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Research & Innovation Operations

The Research Operations data domain encompasses all data related to administration of research applications, awards, expenditures, output and impact, sponsorship, and innovations and entrepreneurial success. Excluded from this domain is scholarly research data—the datasets, code, lab notebooks, and other materials created or analyzed to produce research findings—which is not in scope for institutional data.

Data Trustee(s)

Leah Cowen | Vice-President Research

Typical Data Users

Research Services Office

Innovations & Partnerships Office

ROCO; Business & Financial Officers

Divisional research services officers

Animal Facilities Staff

Sub-domains (4)

Research Grants & Awards Administration  

Data on faculty research awards, data related to research funding agreements; non-funded research agreements; collaboration agreements; institutional research rankings & KPIs 

Notes: RSO and IPO oversee similar data (research funding applications & awards) but specialize in different funding agencies and agreement types. Institutional research ranking & KPIs are overseen by Research Analytics.

Research Oversight & Compliance

Data related to the administration of research safety & compliance, research security assessments and EHS Incident Reporting, ROCO Protocol files, REB minutes 

Research Innovations & Entrepreneurship 

Partnerships, Ventures, Prize / grant / program applications, Awards, reimbursements, accelerates 

Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation 

Public-facing researcher profiles, research honours and awards