Research & Scholarly Activity Office Services

Services offered through the Research Office:

• Support for faculty research applications
• Develop, maintain and manage systems for post-award administration of grants (i.e. establish cost centres, track reporting requirements, award announcements, database development and maintenance for all internal and external research and scholarly activity grants and contracts)
• Support for student undergraduate and graduate scholarship applications (Tri-Council research agency funded)
• Development and/or support on institutional research grant applications
• Provision of short-term workspace for researchers and research assistants
• Management of Institute for Coastal Research (ICR) facilities (i.e. meeting rooms)
• Provide support to institutional committees (VIU Research Awards Committee, VIUFA Leave Committee, Scholarship Committees, miscellaneous research fundraising committees)
• Key liaison with funding agencies, the institution and faculty
• Promote awareness of VIU’s research and scholarly activity
• Plan and coordinate professional development activities for faculty research and scholarly activity (i.e. workshops, seminars, retreats, conferences)
• Provide information on research and scholarly activity funding
• Responsible for ensuring the institution complies with reporting requirements of all research granting funding agencies with whom we hold grants
• Institutional office responsible for overseeing ongoing compliance with the Tri-Council Memorandum of Understanding (i.e. research ethics, financial management, reporting) CHECK MOU FOR OTHERS
• Coordinate support for technology transfer