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.

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

• Info Session Slides
• EOI Template
• EDI Questionnaire

Speakers:

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

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 Queen's University 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. 

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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.

The Vice-Principal Research Portfolio invites you to join us for an R4R@Q on Maladaptation and Co-production with a presentation by Dr. Marcus Taylor.

Maladaptation and Co-production: Big terms, but what do they mean for grant applications?
Granting agencies have increasingly focused on funding climate change research projects that address ‘maladaptation’ by using methodologies focused on the ‘co-production’ of knowledge. Dr. Marcus Taylor talks through what the concept of maladaptation entails, how it was integrated into the IPCC’s new approach to climate change policy, and provides examples from his work in rural India. Conversely, granting agencies increasingly emphasise that the co-production of knowledge with impacted communities is a potential solution to maladaptation. Overviewing different co-production approaches, Dr. Taylor cautions that there are sharp debates over what co-production means in both theory and practice and suggests some potential pathways forward.

Session Material: (  Queen's NetID required)

• Presentation slide deck (PDF 3.3 MB)

The Vice-Principal Research Portfolio invites you to the third session of the RDM Brown Bag Information Series, where you will learn about the benefits and considerations around depositing your research data into a repository. 

Featuring special guest presenter Dr. Robert Montgomerie, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Data Editor for The American Naturalist.

Topics will include: 
•    Information about the data deposit requirement of the Tri-Agency RDM policy
•    Considerations for selecting a repository for your specific research data
•    Demo of depositing a dataset into the Queen’s Dataverse Collection of Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository.
•    Disciplinary perspective of reviewing data for a biology journal

Video (  Queen's NetID required): 

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The Vice-Principal Research Portfolio invites you to the second session of the RDM Brown Bag Information Series, which will provide you with all the tools and knowledge you will need to create and maintain a data management plan (DMP).

You will learn about the importance of data management planning, what questions to ask when creating a DMP, and what resources are available to you to responsibly manage and document your data throughout the life of your project. You will also be introduced to the DMP Assistant, a free, online tool available to Canadian researchers, and various DMP templates and exemplars available from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.

Video (  Queen's NetID required): 

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