February 2014

February Research News: Strategic planning, opportunities, deadlines
and more
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Update: Strategic Research Plan
SRP Committee members will be sharing the latest draft of the Research Themes
document with faculty in advance of a town hall. A list of committee members can be
found at: http://www.tru.ca/research/about/plan.html. Thank you to all who have provided
input to date.
Good News
Drs. Kingsley Donkor and Haytham El Miligi will be welcoming Mitacs Globalink interns
from May to August this year. Mexican student Antonio Chirinos Rodriguez will be working
with Donkor on the research project "Sensitive Determination of Bisphenol A in Food
Samples and Containers by Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry.” Karimi
Abhishek Das, from India, will be working with El Miligi on the project “Performance
Evaluation of Real-Time Multi-Core Systems.”
Dr. Will Garrett-Petts gave a keynote presentation, “The rhetoric of the
project,” at the Spectres of Evaluation: Rethinking
Art/Community/Value conference in Melbourne, Australia on February
7.
Congratulations to the 13 researchers who submitted SSHRC Insight Development
Grant applications for the February 2014 competition. Results will be announced in June.
Through the signing of a memorandum of understanding on January 15, TRU and the
three European Universities that make up the International University Network (IUN) have
developed a new and comprehensive partnership, the International Strategic Network
(ISN). At a research summit with faculty that was held at TRU on January 17, TRU and its
ISN partners discussed opportunities for research collaboration, and developed plans for
an international conference on sustainability to be held at the IUN’s World Campus in
Unna, Germany. Read more about TRU’s ISN partnership. The ERA-Can+ project offers
additional opportunities for research partnerships and funding in Europe: http://www.eracan.ca
Congratulations to all who were involved in hosting a successful Philosophy, History and
Politics Undergraduate Conference in January. The conference attracted 59 student
presenters from universities in BC, Alberta and the United States. Read about the
conference: http://research.inside.tru.ca/?p=3419
Research Calendar
The Library Research Across the Disciplines Lecture Series features informal
lunchtime talks by faculty about their research. Up next: Florriann Fehr will present
“Understanding the lived experience of student-parents in undergraduate nursing school”
on Feb 27. See http://tru.ca.libcal.com/lectureseries#!/month/2014/02 for details.
The 9th Annual Undergraduate Research & Innovation Conference will be held on
campus Mar 28 and 29. Over 200 students will share their work through poster
presentations, exhibits, readings, performances and concurrent lecture sessions. An initial
schedule is posted at http://ugc.sites.tru.ca/. Elizabeth Rennie, one of the organizers,
says: "We will be seeking faculty moderators in mid-March, but more than anything else
we encourage faculty to save the dates and simply attend as much of the conference as
they are able to. Students have put a lot of work into both their research and in preparing
for the conference, and in order for the experience to truly be a valuable one for them,
they now need an audience. Come and ask questions, engage in discussion, and learn –
there will be 200 eager teachers available to share their expertise and enthusiasm."
Contact Rennie at [email protected] if you'd like to get involved.
TRU will host its first 3-Minute Thesis competition
on March 28. The competition, which originated at
the University of Queensland, challenges graduate
students to present a compelling oration on their
thesis topic and its significance in three minutes,
using only one slide, in language that a layperson can understand. Students will have an
opportunity to win cash prizes, and TRU will pay one student’s way to the Western
Canadian Regional competition at University of Calgary. http://research.inside.tru.ca/?
p=3432
Graduate students will have an opportunity to take a free Mitacs workshop, Practice Your
Presentation Skills I, on March 22 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Students must register in
advance.
Deadlines
Faculty:
AUCC Canada Africa Research Exchanges applications: Due Feb 18
CIHR Open Operating Grant: Internal Review due Feb 24; due to CIHR Mar 3
CIHR Institute Community Support Grants and Awards: Due Feb 28
Grand Challenges Stars in Global Health: Due Mar 10
NSERC Strategic Project Grants: Internal Review due Mar 18; due to NSERC Apr 1
IDRC Call for Concept Notes: Canadian Partnerships Small Grants: Due Mar 18
Students:
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA):
Internal Review due Feb 14
Undergraduate Student Research Experience Award (UREAP):
Deadline Mar 30
Please see the Research Calendar on our site for a regularly updated “at a glance” listing of deadlines.
Get in touch
Key contacts for research services
Dr. Will Garrett-Petts
AVP, Research and Graduate Studies
[email protected] | 250.828.5410
Dr. Andrew McKay
Director, Graduate Studies
[email protected] | 250.828.5120
Dr. Lincoln Smith
Director, Research Partnerships and Enterprise Creation
[email protected] | 250.371.5973 Caroline Whitelaw, Administrative Assistant
[email protected] | 250.371.5586
Troy Fuller, Research Manager
[email protected] | 250.371.5569
Dr. Anita Sharma
Grants Development Officer
[email protected] | 778.471.8439
Debbie Krebs, Ethics Compliance Officer
[email protected] | 250.852.7122
Linda Komori, Communications Officer
[email protected] | 250.371.5676
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