Research News
A Transformative Investment from Bruce Mitchell
The Vice-Principal Research is honoured to be the steward for the extraordinary gift made by Bruce Mitchell (Sc’68, DSc'20) that was announced on February 21, 2023. As indicated in announcing the gift, the program will improve and expand research in several ways:
- Nine existing faculty members will receive funds to ignite their research programs and teams
- Nine new faculty members will be hired to support research intensity in strategic research areas
- Queen’s will recruit 54 postdoctoral fellows
- Queen’s will increase the size of its graduate student body and enhance the University’s competitiveness in attracting a diverse global pool of graduate scholars, through financial support for an estimated 79 graduate students
More details on how the gift will be organized and distributed will be forthcoming.
In anticipation of the Bruce Mitchell gift, the Vice-Principal Research Postdoctoral Fund was launched to attract outstanding postdoctoral fellows to Queen’s University and foster greater recognition of trainees as research leaders of the future. Applications are now being accepted to fund two years of salary support, for up to six PDFs, that will be supported by the gift. In the first application deadline, 25 applications were received, and applications are now being accepted for the May 1st intake date. Each award is valued at $50,000 per year of the funding period for a total of $100,000 per recipient.
Learn more about the Postdoctoral Fund
Safeguarding Research
Last month, members of the Vice-Principal Research Portfolio attended the Research Securities in Today’s Geo-Political Era conference hosted by the University of Waterloo. Protecting research is a growing concern for academic institutions and conference sessions were built around understanding the geopolitical environment with respect to threats in research. Representatives from funding agencies and government officials were on hand to provide attendees with direction and guidance. Information garnered at this conference will enhance the Vice-Principal Research Portfolio’s ability to provide informative and timely support to researchers in their assessment and mitigation of research security risks.
Learn more about safeguarding your research
The Visiting Artist-in-Residence Fund
The objective of the Vice-Principal Research Visiting Artist-in-Residence Fund is to enhance research creation through exchange between faculty at Queen’s University and the broader arts community. “Research-creation” is an approach to research that combines creative and academic research practices and develops knowledge and innovation through artistic expression.
The fund provides up to $25,000 for eligible costs including travel, accommodation, subsistence, and artistic supplies, materials and technology.
Recent Honours and Awards
- Shelley Arnott (Biology) is now a Sustaining Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
- Mark Sabbagh (Psychology) received a Fellowship with the Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- P. Andrews Evans (Chemistry) was granted the CIC R.U. Lemieux Award
- Steven C. Brooks (Emergency Medicine) obtained the 2023 CIHR-ICRH/CAEP Mid-Career Lecturer Award in Emergency Medicine
- Marian Luctkar-Flude (School of Nursing) was awarded the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) Virtual Simulation 2023 Award for Innovation
- Lynda Colgan (Faculty of Education) was granted The Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award in Recognizing Innovation and Excellence in Mathematics Education
Partnerships and Innovation
The Government of Canada recently announced the National Quantum Strategy and the goal to invest heavily in the research, talent, and commercialization of quantum technologies. As such, Queen's and Xanadu will work together to develop quantum computing educational tools and programs utilizing Xanadu's hardware and software, to support the growth of quantum talent in Canada.
Harbour Kitchen is Kingston’s newest community kitchen, providing affordable access to commercial kitchen space for women entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups as they launch and grow their food production ventures.