About the Associate Dean
We welcome Professor of the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, as the incoming Associate Dean, Research, Partnership and Innovation effective July 1, 2025, for a three-year term.
A member of the OISE community since 2004, Professor Chen has an extensive research profile, with over 100 published journal articles, serving as a principal investigator on externally funded projects of over $1 million and a co-investigator on more than 20 external grants totalling $6 million engaging with both academic researchers and community partners. She is also the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Bilingual and Multilingual.
Please join us in congratulating Professor Chen.
What we do
Support faculty to establish their program of research
- Hold individual meetings to identify relevant funding opportunities and assistance to devise plan for research program.
- Offer capacity-building workshops (e.g., building 1-3-5-year research plans, developing research partnerships).
- Host physical and/or virtual networking events with colleagues across OISE to forge connections and collaborations.
Support application to early career-targeted funding opportunities
- UofT Connaught New Researcher Award, an award that helps new University of Toronto tenure stream faculty members establish competitive research programs.
- Ontario Early Researcher Award, which helps recently-appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams.
- Relevant Tri-Council opportunities (e.g., SSHRC Insight Development Grant).
Support faculty research proposals
- Provide workshops and information sessions on research funding, proposal writing and research management.
- Offer consultation services and faculty mentoring (esp. early-career researchers), including guidance on application processes and queries to funders.
- Coordinate internal and external review of proposals – peer review, budget review and where budget permits, external editing and support navigating online systems.
- Provide regular funding alerts to faculty on new opportunities.
- Provide a suite of online resources via SharePoint to support researchers (proposal tips, budget and proposal exemplars).
- Support and extend non-tri-council opportunities for research funding, including sponsored and commissioned research contracts.
- Offer direct support to large-scale initiatives (e.g., Partnership grants) and provide matching funds to large grants on a case-by-case basis as available.
- Support the development of Awards and Honours applications.
- Support knowledge mobilization of faculty research.
Who we are
Becky (Xi) Chen
Associate Dean, Research, Partnership and Innovation
Lara Cartmale
Director, Research and International Initiatives
Olesya Falenchuk
Research Systems Analyst
Brian Kalakula
Research Partnership Development Officer
Madeleine Taylor
Strategic Research Development Officer
Lisa Smith
Contracts and Information Officer