Strategic Programs

Strategic programs include institutional programs (e.g. the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs); major funding programs (e.g. the Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security (MCURES), Job Creation and Trade; Canada First Research Excellence Fund); and, honours and awards (such as Royal Society of Canada and the University Research Excellence Awards and Research Leadership Chairs).

• Grant development workshops
• Resources
  • We offer guides, checklists, templates, and samples to save you time and enhance the competitiveness of your application.
• One-on-one consultation
  • We connect you to relevant on-campus experts and/or consultants to assist with grant-writing, knowledge mobilization planning, project planning.
• Panel consultations
  • We organize formal panels of faculty and other experts to provide early-stage input from multiple perspectives, scientific and operational.
• Coordination of support materials
  • We request and organize letters of support

• Scientific Review
  • We solicit internal and/or external scientific reviews of draft applications
• Strategic and administrative review and processing
  • We review draft applications against program criteria, suggesting changes to strengthen the narrative
  • We check final drafts to ensure completeness
  • We facilitate authorizing signatures as needed and submit complete applications to the sponsor
• Advisory Committee Review and Selection
  • We organize formal committees of faculty and other experts to evaluate proposals or nominations and to make recommendations to the Vice-President, Research

• Account Authorization
  • We obtain confirmation of certifications (Animal Care, Ethics, etc.) and authorize the establishment of research accounts by Research Financial Services
• Agreements
  • We review and negotiate inter-institutional and sponsor agreements
• Reporting
  • We process researcher progress reports and produce institutional reports to meet sponsor requirements

General Inquiries: stratprg@uoguelph.ca