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Applied Research 101: Context, community, culture

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

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Applied Research 101: Context, community, culture

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  1. Applied Research 101: Context, community, culture Robert Luke, Ph.D. Director, George Brown Applied Research and Innovation

  2. 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

  3. Who we are • Joy McKinnonVice President, International and Applied Research • Robert LukeDirector, Applied Research and Innovation • Meadow LarkinsAssistant to VP, International and Applied Research • Business Developer (TBD)

  4. What is applied research? • Focuses on problem solving • Idea push versus problem pull

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Proposal writing • Identify project • Funding source • Focus on gap • Write early, often How can results be applied to a particular context?

  9. 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 NigliPaula Johnson Tew, MBA, PhD • Integrity in scholarly research, Annual renewal, Study completion, Intellectual property

  10. Conducting research • Research ethics • Collaboration • Multidisciplinary focus • Involve your students

  11. 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

  12. Teaching and learning • Involving students in applied research projects • Integrating results in teaching and learning • Scholarship of teaching

  13. Communication • Websitewww.georgebrown.ca/applied-research • Blogapplied-research.blogspot.com/ • Linksdel.icio.us/GBCresearch

  14. Connection The 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Questions/discussion Robert Luke 416.415.5000.6713 rluke@georgebrown.ca www.georgebrown.ca/applied-research

  18. Faculty applied research projects • Jamie McIntyre • Joanne Clare, Maureen Hynes, Rose-Marie Nigili, Georgia Quartaro • Sandra Neill • Alice Lee • James Smith and Winnie Chiu

  19. research@georgebrown Jamie McIntyre Handwriting Data Acquisition Device

  20. research@georgebrown Joanne Clare, Maureen Hynes, Rose-Marie Nigili, Georgia Quartaro Documenting Student Gains in Emotional Intelligence from Program Start to Completion

  21. research@georgebrown Sandra Neill, Learning Innovations and Academic Development Digital Literacy Program for the Breast Cancer Survivorship Transition to Employment Project (STEP)

  22. research@georgebrown Alice Lee Institute without Boundaries The Consortium on New Media, Creative, and Entertainment R&D in the Toronto Region

  23. research@georgebrown James Smith and Winnie Chiu The Compliments Culinary Centre

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