Lawson’s Legal Structure
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Working Together: A City-Wide Perspective!
Lawson Health Research Institute: Clinical Trials Management & Regulatory
Affairs, Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements, Grants & Contracts Management,
Mentoring Scientists/Teams, Budget Development, Institute Sign-off, Risk
Management
Schulich School of Medicine: Bi-Monthly Grant Development Meetings with Lawson
for Strategic Planning, Mentoring and Grant Writing, Funding
Western Research Office: Regulatory Approvals (REBs, BioSafety Approvals, Animal
User Committee); Research On-Line Approvals (ROLA), External Grants: PSI,
NSERC, ERA and CFI LOF
WorldDiscoveries (Western/Robarts/Lawson): Patenting 101- Know your rights; NonDisclosure Agreements, Pre-Reviews of potential commercializations.
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Grants vs Contracts
“Research contracts are negotiated between the scientist and a company, and
may be of the result of the scientist approaching a company, or vice versa”
It is extremely important to engage Lawson’s Grants & Contracts office early in
negotiations for the following reasons:
1. Institute overhead fees must be negotiated up-front!
2. Proposed budgets to do the research must be reviewed!
3. Contract must have the appropriate clauses to protect our scientists!
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Where to find
Funding?
LAWSON’s Intranet:
https://www.lawsonrese
arch.com/intra/grant/fun
ding.htm
External
Funding
Database
Tips on
writing a
successful
Grant
Internal Funding
Lawson Internal
Research Fund
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External Funding Database
• Excel database
• Updated once a month
• Can be filtered by therapeutic area of research, funding deadline month, and
funding agency
• Allows investigators to start preparing for recurring grants well in advance and
seek help from Grant Development office, if required
Internal Research Fund
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Run twice a year (Spring and Fall)
Allows New Investigators to obtain SEED funding to collect pilot data
Funding: $15,000 for a total of two years
Basic Requirements: Must have a faculty appointment at Western, must be a
Lawson member, must have primary appointment at a clinical department at
either LHSC or St. Joseph’s, research activity must be performed on-site at
either LHSC or St. Joseph’s
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Where to find
Funding?
WESTERN’s Intranet:
http://www.uwo.ca/res
earch/funding/index.ht
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Where to find
Funding?
EXTERNAL’s
Database:
www.pivot.cos.com
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Licensed by Western
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Sends bi-weekly emails on
funding opportunities based
on your search keywords
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Connects you to potential
collaborators who are doing
similar research within Western
or in the world
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Questions?
Contact Information:
Stephanie Bowman, Manager Grants Development
Stephanie.bowman@lawsonresearch.com, extension 65575
Nitika Rewari, Grants Development Officer
Nitika.rewari@lawsonresearch.com, extension 65517
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