91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner Network

The 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner Network (RPNet) is part of the Vice-President (91ÒùĸÊÓƵ and Innovation) portfolio and is composed of a diverse team of skilled professionals working collaboratively as part of an institution-wide network to provide essential hands-on support designed to enhance the research application and grant management success. We are the primary point of contact for researchers for both pre- and post-award activities. The ultimate goal of the RPNet is to enable application success and reduce administrative load for our researchers.

By offering hands-on research development and administrative support that is institution-wide, researcher-focused and competition-specific, we strive to provide all of our researchers with assistance for proposal crafting and application development, navigating requirements related to external funding sponsors, and streamlining the research development and administration continuum.

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Our Team

The 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner Network supports activities across all Colleges/Faculties and works in a coordinated way to deliver services. For convenience, the following individuals can act as your first point of contact and may include other members of the broader partner network depending on your specific research needs.

DIRECTOR

  • Lead the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner Network and hold the network accountable for providing effective tactical and strategic research development and administrative support to researchers across the University.
  • Work collaboratively with other partner networks, senior administrators both within and external to the Vice-President (91ÒùĸÊÓƵ and Innovation) portfolio, and others at the University, contributing to the development of a coordinated, responsive, and supportive environment that helps researchers do their best work.

SENIOR RESEARCH PARTNERS

First point of contact for College/Stand Alone Faculty Associate Deans (91ÒùĸÊÓƵ)

  • Organize and provide pre-award grant development support for cross-college and interdisciplinary funding opportunities (e.g. NFRF) and coordinating partner involvement in special and/or large-scale funding opportunities and/or proposals.
  • Support with strategic cross-college/faculty and interdisciplinary initiatives and coordinating with College/Faculty Offices of 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ on College/Faculty-specific research opportunities.
  • Responsible for the overall development and coordination of the institution-wide research development support provided by the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners. Includes coordinating work with the VPRI Centers of Expertise (COE) - Innovation, Knowledge Mobilization & Partnerships; 91ÒùĸÊÓƵer Development & Services; Strategic 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Initiatives & Performance; and 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Integrity Support - and other areas.

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners

First point of contact for researchers for research/grant development support

  • Assist researchers with research grant development.
  • Each partner is specialized in an area of grant development based on a defined portfolio of research sponsors and/or programs.
  • Grant development support will be available to any researcher across the institution who is engaged in research relating to a research partner’s portfolio of research sponsors and programs.

Primary point of contact for Faculty Associate/Vice Deans (91ÒùĸÊÓƵ)

  • Offer faculty-specific support (e.g., advocacy, issue resolution) to an assigned portfolio of faculties.
  • Directly connect VPRI to Colleges and Faculties, and vice versa.
  • Serve as a go-to resource for researchers, senior academic leaders, and administrative professionals within assigned College/Faculty.
  • Physically located in the faculties and readily accessible to researchers.

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners’ areas of support include:

  • Assist Faculty Associate/Vice Deans (91ÒùĸÊÓƵ) and their Faculty research teams to meet institutional strategic research goals.
  • Provide personalized grant development support to researchers for grants related to the research partner’s area of specialization (e.g. identifying potential funding opportunities, supporting requests for data for grant applications, helping write institutional sections of applications, drafting support letters).
  • Additional support includes:
    • Curating a successful grants library and funding opportunities database
    • Creating sponsor-specific proposal tipsheets
    • Developing and circulating competition-specific communications
    • Developing and delivering bootcamps/grant-crafting and writing retreats
    • Generating competition reports
    • Organizing and facilitating roundtable discussions, concept challenges, competition-specific peer review processes and more
    • Organizing sponsor-delivered sessions, budget-development supports
    • Strategizing and identifying potential funding opportunities
    • Providing forensic reviews for unsuccessful proposals

91ÒùĸÊÓƵers seeking grant development support should contact the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner responsible for the sponsor and/or program of interest to them. For general research support, contact the Partner assigned to your Faculty (see below).

MANAGER, RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT SERVICES

  • Responsible for the overall development and coordination of the institution-wide research development support provided by the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Administration Specialists.
  • Works with College/Faculty General Managers to coordinate work with the administrative positions in the Colleges/Faculties and other partner networks.
  • Actively engaged in research administrative process and procedure improvement and subsequent implementation across the institution.
  • Works with Faculty 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ teams to align support and strategies.

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION SPECIALISTS

First point of contact for researchers and College/Faculty administrators, including Associate Deans (91ÒùĸÊÓƵ) and Faculty/Department General Managers for research administration-related inquiries and support

  • The Specialists work collaboratively with faculty-based administrators, including generalists, to provide research administrative support to researchers.
  • Provide expertise on research policies and procedures (internal and external).
  • Physically located within the college, and there to support researchers within faculties.

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Administration Specialists areas of support include:

  • Provide hands-on help to researchers with policy and procedure-related aspects of grant application and fund management.
  • Provide tactical research administration navigational support, for example:
    • using online systems (PeopleSoft (91ÒùĸÊÓƵer Home Page), eTRAC, sponsor online systems)
    • help with setting up project accounts, initiating sub-grants, and amendments
    • help with budget development
    • project end-date support
    • liaising with sponsors re: guidelines and file-specific issues on researchers’ behalf
    • troubleshooting and resolving project/system related issues on behalf of researchers
    • file follow up and monitoring of pending approvals; helping researchers meet outstanding requirements (e.g. gathering missing documentation)
    • developing and delivering research administration-related training
    • working in support of Faculty 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ teams
  • Serving as the go-to person when researchers don’t know where to go

WE ARE HERE TO HELP

Determining what kind of support you need is the first step in solving your query and connecting you to the right person:

  • For help with finding funding and/or working on a grant application, reach out to a 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
  • For help with administrative aspects of applying for and managing your research funds, reach out to a 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Administration Specialist

RESEARCH PARTNER NETWORK CONTACTS

  • , Director
  • , Senior 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
  • , Senior 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner, College of Health Sciences
  • , Senior 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
  • TBD, Senior 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner, Stand Alone Faculties (Augustana, Campus Saint-Jean, Native Studies)
  • , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner, Special Projects and Process Redesign

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION SPECIALIST DIRECTORY

  • , Manager, 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Administration Support Services
  • The team of 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Administration Specialists can be reached by email at rsoinfo@ualberta.ca .
  • This email address is monitored closely by our team and your query will be responded to quickly by the appropriate Specialist. The 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Administration Specialists are assigned by College/Stand Alone Faculties and will collectively support the researchers and administrators in the relevant departments/faculties.
91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Administration Specialists
College of Health Sciences College of Natural & Applied Sciences College of Social Sciences & Humanities/Stand Alone Faculties

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner Directory

  • To connect with the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner designated for your Faculty and/or who is most closely aligned with your own research goals/interests, please see the following tables:

College of Health Sciences: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners

College of Health Sciences: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners
College of Health Sciences Grant Development Area of Specialization  Competition Portfolio 
(all faculties, all campuses)		 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner to contact
  • Medicine & Dentistry (Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Medical Genetics, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, and Physiology)
  • Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
 Basic 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ (Health)
  • CIHR Catalyst Grants
  • CIHR Operating Grants
  • CIHR Project Grants
  • CIHR Special Calls
  • CIHR Team Grants
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner 
  • Medicine & Dentistry (Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery)
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
 Clinical 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ
  • 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Innovates PRIHS
  • Artificial intelligence in health-related opportunities
  • Clinical research related opportunities
  • Clinical trials
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • UHF Kaye Competition
  • UHF Medical 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Competition
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
  • Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
  • School of Public Health
 Community-Engaged 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ ( CER; Health)
  • Tri-Agency Health Grants with Community-Engaged CER focus
  • Non-Tri-Agency Health Grants with Community-Engaged CER focus
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
  • Nursing
 Nursing 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ
  • Climate Change and Health related opportunities
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
  • Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
 Dentistry 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ
  • 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Innovates (AICE-Concepts)
  • Heart & Stroke Foundation
  • NFRF Exploration
  • Other health foundations
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner

College of Natural & Applied Sciences: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners

College of Natural & Applied Sciences: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners
Faculty/Unit Grant Development Area of Specialization Competition Portfolio (all faculties, all campuses) Contact
Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences Agri-food, renewable resources, environment, space and national defence
  • Agriculture Funding Consortium
  • Results Driven Agriculture 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ
  • 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Innovates Agri-Food Programs
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • NSERC RTI
  • National 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Council
  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Department of National Defence - (e.g. IDEaS)
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
Engineering Industry and applied partnerships, clean technology, natural resources
  • NSERC Alliance (Advantage, Society, Special Calls)
  • MITACS Accelerate
  • Natural Resources Canada
  • 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Innovates Clean Resources, Emerging Technologies (incl. Advance) & CASBE
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
Science International Opportunities
  • Horizon Europe
  • NSERC Alliance International
  • Tri-agency joint calls with international funding agencies
  • NFRF joint calls with international funding agencies
  • MITACS Globalink
  • France-Canada 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Fund
  • Any other international calls
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
Natural and Applied Sciences College strategic initiatives, NSERC Discovery Grants, genomics, technology commercialization
  • CNAS Strategic Initiatives
  • NSERC Discovery Grants
  • NSERC Idea to Innovation
  • Genome 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ/Canada
  • Centres and Institutes
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner

College of Social Sciences & Humanities: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners

College of Social Sciences & Humanities: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners
College of Social Sciences & Humanities Grant Development Area of Specialization 

Competition Portfolio 
(all faculties, all campuses)

 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner to contact
  • Arts
    ( Anthropology, East Asian Studies, Economics, History, Classics, & Religion, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women's and Gender Studies)
  • Education
 Humanities & Social Science 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ (Major competitions)
  • SSHRC PDG
  • SSHRC Insight
  • IDRC 
  • SSHRC PG, Stage 1 and 2
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
  • Business
  • Law
  • MLCS et recherches en français
 Business and Legal 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ; Recherches en français
  • SSHRC Insight Development
  • SSHRC PEG
  • Ab Law Fndn
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
  • Departments of Art & Design, Digital Humanities, Drama, English & Film Studies, Music, Media & Technology Studies
 Creative and Community-Engaged 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ 

(Including 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ-Creation)
  • SSHRC Connection 
  • British Museum
  • Canada Council
  • SSHRC KSG 
  • Ab Fndn Arts
 , 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner

Stand Alone  Faculties: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners

Stand-alone Faculties: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners
 Faculties Grant Development Area of Specialization Competition Portfolio 
(all faculties, all campuses)		 Contact
  • Native Studies
  • Augustana
  • Campus Saint-Jean

Kelsey Wrightson, Senior 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner

Other: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners

Other: 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partners
 Faculties Grant Development Area of Specialization Competition Portfolio 
(all faculties, all campuses)		 Contact
All Indigenous-Focused 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ All

Makayla LeSann, 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner
All International-Focused 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ TBD

, 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner

*If you have suggestions for additional support and/or resources that would be helpful in applying for research funding please let your 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner/Senior 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Partner know.

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