Research + Innovation
Strategic Priorities
Key Areas
- Strategic research areas and partnerships (external and internal)
- Commercialization, impact, intellectual property
- Supporting interdisciplinary research initiatives
- Research infrastructure
- Researcher support
Scope
- Commitment to key research themes (existing and emerging)
- Enhancing partnerships and international recognition in focused research themes
- Increasing research chairs
- Active participation in the Colleges Centres of Excellence
Initiatives
- Globally recognized innovative research in drug discovery & development
- Leadership in impactful pharmacy practice, social sciences, and educational research
- Leadership in interdisciplinary research
Annual Strategic Goals
Year 1 (by June 30, 2025)
- Research Focus: Commitment to key research themes.
- Partnerships: Enhanced partnerships and international recognition in focused research themes.
- Funding Strategies: Optimized funding strategies, infrastructure, research operational processes, financial and non-financial supports.
- Researcher Support: Faculty satisfaction with funding strategies, infrastructure, research operational processes, financial and non-financial supports.
- Innovation and Commercialization: Support for innovation, translation, and commercialization initiatives.
Year 3 (by June 30, 2027)
- Research Expansion: Increased funding success across diversified sources.
- Partnerships and Recognition: Increased interdisciplinary and international research with enhanced partnerships.
- Researcher Support: Continued funding success, with increased faculty satisfaction in research culture and operations.
- Innovation and Commercialization: Initiatives resourced and underway, with strong faculty support and satisfaction.
Year 5 (by June 30, 2029)
- Global Leadership: Globally recognized for innovative research in drug discovery & development.
- Impact: Leaders in impactful pharmacy practice, social sciences, and educational research.
- Interdisciplinary Excellence: Leaders in interdisciplinary research.