Cultivate Partnerships | Research and Innovation

Success Statement:

By cultivating research partnerships that leverage the strengths of our unique location — and the benefits of U of T’s tri-campus system — UTM will help propel our researchers’ work and create knowledge and technologies that impact communities both locally and globally.

GOALS	ACTIONS	OUTCOMES
Clearly communicate support for partnerships available to researchers across UTM; increase fluency in partnered research	Engage with Chairs and Associate Chairs, Research, and join faculty meetings to share available support Foster close relationships with UTM units that engage with external partners, identifying avenues for collaboration Develop research partnerships training, including workshops and consultations Create a comprehensive suite of resources for UTM researchers and external partners that will be hosted on a new Partnerships webpage	Increased engagement with UTM researchers who are seeking partnership support
Support researchers in conceptualizing, identifying, securing, and formalizing external research partnerships	Connect with individual researchers and priority research initiatives to support partnership development from conceptualization through execution and project completion Engage in external outreach to showcase UTM’s research capacity	Increased external partnership engagement by UTM researchers Increased number of partnership-focused grant applications, resulting in increased funding
Collaborate with UTM community on sustainability research endeavours	Work with UTM’s Sustainability Office to implement their strategic goals Connect researchers with available sustainability research resources at U of T	Successful implementation of goals outlined in the Sustainability Office’s strategic plan Increased participation across UTM on inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary sustainability research
Grow Indigenous research engagement	Guide researchers through Indigenous engagement resources at U of T, communicating when and how to leverage each resource Work with UTM’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives and VPRI to continue to answer calls to actions 20, 21, and 22 of Wecheehetowin on Indigenous research ethics and community relationships	Increased interactions by UTM researchers with U of T’s Indigenous engagement support offices Increased Indigenous engagement by UTM faculty for research

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