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Each year on May 20, Clinical Trials Day commemmorates the work of research professionals dedicated to building knowledge, applying best practices, and promoting patient well-being. In 2024, the Vice-Principal Research Portfolio, in partnership with Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston General Hospital Research Institute, and Providence Care, will host a series of online sessions, followed by an in-person networking event.

NSERC's Alliance Grant program has received several updates in the past year. This in-person information session will provide an overview of these changes, the resources available at Queen's to help you prepare your Alliance application, and provide a venue for any questions you may have about the program.

The session will be presented by Research Project Advisors at the Vice-Principal Research Portfolio, and Queen's Partnerships and Innovation staff will be available to provide help in finding external partners.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Presenters:

Merline Fonkwe
Bei Cai
Adam Jeziorski

Join a free, annual science festival for Southeastern Ontario families hosted by ³ÉÈË´óƬ Vice-Principal Research Portfolio.

Faculty members, staff and students, together with community partners, will provide our visitors with hands-on demonstrations, awe-inspiring exhibits and fun experiments to inspire the next generation. Don't miss the Chemistry Magic Show and The Great Canadian Invention Circus! If your family prefers to explore activities in a quieter environment, make sure to visit the Sensory Friendly Science Zone.

This year's theme will be INNOVATE, and we'll have 60 booths featuring topics ranging from wildlife conservation to robotics and climate change. Join us on May 11, 2024, at the Slush Puppie Place and on The Tragically Hip Way.

Visit the Science Rendezvous Kingston page to learn more

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 Tuesday, June 4 and Thursday, June 6 from 10:00 - 11:15 am (one-hour presentation, 15-min Q & A).

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 Adrian Kelly.

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

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 Tuesday, June 4 and Thursday, June 6 from 10:00 - 11:15 am (one-hour presentation, 15-min Q & A).

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 Adrian Kelly.

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

Clarity in academic writing is good; concision is good; logical organization is good. But none of these matter if your writing is not seen by readers to be valuable to them. Commonly it’s thought that value is a matter not of writing but of content; make the writing clear and logical, and value will take care of itself. In fact, successful academic texts—including successful grant applications—rely on a host of writing techniques specific to value, and not just communicating value, but also creating it.

In the morning session (9 am to noon), Dr. McEnerney will lead workshop attendees through essential techniques for creating value. In three afternoon sessions of 50-minutes each (1-4 pm), Dr. McEnerney will work specifically with researchers in health sciences, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities in order to focus on techniques for creating value in specific disciplines for specific readers. 

Whether or not they reserve an afternoon session with Dr. McEnerney, attendees are encouraged to stay and make use of a quiet, writing-only space in which they can work on grant applications or other projects.

Research Project Advisors will also be available for one-on-one or small-group consultations in twenty-minute blocks.