FACULTY SUPPORT
Ontario Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program, Round 5
The Ontario Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program is an initiative to recruit and retain outstanding young scientists and scholars in Ontario at the post-doctoral level. The Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI) provides financial support of up to 50% of salaries and benefits for this position to a maximum of $25,000/annum in each year for two years.
The OCAD University supervisor is responsible for the matching funds balance of salary and benefits, in addition to any operating or related costs.
OCAD U has been allocated one position by MRI. The tenure of the position is two years.
Deadline: July 1, 2011
Please review the program guidelines and application form for application information and eligibility criteria.
OCAD U Award for Distinguished Research, Scholarship &
Creative Activity - Call for Nominations
The OCAD U Award for Distinguished Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity is conferred on the basis of a strong portfolio of evidence — not only of research, scholarship and creative activity, but also of the impact that activity has had on the broad spectrum of art and design research and practice internationally. The award also recognizes contributions toward undergraduate and graduate research and scholarly training. Only permanent, tenured or tenure-track faculty are eligible for nomination.
Deans, program Chairs, or faculty members are invited to submit nominations for the 2010-2011 award to the Associate Vice-President, Research by the below deadline.
Deadline: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Award Value: $3,000
For further details, please review award definitions & guidelines, nomination form and referee report, or contact the Research Office.
OCAD U Award for Excellence in Early Stage Research,
Scholarship & Creative Activity
The OCAD U Award for Excellence in Early Stage Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity recognizes recently appointed faculty members for their outstanding promise to be distinguished researchers, scholars, artists and designers within a university context. The goal of the program is to support the development of a culture of research, scholarship and creativity within OCAD U.
2010-2011 nomination deadline TBD. For further details, please review the award information and nomination form, or contact the Research Office.
Research Seed Grant Program, Spring 2011
The OCAD University Research Seed Grant Program provides funding to OCAD U faculty members pursuing research or research dissemination. The spring 2011 competition will support a total of five research projects including:
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two projects in disciplines closely aligned with the goals of the Digital Futures Initiative; and
- three projects in any discipline.
Deadline: April 15, 2011
Award Value: up to $3,000
Please review the program guidelines and application form for application information and eligibility criteria.
Institutional Initiatives to Support Research and Research Training
Developing highly qualified Canadian researchers in art and design or related cross-disciplinary fields is a core goal of research at OCAD U. Courses in research methodologies, as well as content, support the development of emerging researchers.
Professors are expected to undertake research as part of their university career. Researchers can obtain research relief time by applying to their department and the leader of Research.
A Research Services Office serves as an umbrella support unit to advance research efforts throughout OCAD U. It is guided by the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, who reports directly to the President and works within her Cabinet. The research office is capable of supporting basic or pure research in the most traditional academic sense. Initiatives benefit from the guidance of the Vice-President, Research, as well as faculty coordinators, who currently work with OCAD U researchers to assist them in developing research grant applications. Incentive funds are offered to faculty writing research council grants. The research office is equally able to support applied research, which demands well-equipped studio/ laboratory resources. A Research Financial Officer oversees the financial management of grants and projects. Large projects include a research project coordinator.
The OCAD U Library will be a valuable resource for researchers if further investments are made in collections, personnel and space to support graduate programs and research initiatives. At present, the Library’s physical collection is composed of 74,000 print volumes, 244,000 images, 4,000 media items and 250 print journal subscriptions. As part of the Ontario Council of University Libraries, Scholars Portal, and Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), the OCAD U Library provides access to more than 10,000 full-text electronic journals and hundreds of thousands of digital images.
OCAD U is an active member of CA*4. OCAD U has joined SHARCNet (Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network) to enhance its capacities to develop collaboration tools and skills and to contribute to the field of super-computing research.
Planning and Approval Process
OCAD U’s Policy on Research Administration provides guidance to faculty members in the administration of research funds and activities at the institution. The Research Services Office serves the faculty of OCAD U by providing information on sources of research funds, approves the requests for research funds (whether they’re grants or contractual agreements), and ensures that funds received by the institution are appropriately administered. The Research Services Office also ensures that OCAD U adheres to all the requirements of the Memorandum of Understanding between OCAD U and the Tri-Councils in terms of research activities.
Research planning meetings are held regularly to discuss the overall research direction of OCAD U, with more frequent meetings scheduled as researchers approach key deadlines. Researchers submit project proposals that are reviewed by their deans and the Vice-President, Research, and then approved by the President for further development. Final grant applications are coordinated by the Research Services Office.
For more information, please contact:
Research Office
OCAD University
416-977-6000, Ext. 417
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