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Funding Research Chairs

VPRI portfolio lead
Valorie Crooks
Associate Vice-President, Research

Challenge

In priority research areas our university competes for talent with institutions around the world. Externally funded research chairs provide a mechanism by which the university can attract world-class researchers to our institution. Once they arrive, chair funding can support their program of research. ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV has a limited supply of research chairs that have been accumulated (generally) in an ad-hoc manner over time.

Action

Working with ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Advancement and deans, we will develop fundraising cases for research chairs aligned with the SRP priority areas.

Project Goals

  1. Identify funding opportunities to establish world class research chairs at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV  
  2. Support the recruitment of research chairs
  3. Advance the Strategic Research Plan priority areas