Applied Research 101: Context, community, culture
Robert Luke, Ph.D.Director, George Brown Applied Research and Innovation
Outline Agenda
10-11: Office of Applied Research and Innovation Who is… What is… Our services, and others
11-11.30: Projects Inter-College research consortia Faculty applied research projects
11.30: Lunch; Faculty poster presentations; Networking 12-1: Keynote address by Roger Fisher, Fanshawe College
Who we are Joy McKinnon
Vice President, International and Applied Research
Robert LukeDirector, Applied Research and Innovation
Meadow LarkinsAssistant to VP, International and Applied Research
Business Developer (TBD)
What is applied research? Focuses on problem solving Idea push versus problem pull
What you told us
Consultation in Fall 2006 Many and varied applied research activities
currently underway Opportunities Supports required
Establishment of Office of Applied Research
What can we do for you? Finding funding Proposal Writing Navigating processes, policies and procedures Conducting research Publishing and presenting Integrating results in teaching and learning
Finding funding Internal
Seed funding: $130K for projects ending 31 March 2008 RFP process: June
External NSERC: $48m Colleges fund CCL: $10m under various envelopes Other governmental (SSHRC, CIHR, HRSDC, CFI, MRI,
OCE, et al.) Industrial and other organizations
Proposal writing
Identify project Funding source Focus on gap Write early, often
How can results be applied to a particular context?
Processes, policies and procedures Research Ethics Board
MembersJaswant Kaur, Ph.D. (Chair)P. Christopher Timusk, M.Sc.FMariana Ionescu, PhDSarah Evans
Alternate Members Rose-Marie Nigli
Paula Johnson Tew, MBA, PhD Integrity in scholarly research, Annual renewal, Study
completion, Intellectual property
Conducting research
Research ethics Collaboration
Multidisciplinary focus
Involve your students
Publishing and presenting Academic, trade publications Journals, books Our website
Poster presentations Pre-prints
Applied Research community Internal peer review (Sheila Latham) Funding for scholarly communications
Teaching and learning
Involving students in applied research projects Integrating results in teaching and learning Scholarship of teaching
Communication
Websitewww.georgebrown.ca/applied-research
Blogapplied-research.blogspot.com/
Linksdel.icio.us/GBCresearch
ConnectionThe Office of Applied Research and Innovation is your conduit for connecting to Industry
Industrial research partnerships Funding bodies
Eg. Ontario Centres of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology Earth and Environmental Technologies Energy Materials and Manufacturing Photonics
Community Communities of interest Communities of practice
Types of research/domains Publishing, presenting Advanced/terminal degree cohorts (Nancy Miyagi) Collecting information on projects:
liad.gbrownc.on.ca/research/
Please tell us what you think Survey
Inter-College research consortia CONII
Colleges Ontario Network for Industry Innovation www.conii.ca
$20K+ p.a. faculty fellowships program
CONCERT Consortium on New Media, Creative and
Entertainment R&D in the Toronto Region
Questions/discussion
Robert Luke
416.415.5000.6713
www.georgebrown.ca/applied-research
Faculty applied research projects Jamie McIntyre Joanne Clare, Maureen Hynes, Rose-Marie
Nigili, Georgia Quartaro Sandra Neill Alice Lee James Smith and Winnie Chiu
research@georgebrown
Jamie McIntyre
Handwriting Data Acquisition Device
research@georgebrown
Joanne Clare, Maureen Hynes, Rose-Marie Nigili, Georgia Quartaro
Documenting Student Gains in Emotional Intelligence from Program Start to Completion
research@georgebrown
Sandra Neill, Learning Innovations and Academic Development
Digital Literacy Program for the Breast Cancer Survivorship Transition to Employment
Project (STEP)
research@georgebrown
Alice Lee
Institute without Boundaries
The Consortium on New Media, Creative, and Entertainment R&D in the Toronto Region
research@georgebrown
James Smith and Winnie Chiu
The Compliments Culinary Centre
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