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

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.

Researchers across U of T are banding together to help the United Nations meet its 17 sustainable development goals

October 18, 2024 | SDGs at UofT

The goals are a kind of blueprint for peace and prosperity around the world, and the newly formed “SDGs@UofT” serves as a nexus for the entire university community to access each other’s expertise and ideas.

Call for Proposals: SDGs@UofT Catalyst and Synthesis Grants

October 8, 2024 | SDGs at UofT

Deadline: December 3, 2024. The Catalyst and Synthesis Grant program aims to support multidisciplinary teams of researchers to test novel research questions and pursue pioneering conceptual and methodological approaches that have high potential to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and inform future goals; create and mobilize knowledge that enhances learning and catalyzes equitable action on the SDGs by engaging faculty and trainees and building strong, inclusive, and innovative partnerships.

“All innovations benefit from athlete input” and other truths to come out of the inaugural TISS conference

October 4, 2024 | TISS (Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport)

Arriving from different corners of Canada and the world, renowned experts shared the stage with early-career researchers to discuss the role of cutting-edge science in advancing athletic excellence, early athlete training and development, the application of wearable tech in novel sports and much more in between.