1. 1 Tri-Agency Session 2013 CAURA Regional Meetings Richard Isnor (NSERC), Cynthia Paquin (Chairs), Jean Saint-Vil (NSERC), and Adèle Savoie (SSHRC ) Working Together to Canada’s Advantage

2. 2 Part 1 – Over to you… Research Portal Open Access Draft Policy Capitalizing on Big Data

3. 3 Research Portal Thank you for your invaluable support and collaboration to date Your feedback on the CCV / Research Portal (including Research Administrator interface) Top 3 things that went well Top 3 challenges

4. 4 Research Portal (cont’d) Your feedback on the quality of support provided by the agencies: Webinars targeted at research administrators Agency staff / Support Central helpdesk Ideas or tools that would be useful to your work (e.g., ability to export lists of applications to an Excel format)

5. 5 Research Portal (cont’d) Next steps We will keep you informed of future phases of implementation for the Research Portal / CCV We continue to welcome your feedback and ideas connect@nserc-crsng.gc.ca webgrant@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca

6. 6 Open Access Draft Policy We are seeking your feedback and questions on: Researchers’ questions and concerns about complying with an open access mandate Options for achieving open access to publications (deposit into repositories, and publishing in open access journals)

7. 7 Open Access Draft Policy (cont’d) Availability of repositories, tools and support services through your institution’s library Recommendations for agency support and measures to facilitate the transition towards open access Send us your feedback before December 13, 2013 at openaccess@nserc-crsng.gc.ca. openaccess@nserc-crsng.gc.ca

8. 8 Capitalizing on Big Data We are especially interested in the following: Are you in favour of making data management plans mandatory for all applications submitted to the Tri- Agency/CFI? What obstacles/challenges will the agencies and other stakeholders face in this undertaking? What issues/concerns may be associated with making openly available the data produced through research financed by the funding agencies (including to the public and the private sector)?

9. 9 Capitalizing on Big Data Please encourage members of your institution to provide feedback between now and December 16, 2013. Email responses should be sent to: digitalscholarship@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.digitalscholarship@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca

10. 10 Part 2 – For Information Tri-Agency Initiatives

11. 11 For Information Financial Monitoring – New Review Process Indirect Costs Program – 10th year evaluation Canada Excellence Research Chairs – first phase 2 nominations announced Canada Research Chairs Equity Recognition 2013 Gender Summit 2013

12. 12 For Information (cont’d) Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s – launched in Fall 2013 Reminder from the Panel on Research Ethics – comments on proposed revisions to TCPS 2 Reminder from NCE – Change in the Reporting Deadline for NCE and NCE-KM Networks

13. 13 Part 3 – Agency Updates

14. 14 NSERC Update New President and Vice-President (Research Grants & Scholarships) Engage Plus – new grants RTI Quotas Statistics – 2013 Strategic Project Grants

15. 15 Statistics on the 2014 Discovery Grants Competition Program NameNumber of Applications Received Discovery Grants 3186 applications (does not include Subatomic Physics) Research Tools & Instruments 466 applications (does not include Subatomic Physics) CREATE 121 letters of intent: 48 applications including: o 2 NSERC-DFG applications and o 18 Industrial-CREATE

16. 16 Helping Showcase our World of Discoveries NSERC is looking for interesting discovery stories to promote the importance of the research enterprise in Canada. Share with us at connect@nserc-crsng.gc.ca

17. 17 SSHRC Update Two Executive Positions Opening at SSHRC Imagining Canada’s Future: Six Future Challenges Announced Aboriginal Research Knowledge Mobilization Guidelines for Support of Tools for Research and Related Activities

18. 18 SSHRC Update (cont’d) Achievement Reporting Knowledge Synthesis Grants on Skills Partnership Funding Opportunities Partnered Research Training Initiatives Joint Initiatives SSHRC Impact Awards Storytellers

19. 19 CIHR Update Reforms of the Open Suite of Programs and Peer Review Process Questions : roadmap-plan.strategique@cihr-irsc.gc.caroadmap-plan.strategique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Questions : spor-srap@cihr-irsc.gc.caspor-srap@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

20. 20 Part 4 Questions / Feedback Consult the Agencies’ Web Sites for more information