MRU Research and Scholarship Plan 2024-2030
The 2024-2030 Research and Scholarship Plan sets Mount Royal University’s research and scholarship direction to 2030.
The Research and Scholarship Plan is a blueprint for building a scholarly community that is actively engaged in reimagining the learning experience, innovating beyond the classroom, nurturing a culture of curiosity, and celebrating success through knowledge mobilization.
Guidelines and Procedures
Committee Information
| Name | Department | |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Deane (Chair) | Director, Office of Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement | mdeane1@mtroyal.ca |
| Brian Jackson | Library | bjackson@mtroyal.ca |
| Sara Sharun | Library | ssharun@mtroyal.ca |
| Gwen O'Sullivan | Faculty of Science and Technology | gosullivan@mtroyal.ca |
| Jeella Acedo | Faculty of Science and Technology | jacedo@mtroyal.ca |
| Jared Fletcher | Faculty of Health, Community, and Education | jfletcher@mtroyal.ca |
| Name | Department | |
|---|---|---|
| Connie Van der Byl (Chair) | Associate Vice-President, Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement | cvanderbyl@mtroyal.ca |
| Melissa Deane (Vice-Chair) | Director, Office of Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement | mdeane1@mtroyal.ca |
| Anupam Das | Arts | adas@mtroyal.ca |
| Harpreet Aulakh | Arts | haulakh@mtroyal.ca |
| Rebecca Gilmour | Arts | rgilmour@mtroyal.ca |
| Carolyn Willekes | Arts | cwillekes@mtroyal.ca |
| Hadi Fariborzi | Business and Communication Studies | hfariborzi@mtroyal.ca |
| Harris Rubin | Business and Communication Studies | hrubin@mtroyal.ca |
| Matthew McLarnon | Business and Communication Studies | mmclarnon@mtroyal.ca |
| Eunah Kim | Business and Communication Studies | ekim@mtroyal.ca |
| Genevieve Currie | Health, Community and Education | gcurrie@mtroyal.ca |
| Christy Lane | Health, Community and Education | clane@mtroyal.ca |
| Lynn Headley | Health. Community and Education | lheadley@mtroyal.ca |
| Alysia Wright | Health, Community and Education | acwright@mtroyal.ca |
| Francine May | Riddell Library and Learning Centre | fmay@mtroyal.ca |
| Yasaman Amannejad | Science and Technology | yamannejad@mtroyal.ca |
| Alexis Morris | Science and Technology | amorris@mtroyal.ca |
| Lynn Moorman | Science and Technology | lmoorman@mtroyal.ca |
Ethics Committees
All information regarding research ethics processess and requirements can be found under Research Ethics.
Human Research Ethics Board (HREB)
Student Human Research Ethics Committee (SHREC)
Animal Care Committee (ACC)
Research Support Fund
The Research Support Fund (RSF) program assists Canadian post-secondary institutions and their affiliated research hospitals and Institutes with the expenses associated with managing the research funded by the three federal research granting agencies. The RSF program, formerly known as the Indirect Costs Program, is a Tri-agency initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The RSF program helps post-secondary institutions to manage the financial demands of the indirect costs of research. Indirect costs are defined as the central, faculty, departmental and/or institute cost that MRU incurs to support research but that is not attributable to specific research projects. Some examples of the costs supported by the RSF program are:
- salaries for staff or students who provide administrative support for researchers and their projects;
- training costs for workplace health and safety;
- costs related to the maintenance of libraries and laboratories; and
- administrative costs associated with getting a patent for an invention.
Mount Royal University applies annually to receive a grant through the RSF program to help pay for a portion of the administrative costs related to federally funded research. The amount of the grant is based on the average Tri-agency funding received by Mount Royal University in the previous three years.
Mount Royal allocation for 2024-2025 is $583,988. For transparency, and to demonstrate the importance of the RSF program to our researchers, staff, students, community members and elected officials, this report is prepared and made public annually. 2024-25 funds are allocated as follows:
- Research Facilities: $29,199
- Research Resources: $ 58,398.80
- Management and Administration of the institution's research enterprise: $437,991
- Regulatory Requirement and Accreditation: $17,519.64
- Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization: $40,879.16
Institutional Performance Objectives
RSF Historical Reporting
In 2023-2024, Mount Royal University received $537,685.00 in Research Support Funds and allocated these funds to the following categories:
- Research Resources: $37,246.36
- Management and Administration of the institution's research enterprise: $480,703.87
- Regulatory Requirement and Accreditation: $4,734.77
- Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization: $15,000.00
In 2022-2023, Mount Royal University received $429,348.00 in Research Support Funds and allocated these funds to the following categories:
- Research Resources: $28,975.02
- Management and Administration of the institution's research enterprise: $399,165.74
- Regulatory Requirement and Accreditation: $1,207.24
In 2021-2022, Mount Royal University received $331,732.00 in Research Support Funds and allocated these funds to the following categories:
- Research Resources: $31,258.47
- Management and Administration of the institution's research enterprise: $297,801.16
- Regulatory Requirement and Accreditation: $2,672.37
In 2020-2021, Mount Royal University received $264,422.00 in Research Support Funds and allocated these funds to the following categories:
- Research Resources: $27,599.00
- Management and Administration of the institution's research enterprise: $231,905.00
- Regulatory Requirement and Accreditation: $4,918.00
In 2019-2020, Mount Royal University received $213,289.00 in Research Support Funds and allocated these funds to the following categories:
- Research Resources: $21,056.07
- Management and Administration of the institution's research enterprise: $191,678.51
- Regulatory Requirement and Accreditation: $554.42
For more information about research and scholarship governance, please contact Connie Van der Byl, the Associate Vice President of Research, Scholarship, and Community and Engagement, at cvanderbyl@mtroyal.ca.