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The Vice-Principal Research portfolio invites the Queen's research community to a virtual two-part Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant boot camp on Monday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 7 from 10:00 - 11:15 am.

During this two-part session, Queen's Research Projects Advisors Adrian Kelly and Diane Davies will introduce researchers to best practices for SSHRC Insight Grant applications and guide you through key application components using examples from successful applications. 

Participants may attend an individual session or both (a different registration is required for each session).

Questions? Please contact  diane.davies@queensu.ca.

Issues with registration? Email  james.ligthart@queensu.ca

Please note, this session will be recorded and shared at a later date on this page.

The goal of the stream is to inspire high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research.  Exploration grants support research that pushes boundaries into exciting new areas. Researchers are encouraged to think “outside of the box,” undertake research that would defy current paradigms, and bring disciplines together in unexpected ways and from bold, innovative perspectives. With the Exploration stream, there is recognition that innovation often carries risk; proposals for high-risk research projects that have the potential to deliver game-changing impacts are strongly encouraged.

Exploration stream grants support projects that:

• bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches;
• propose to explore something new, which might fail; and
• have the potential for significant impact.

Panellists:

2018 and 2022 NFRF Awardee and 2020 Multidisciplinary Panel Reviewer:

• (Assistant Professor Biological & Organic Chemistry) 

2021 NFRF Awardees:

• Dr. Jason Gallivan  (Assistant Professor Psychology, DBMS)
• (Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Therapy)
• (Associate Professor, Computing)

Moderators:

• Dr. Aleksandra Bergier (Research Advisor, EDII)
• Adrian Kelly (Research Projects Advisor - Social Sciences and Humanities)
• Dora Baczyk (Research Projects Advisor - Life and Health Sciences)

This pre-call information session held on April 20, 2023 was for potential applicants to the 2024 NFRF-Transformation competition, which is expected to be launched this spring.

The objective of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Transformation stream is to support large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change. The challenge may be fundamental, leading to a scientific breakthrough, or applied, with a social, economic, environmental or health impact. Projects are expected to be world-leading, drawing on global research expertise, when relevant.

Learn more at New Frontiers in Research Fund – Transformation

Video and Session Materials (  Queen's NetID required):

Speakers:

• Mayron Moorhead - Associate Director, Institutional Programs
   
• Jennifer Chen - Research Projects Advisor - Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Programs (CFI, ORF, CRC)

Join the Queen's Vice-Principal Research Portfolio and fellow faculty from the Queen's research community for our two-day Grant-writing Workshop and Retreat at the Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre on May 25 & 26, 2023.

Both early-career and established faculty members stand to benefit from the workshop.

Register for a single day or both days.

• Day 1 includes continental breakfast, beverages, snacks and a hot lunch.
• Day 2 includes continental breakfast, beverages, snacks and a hot lunch (by request).

Join the Queen's Vice-Principal Research Portfolio and fellow faculty from the Queen's research community for our two-day Grant-writing Workshop and Retreat at the Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre on May 25 & 26, 2023.

Both early-career and established faculty members stand to benefit from the workshop.

Register for a single day or both days.

• Day 1 includes continental breakfast, beverages, snacks and a hot lunch.
• Day 2 includes continental breakfast, beverages, snacks and a hot lunch (by request).

Join the Queen’s Data Champions (qDC) in a virtual panel, moderated by Dr. Betsy Donald, Associate Vice-Principal Research and SSHRC Leader, that explored Research Data Management in Practice. 

The goal of the panel was to provide ���˴�Ƭ researchers with a forum to learn about various journeys in research data management (RDM) and to share lessons learned, promote best practices in RDM and build community and collaboration at Queen’s. The panel is aptly timed after the recent release of the Tri-Agency RDM Policy and increasing interest in enhancing RDM support and resources at Queen’s. 

Video (  Queen's NetID required): 

Note: For privacy reasons this video has been edited to remove the participant question and answer portion.

Learn how to develop an action plan to embed equity, diversity, and inclusion in your research program and practices through this hands-on, in-person, full-day workshop for faculty members. The workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at the Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre and facilitated by Aleksandra Bergier (Research Advisor, EDII, VPR Portfolio) and Leela Viswanathan (Viswali Consulting). A continental breakfast, buffet lunch and refreshments will be provided.

At this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to learn:

• a logical approach to designing an action plan that addresses EDI in their research practice.
• ways to communicate all elements of the plan clearly and succinctly, by drawing from SMART principles (i.e., specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound),  and results-based management approaches.

While the facilitators will briefly address the importance of EDI in research design (also known as SGBA+), the primary focus of the workshop is EDI in research practice (e.g., team composition and recruitment, training and development opportunities and inclusion, etc.).

The morning portion of this event will be dedicated to identifying barriers to EDI in the participants’ research fields and disciplines, and to exploring the steps needed to design an outcomes-driven plan as a measurable and impactful approach to EDI. In the afternoon, participants will have an opportunity to practice developing their own EDI action plans with the support of peers, Research Project Advisors, and the facilitators.

Researchers who are at different stages of their EDI journeys will benefit from learning about how to translate their intentions for EDI into activities that lead to measurable outcomes and that keep researchers accountable.  Participants will be encouraged to draw from their action plans as a point of reference when they develop funding applications and conduct strategic planning.