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Update on Brock’s Research Priorities

Institutional Strategic Plan Townhall Tim Kenyon, Vice-President, Research

September 2020

Six priority areas

Build research capacity across the University

• Nurture a culture of research and creative excellence
• Invest in research infrastructure and support to ensure

sustainable and accessible research services for the Brock scholarly community

• Build awareness of Brock University as a centre of research

excellence

• Enhance transdisciplinary research & high-impact research

practices

Nurture a Culture of Research & Creative Excellence

• Add a wide range of internal grant programs and

incentives

• Celebrate research successes and contributions
• Integrate research aims and planning into

Brock’s academic, community, and capital planning

Internal Grant Programs and Incentives – 2020-21 Budgeted

Research Initiative Award $280 Match of Minds $250 Matching Funds $125 Equipment Support $120 Canada Games $50 Application Support $40 Indigenous Research $25 Chancellor's Chair $60 Explore/Exchange $266 Brock Research Training Award $252

in $ '000s

Total = $1.47M

Research Successes and Awards

$0.0 $2.0 $4.0 $6.0 $8.0 $10.0 $12.0 $14.0 $16.0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (YTD) Funding Awarded ($M) Competition Year

Funding Awarded - All Funders

Total - All Funders Non-Tri-Agency NSERC SSHRC CIHR

Invest in research infrastructure & support to ensure sustainable and accessible research services for the Brock scholarly community

• Major infrastructure grants representing investments by

Brock, governments, and industry partners in research space, equipment, and personnel

• VPR equipment matching fund program
• Investments to add staff capacity to research enterprise

units

• Revised models for expert research support staff

Investments in Research Equipment

2 4 6 8 10 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Number of Applications Competition Year Example - NSERC Application Trends: Research Tools and Instruments

Number Funded Number Not Funded Expected Success Through VPR Strategic Funds, Brock has made 15 investments in research equipment, totaling $732K since 2018/19

Internal Investments in Research

$0.0 $1.0 $2.0 $3.0 $4.0 $5.0 $6.0 $7.0 $8.0 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 (YTD)

Budget Allocation and Strategic Fund Expenses Vice-President Research 2010 to 2019 (in $M)

Salaries Operations Internal Programs / Transfers VPR Strategic Fund Expenses

Build awareness of Brock University as a centre

• f research excellence
• Research communications programs promote impact and

uptake

• Advertising program for Canada Research Chair positions
• Emphasis on representation and taking leadership

position in provincial and national research organizations

Build awareness of Brock University as a centre

• f research excellence

Enhance transdisciplinary research & high-impact research practices

• External review of researcher IP inventory, with

contracts to market promising pieces

• Streamlined application and review procedures for

research centres and institutes

• Supporting research partnerships through centres and

institutes, including new initiatives STAC, VPMI, Canada- Caribbean Institute

• Support projects that span ISP priorities: EDI Action Plan;

Indigenous research support; community research partnerships

High impact research practices

Intellectual Property Research Partnerships & HQP Scholarly Output and Publication

29 Patent families filed or

granted since 2006

2 new IP disclosures in

2019/20 including prospects, disclosures

Over $800,000 in gross

patent revenue since 2010

238 research partnerships

established since 2011

18 research contracts with

industry & community partners in 2019-20

Over 160 students trained in

an industrial research setting since 2011

713 publications in 2019

Brock researchers have been cited 56,155 times since 2012 MIWSPFA had scheduled 63 events and performances in 2019-20

Research Revenue

$14.38 $15.34 $15.48 $14.12 $0.00 $2.00 $4.00 $6.00 $8.00 $10.00 $12.00 $14.00 $16.00 $18.00 FY 2016-17 FY 2017-18 FY 2018-19 FY-2019-20 Revenue - Cash Basis ($ Millions)

Research Revenue (Includes Overhead)

Tri-Agency Provincial Other Federal Sponsored/Other Total

* 2019-20 reduction due to cancellation of a major provincial contract of about $1.4M

*

LINC Activity for 2020-2021

Projects Partnerships Programs

Establishing a new Advisory board New benchmarks for future success Redeveloping our marketing and communications to attract new entrepreneurs

Building relationships with regional economic

• rganizations

Connecting with corporate partners around the region Catalyzing research and transdisciplinary relationships with community, industry and faculty. Monthly learning and training sessions open to the public Mentorship programs for students and entrepreneurs Partnering with Goodman Group on Kickstarting Entrepreneurship

Indicator Trends

• 10% Increase in research

revenue since 2015/16

• Over $66M in awarded

grants since 2015

• 2 new Canada Research

Chair allocations in 2018/19

• 6 new nominations

underway

• $1.47M in Brock’s 2020-21

budget for direct support to researchers

• 110% increase in the

research enterprise budget relative to 2017/18

• New Distinguished ($10K)

and Early Career ($5K) Research and Creative Activity Award to be launched in 2020-21 Funding from sponsors other than the Tri-Agencies represented more than 76%

• f all grants received in 2019.

25% increase in research publications since 2012

The year ahead

• Seek implementations of the Institutional Strategic

Plan while responding to pandemic conditions

• Complete the appointments and nominations of
• pen Canada Research Chair positions, and prepare

for next CRC recruitments.

• Focus on the promotion of Brock research and its

reputation using a variety of traditional and non- traditional media outlets

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? vpr@brocku.ca