The Institutional Strategic Initiatives portfolio increases the University of Toronto’s capacity to support large-scale, high-impact interdisciplinary research

The ISI Impact Report is out!

The report features success stories from U of T’s 22 Institutional Strategic Initiatives (ISIs) and the special projects our office supports.

Over the past five years, the university’s ISIs have made tremendous strides in addressing our most pressing social, economic, political, and environmental issues. Our report showcases those stories and highlights how important the ISIs are to the university community—they are strengthening collaboration, helping to build partnerships, attracting significant external funding, supporting faculty and student research, and creating new training opportunities.

Read the report here

Recent ISI news

Inaugural BRN Research Symposium — April 14

January 10, 2025 | Black Research Network

The inaugural BRN Research Symposium will take place on April 14 and will will bring together multidisciplinary researchers to showcase the transformative impact of Black research excellence in shaping the future.

ShiftEDIing Gears

January 6, 2025 | Acceleration Consortium, MITO2i (Mitochondrial Innovation Initiative)

The Mitochondrial Innovation Initiative (MITO2i), in collaboration with the Acceleration Consortium (AC), will be hosting a free two-day workshop, designed to foster discussions on equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) in healthcare self-driving labs (SDLs).

PRiME 6th Annual Symposium: Precision X — Discovery to Translation

December 9, 2024 | PRiME (Precision Medicine)

The symposium brings together faculty, trainees, industry leaders, investors, and policymakers to explore cutting-edge innovations in precision medicine. Gain insights from groundbreaking research, engage in thought-provoking discussions, and discover how today's discoveries are being translated into tomorrow's treatments.

Applications now open for BRN IGNITE grant

November 14, 2024 | Black Research Network

The BRN offers the IGNITE grant annually as a small-scale fund to support interdisciplinary research led by Black faculty, librarians, post-doctoral scholars, clinical scientists and medical research fellows/residents at the University of Toronto. The IGNITE grant will offer between $5,000 to $10,000 towards professional development, research dissemination and other types of research support within the […]

Stella Kozuszko (Nurse Practitioner at UHN), Heather Ross (Co-Lead of TRANSFORM HF and Head, Division of Cardiology at UHN), Kristen Beck (Registered Practical Nurse and WAHA Medly Coordinator), and Anne Simard (Director of Strategy & Translation at TRANSFORM HF).

Transform-HF partnership wins provincial award for innovative cardiac care

October 28, 2024 | Transform-HF

WAHA and the UHN cardiovascular team have received and Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Award for their efforts in developing Medly — a digital health platform designed for patients with heart failure.