Portfolio of the Vice-President (91ÒùĸÊÓƵ and Innovation)
91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Services
Serves and supports 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ researchers, faculties,centres and institutes by identifying potential funding, facilitating funding applications and providing grant/funding administration, guidance and oversight.
91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Ethics
Oversees and supports research ethics review and approval for research involving human participants, as well as research, teaching and testing involving animals. 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ ethics focuses on the research participants rather than those conducting the research.
Innovation and Commercialization
Innovation and Commercialization helps researchers, postdoctoral fellows, staff and students transform their innovations into reality—helping assess commercial opportunities, protect IP/inventions and navigate the commercialization process.
91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partnerships
91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partnerships provides oversight of the university's 82 centres and institutes and the new bi-lateral agreement on research collaboration with the National 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Council.
Other Core Services
Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Academics
Postdoctoral fellows are valued members of the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ community who are undergoing advanced training. The Postdoctoral Fellows Office provides many resources to welcome postdocs to campus and to support their research training and professional development while at the U of A.
Postdoctoral Fellows WebsiteQuality Management in Clinical 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ
Quality Management in Clinical 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ (QMCR) ensures clinical research at the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ is conducted according to the highest scientific and ethical standards, complies with local, national, and international policies as well as governing statutes and regulations, and that internal quality systems are comprehensive, appropriate and effective.
QMCR WebsiteApplication/Proposal Development
Provides application and proposal support to the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ's research community in the following areas: health sciences, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities. The end goal is to help researchers improve their funding success via application preparation and support.
Develop and Submit a Proposal Services