with your availability for the 18th if you are interested in scheduling a meeting.

See attached for more information.

Need to write a knowledge mobilization plan for your grant application but don’t know where or how to start? Join Dr. Stephen Ross (a KM veteran in Humanities) and Holland Gidney (Research & Scholarship Coordinator in Social Sciences) on Wednesday,  September 12 from 11:30AM-12:30PM (ASB 120) for a crash course in this type of planning. This lunchtime session will walk you through the must-have components of any good KM plan, including tips on how to make these communications goals both effective and realistic.  A light lunch will be provided, please RSVP to kmunit@uvic.ca by September 6th  if you’d like to attend.  Visit www.uvic.ca/km for more information.