Research Support Fund-Research Security
The Research Security funding opportunity is a stream of the Research Support Fund Incremental Project Grants (RSF-IPG) to provide further support to the indirect costs of research security and to support the National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships.
Research Security is aligned with the RSF’s objectives to help Canadian postsecondary institutions ensure their federally funded research projects are conducted in world-class facilities with the best equipment and administrative support available. By directing funds to specific investments and to annual or multiyear projects initiated by institutions, research security funding will help to build capacity within postsecondary institutions to identify, assess and mitigate the potential risks to research security.
Research security must focus on a subset of activities within the five existing categories listed in the Research Support Funds:
- Assist and coordinate research security activities across the institution
- Aid in identifying risks and risk mitigation measures across risk areas (physical, cyber, partnerships, intellectual property, people)
- Train faculty and research personnel
- Acquire research security systems to track grant applications, certifications and awards
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$643 K
Res Security funds received in 2023-2024
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$1.9 M
Total Res Security funds received since 2023
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$653 K
Res Security funds received in 2024/2025
Research Security Criteria & Reporting
2024-2025 Distribution
UM received $653,139 in Federal RSF Research Security support.
The following chart provides an overview of how UM proposes to allocate its funds under the priority areas.
| Management & Administration |
Information Resources |
|---|---|
| $653,139 | $0 |
2024-2025 Performance Indicators and Target Outcomes
| Project Title | Output (Investment of research security funds) | Performance Objectives | Performance Indicators | Target Outcomes |
| The University of Manitoba continues to build capacity of the Research Security Office to identify, assess, and mitigate the potential risks to research security. | $653,139 investment to continue to build capacity of the Research Security Office and provide research security training & workshops (officers, assistance, etc.) | The Office of Research Security has three main objectives: 1. Retain and grow office capacity including hiring for additional staff, Research Security Advisor – Sanctions and Export Compliance. |
• Hire Research Security Director • Hire Research Security Advisor – Sanctions & Export, and maintain Office of Research Security Staff as need arises. • Training, workshops, and professional development opportunities for faculties and researchers • Policy and program development • Creation of initiatives as needed for continued Research Security capacity building • Integration of Research Security in the wider global context (e.g. international institutions in US, AUS, UK) • Reviewing cross campus collaborations and integration of Research Security into existing processes |
Timeline: April 2022 - March 2027 |
| 2. Education and outreach to UManitoba Community as well as post-secondary institutions across the province. Builds awareness of research security and requirements. Launching province wide research security training | • # of organizations utilizing UM training • # of individiuals accessing and completing UM Training • # of information sessions, workshops, and townhalls completed to share information with researchers • # of individuals reached through information sessions, workshops, and townhalls • # of one-on-one meetings with researchers • Web resource development • Policy and program development • MB Research Security Workshop |
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| 3. Continue to conduct due diligence through open-source information and advise researchers on potential risk and the creation of risk mitigation plans. Continued training for Office of Research Security Staff on opensource information gathering. | • # of Research Security Risk Assessments completed • # of potential partners and collaborators assessed • # of Risk Assessment forms submitted without being returned • Maintain necessary security software and licenses to conduct open-source due diligence searches |
2023-2024 Distribution
UM received $643,242 in Federal RSF Research Security support.
The following chart provides an overview of how UM proposes to allocate its funds under the priority areas.
| Management & Administration |
Information Resources |
|---|---|
| $643,242 | $0 |
2023-2024 Performance Indicators and Target Outcomes
| Project Title | Output (Investment of Research Security Funds) | Performance Objectives | Performance Indicators | Target Outcomes |
| Research Security Office | $643,242 invested in hiring research security staff and providing research security training (officers, assistance, etc.) |
• Assist in coordinating research security across the Institution |
Aid in identifying and mitigating research security risks | Identify and mitigate risks to research security (physical, cyber, partnerships, intellectual property, people) |
2022-2023 Distribution
UM received $602,592 in Federal RSF Research Security support.
The following chart provides an overview of how UM proposes to allocate its funds under the priority areas.
| Management & Administration |
Information Resources |
|---|---|
| $302,592 | $300,000 |
2022-2023 Performance Indicators and Target Outcomes
| Project Title | Output (Investment of Research Security Funds) | Performance Objectives | Performance Indicators | Target Outcomes |
| Research Security Office | $302,592 invested in hiring research security staff and providing research security training (officers, assistance, etc.) |
• Assist in coordinating research security across the Institution |
Aid in identifying and mitigating research security risks | Identify and mitigate risks to research security (physical, cyber, partnerships, intellectual property, people) |
| Advanced Research Computing (ARC) Security | $300,000 invested in expanding cyber security infrastructure (computer processing, network connectivity, data storage and data backup) | • Assist researchers (faculty, students, and staff) with accessing both local and national ARC systems and support | • Perform computationally and data-intensive research and data management | Increase security and its user-contributed systems, providing archiving, capacity, and space & cooling for centralized, secure hosting of research-contributed systems |
Public Acknowledgement, Objectives & Outcomes
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Research and International
Office of the Vice-President (Research and International)
Room 410/406 Administration Building
66 Chancellor's Circle
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
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