Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that funds collaborative research projects between universities and community partners. Its funding opportunities are flexible, its application process is quick, and it includes international opportunities. Join Mitacs representative and UWindsor alumnus Katie Facecchia for an explanation of Mitacs programs and examples of how they are used by social sciences and humanities researchers across Canada.

Open to researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students in the social sciences and humanities, and the staff who support them.

Researchers in all faculties are encouraged to apply.

For more information about this information session or this funding opportunity, please contact Nicole Noel in ORIS.

Panelists: Nadia Azar, Kinesiology; Jeff Defoe, Mechanical, Automotive, & Materials Engineering; Adrian Guta, Social Work; and John Trant, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Open to faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and the staff who support them.

Faculty, staff, and postdocs attending the Spring 2018 Writing Retreat at Willistead need not register separately for this workshop; their retreat registration reserves them a seat.

The Early Researcher Awards program gives funding to new researchers working at publicly-funded Ontario research institutions to build a research team.

More info

Whether you are planning to apply this year or in a year or two, come and learn more about this funding opportunity. Please note: You must be in a tenure-track position or be tenured to apply.

Researchers attending the Spring 2018 Writing Retreat at Willistead need not register separately for this workshop; their retreat registration reserves them a seat.

Who should attend? Open to researchers from across the social sciences and humanities, and the administrators who support them.

Faculty, staff, and postdocs attending the Summer 2018 Writing Retreat at Willistead need not register; their retreat registration reserves them a seat.

What are some strategies for securing funding from CIHR? How can you find the best review panel? How does CIHR compare to SSHRC and NSERC in terms of types of health research funded, and application content and style?

Join a team of CIHR-funded researchers for an insider’s look at CIHR culture and strategies for success. Following the 45-minute presentation, opt to join a roundtable discussion focused on the CIHR Project Grant or the CIHR Planning & Dissemination Grant.

Bring your topics or ideas for health research, and see where they fit.

Who should attend? Open to researchers at all stages and from all disciplines, as well as the administrators who support them.

Faculty, staff, and postdocs attending the Summer 2018 Writing Retreat at Willistead need not register; their retreat registration reserves them a seat.

Faculty, staff, and postdocs attending the Summer 2018 Writing Retreat at Willistead need not register; their retreat registration reserves them a seat.

Bio: Gloria Booth-Morrison leads the outreach initiatives for the ORCID-CA consortium. Previously a Science and Engineering librarian at the University of Ottawa and the Special Projects Librarian at Concordia University, Gloria holds a B.Sc in Biology and Masters in Library and Information Science from McGill University.

Open Access Week is October 22-28, 2018. The theme for this year is “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge.”

If you've ever done an on-line search for a researcher, you know that it's not always easy to find the right person. Sometimes there are other researchers with the same name and sometimes researchers change institutions making it difficult to know who's who. Will others have equal difficulty finding you? If you want to ensure that people can find you and your works throughout your career, the ORCID identifier can help you.

An ORCID ID is a unique researcher identifier which can be added to your research outputs to ensure that your work is easily distinguished from that of other researchers. ORCID is becoming an international standard and is now used by an increasing number of publishers, funding agencies and universities.

Your ORCID profile is managed by you and can be linked to a range of information such as publications, grants, education and employment history.

You can register for an ID at the ORCID website.

The Early Researcher Awards program gives funding to new researchers working at publicly-funded Ontario research institutions to build a research team.

More info

If you are looking for more information on the program and the adjudication process for Round 15 of ERA, we encourage you to register for one of the webinars listed. Due to limited registration capacity, the Ministry asks that multiple members from a single institution participate as a group. We invite you to join Nicole Noel from ORIS for the August 15 webinar in the Workshop room of EPICentre.

Event: ORF-RE Round 10 Webinar Description: The Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (MEDJCT) is hosting this webinar to provide general information regarding Round 10 of the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence (ORF-RE) Program. Host: Stephen Di Renzo (MEDJCT) When: Wednesday 21 August 2019, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada) (Please note that Daylight Saving Time (+01:00 hr) is in effect during this time)

Programme
9AM-9:15AM
Coffee

9:15AM
Opening remarks
Dr. Selinda Berg, Associate University Librarian

9:25AM-10:25AM
Keynote: RDM Update: Tri-Agency Policy, CARL Portage, & Digital Research Infrastructure Developments
Jeff Moon, Portage Director
Jeff Moon is the Director of Portage, a national, library-based network launched by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) with the goal of building capacity and coordinating Research Data Management (RDM) activities in Canada. Prior to his role with Portage, Jeff served as Data Librarian at Queen’s University Library, as Academic Director of the Queen’s Research Data Centre, and as manager of the Queen’s University RDM Service. 
Questions (15 min)

10:25AM-10:40AM
Coffee Break

10:40AM-11:40AM
Faculty Panel on Research Data Management and Tri-Agency Policy (Moderator: Berenica Vejvoda, Research Data Librarian)

Dr. Andrea Craig (Economics)
Dr. Andrea Craig is an urban economist who uses microdata from Statistics Canada and geospatial data to analyze households’ residential location and commute mode choices. She joined the economics department at the University of Windsor in July 2018.

Dr. Arezoo Emadi (Engineering)
Dr. Arezoo Emadi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She joined University of Windsor in July 2017. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba and her Licentiate degree from Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Dr. Emadi has a multi-disciplinary background in academia and industry and leads cross-functional projects funded by NSERC, OCE, Mitacs, CFI, ORF, CAP, OGVG, and URE. Her research activities revolve around the area of micro electromechanical systems, medical micromachined sensors and transducers, bio and chemical sensors, medical imaging systems, advanced diagnosis sensor technologies, and micro and nano fabrication technology. She has focused her effort on advanced micromachining techniques to create opportunities for the development of revolutionary new sensors that are small enough for integration into microelectronic systems and instrumentation, more easily deployable in a multitude of sensing applications and capable of sensing unique aspects of the environment.

Dr. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Distinguished University Professor Emerita (Sociology), held a tier 1 Canada Research Chair from 2002-2016
Eleanor has led, co-led or was an advisor to over 30 research projects with partners in Canada, the United States, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia, funded by some $18 million in grants and contracts. Data management for these projects had to comply with diverse protocols as required by different countries and funding bodies.

Dr. Stephen J. Loeb (Chemistry)
Steve Loeb is “University” Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemsitry. Steve is a world leader in the design of molecular machines and an expert in supramolecular chemistry. His group has developed a wide variety of methodologies for the preparation of mechanically interlocked molecules and he was the first to demonstrate that molecular machines could be organized at the nanoscale and made to function inside the pores of solid-state materials.

11:45PM-12:45PM
Lunch

12:45PM-1:30PM
Sensitive and Restrictive Data and Data Ethics
Dr. Lynette Hoelter, Director, Instructional Resources, Associate Archivist, ICPSR & Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan.

Lynette Hoelter is an associate archivist at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, a social and behavioral science data archive that is part of the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. At ICPSR, she is involved in projects related to quantitative reasoning and statistical literacy, especially within the undergraduate social science curriculum. Lynette is also co-Principal Investigator on a project about IRBs and data sharing and one that will allow U.S. federal statistical agencies to manage applications for their restricted data through ICPSR. Trained as a sociologist, her research interests include the study of family and relationship processes and best practices for teaching and learning quantitative skills. She has also taught for the departments of sociology and urban and regional planning, the survey methodology program, and ICPSR at the University of Michigan.

1:30PM-2:15PM
IT Infrastructure and Storage
Paul Preney, University of Windsor, Computer Science, and SHARCNET Windsor Representative

2:15PM-3:15PM
Panel: How the University of Windsor Can Support RDM (Moderator: Dr. Selinda Berg)
Heather Pratt, Executive Director, Office of Research & Innovation Services
Dr. Suzanne McMurphy, Research Ethics Chair
Berenica Vejvoda, Research Data Librarian
Roger Reka, Science Data Librarian
Sue Holiga, Assistant Director, Business Solutions & Systems, Information Technology Services

3:30PM-4:30PM
ICPSR: A Partner with You in Research and Teaching
Dr. Lynette Hoelter, Director, Instructional Resources, Associate Archivist, ICPSR & Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan

Are you in need of data for a social science research project? Do you want to include real data in your teaching but don't have time? Or are you wondering what the latest analytical technique is? ICPSR can help! The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research is one of the world's oldest and largest social and behavioral science data archives, with over 11,000 studies in the catalog, a set of resources for teaching with data, and a Summer Program that is routinely called "Statistics Bootcamp." We can also help with the preparation of data management plans, budgets for sharing data, or making a case for the need to collect new data. And the best part is, the University of Windsor is a member, so you have access to all of these resources! Bring your laptop to this workshop to learn more!

How do you access confidential microdata files from the University of Windsor’s Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC)? What data is available, and how can it be used for research? Join economist Andrea Craig and data librarian Berenica Vejvoda for an information session on gaining access to and using confidential microdata from the University of Windsor’s Statistics Canada RDC at the Leddy Library. Open to research staff and faculty -- register your graduate students, too!

The Early Researcher Award program helps promising, recently appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams of undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants and technicians.

Please note: You must be in a tenure-track position or be tenured to apply.

A Teams link will be provided to registrants for those wishing to join remotely

This session is open to everyone considering applying for the ERA this year or in the future, as well as for other programs administered by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (e.g. ORF)

Ontario Early Researcher Awards Program webpage

Schedule:

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM – Quiet writing (with support from Natasha and Kate; choose your start and end time)

11 AM to 12 PM – Panel Discussion with PDG recipients Jane Ku & Sean Horton

12 – 1 PM – Lunch provided

1 - 3 PM - Rahul Banerjee available to help with completing STRAC Attestation Module

Questions that could be addressed:

What do grant recipients wish that they knew before they submitted the PDG application?

What cash or in-kind contributions could I request from the University? My partner organizations?

What are some governance models?

What constitutes the evidence of formal partnership required by SSHRC?

What forms must my co-applicants, collaborators, and partner organizations complete? How do I ensure a smooth process?

Does the new Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC) Attestation Module apply to my team?

Can someone help me complete the ORIS external funding checklist in the ERSO Portal?

More information: Natasha Wiebe, nwiebe@uwindsor.ca