The Research Security funding provides further support for the indirect costs of research security. Eligible universities are those receiving more than $2M in eligible RSF direct research funding.
2022-2023
For the current year, the table below summarizes how Queen’s University proposes to allocate its Research Security funding through various projects and provides details of the performance objectives, with indicators, for each project.
Total Funding = $535,320
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Project Name & ID RSF#-Year-Project# |
Output (Investment of grant funds) |
Performance objective |
Performance indicator | Target outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Legal Tools and Databases 00103-2023-08 |
$66,750 Source tools to support the evaluation of research security aspects of relevant research projects/collaborations/partnerships. |
Tools will be used to provide additional background on research partners, and standardize contract management to ensure security. | Implementation of two databases for competitve intelligence and corporate due dilligence. | Softwares will be used in all risk assessments completed by the University during the year. |
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Research Legal Personnel 00103-2023-09 |
$72,966 Establish team for supporting research/data security, privacy, and compliance. Including senior management oversight. |
The team will be responsible for providing legal assessments of research projects, including helping complete NSERC risk assessments. | This projects target outcome will be complete 20 NSERC risk assessments. | Completion of 20 NSERC Risk assessment forms |
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Information Systems Security Support 00103-2023-10 |
$39,000 Investment in the modernization and renewal of secure zone infrastructure. |
Investing in this project will increase the level of support available for researchers and the security of their data. | Number of research users. | The goals for this program is to support 1,000 research users, and services will be provided from April 1, 2023 beyond the end of the eligibility period at March, 2024. |
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Secure Research Operating Environment 00103-2023-11 |
$30,000 Investment in the support for systems, such as: high performance computing and broad-based digital resources." " |
Service support for over one thousand principal investigators using systems across the different resources | Sustained high service level | It is targeted that these resources will be used by at least 1,000 users, and the resources will be available as of April 1, 2023 beyond the end of the eligibility period. |
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Office of Safeguarding Research Operations 00103-2023-12 |
$119,494 Working with and on behalf of Queen's researchers to "know your partner" and to develop detailed, justified and comprehensive risk assessment questionnaires and associated mitigation plans to ensure required security measures are in place. |
Development of comprehensive and high quality plans to ensure risks are recognized, understood and mitigated. | Funding agency assessment and approval; successful funding decisions; reduced/eliminated risk. | Funding agency assessment and approval; successful funding decisions; reduced/eliminated risk. |
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Procurement of Software and Hardware 00103-2023-13 |
$207,110 This project will focus on procuring software and hardware to assist in improving the research security environement at the University. |
This software and hardware will reduce the risk of breaches in data and help assess risks to research projects at the University. | It is targeted that the procurement will be completed by June 2023. | It is targeted that the procurement will be completed by June 2023. |