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.

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Impressions from the BSMI + MTI Industry and Community Workshop

December 5, 2025 | Bioeconomy and Sustainable Materials Institute (BSMI)

The Bioeconomy and Sustainable Materials Institute (BSMI) team has been engaging with industry and communities to discuss its research mandate and activity areas and collaboration for large-scale funding opportunities.

Toronto Population Network hosts successful first mini-conference

November 26, 2025 | Population Network

On November 6, the Toronto Population Network (TPN) held its first mini-conference at Hart House. The conference had more than 80 attendees from a wide range of departments: sociology, geography, public health, social work, engineering, anthropology, urban studies, information, economics, and statistics. Researchers from all three U of T campuses participated, and included a mix […]

AstraZeneca and the DSI launch new industry partnership

November 25, 2025 | Data Sciences Institute

Pharmaceutical leader AstraZeneca is joining the DSI as an Industry Partner in a new collaboration that exemplifies DSI’s role in connecting industry leaders with top-tier data science expertise from across the U of T's breadth of excellence across disciplines.

BRN IGNITE Grant 5.0

November 19, 2025 | Black Research Network

The BRN offers the IGNITE Grant annually as a small-scale fund to support interdisciplinary research led by University of Toronto Black faculty, librarians, post-doctoral scholars, clinical scientists, and medical research fellows.

Indigenous Research Network fosters partnerships to launch a global research consortium

November 14, 2025 | Indigenous Research Network

The consortium’s vision is to foster global collaboration and knowledge exchange on Indigenous-led research, ensuring that Indigenous community priorities, Indigenous research methodologies, data sovereignty and research ethics are at the forefront and respected in academic settings.

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