University-wide consultation process identifies the need for cross-disciplinary initiatives to catalyze innovation and address complex, global challenges 

Launch of the ISI Office
Four pre-existing initiatives join the portfolio:

$4.7M
Total external funding secured by ISIs

Five new ISIs created:

$33.7M
Total external funding secured by ISIs 

Seven new ISIs created:

Launch of Groundbreakers, a 10-part multimedia series that profiles research leaders and game-changing innovations from across the portfolio

$20 million gift from the Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation founds the Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport (TISS) 

Joins the portfolio:

Four new ISIs created:

EPIC secures $35 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund for upgrades to the Toronto High Containment Facility (THCF); part of an $85 million plan to upgrade the 20-year-old facility 

Launch of Groundbreakers, Season 2

$85.7M
Total external funding secured by ISIs 

Acceleration Consortium and Data Sciences Institute support securing the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship program; U of T is the only Canadian university among nine from around the world, thus far, participating in the inaugural cohort of this prestigious program 

ISI Office and SGC support a $49 million Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) win by Conscience for open science drug discovery and development of treatments with experimental work planned at U of T