Faculty of Medicine Research
Office
Rm. 2331 Medical Sciences Building
1 King’s College Circle
About the Faculty of Medicine Research
Office (FMRO)
Assists the Research Community to:
• Identify potential sources of research funding – via
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websites and e-mail (Listservs).
Obtain guidelines, application forms – via websites.
Obtain online information on University procedures and
policies.
Identify investigators in complementary research fields.
About the Faculty of Medicine Research
Office (FMRO)
Service to the Faculty
• administrative assistance to the Associate Dean Research.
• development and implementation of research related policies.
• statistical and analytical reports on research funding.
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(Faculty of Medicine Research Synopsis)
review of existing research programs.
conduct internal adjudications –Dean’s Funds; sponsors requiring
limited submissions (eg:Burroughs Wellcome Fund).
information on national and international research prizes and awards.
liaison with related academic administration on and off campus,
university administration and biomedical and health granting agencies.
administrative assistance for special research funding opportunities,
e.g., CRCs, CFI.
Research Funding
RIR Webpage
• Identify sources of funding
• Access application forms
• Processing applications
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Procedure for signing of grant applications
CIHR applications administered at U of T
Other applications requiring Faculty of Medicine signature
Applications not requiring Faculty of Medicine signature
Hospital administered applications
http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/
Research Events
Find out about upcoming Research Events
– Lectures
– Seminars
– Workshops
http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/
RIR eMailing List
Find out about
– What’s New – recently received updates
– Urgent and special information
– Funding Workshops
– News on policies
– Research events
http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/
FMRO Staff – Research Services
Research Services
Officer
Mary Ann
DeFrancis
416-978-8316 or
maryann.defrancis@utoronto.ca
All grant related
matters.
Government
Research
Infrastructure
Programs (GRIP)
applications
Admin
Coordinator,
Research Services
Cindy
Faber
416-978-5834 or
cindy.faber@utoronto.ca
Admin Assistant to
the Vice Dean
Angela
Gaspar
416-978-5150 or
angela.gaspar@utoronto.ca
Coordinator
Research
Administration
Rosalind
Waxman
416-978-4660 or
rosalind.waxman@utoronto.ca
All grant related
matters
Research Related Policies
Research Related Policies – a list of relevant
web documents is available on the RIR
Webpage
http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/fmro_research_policies
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U of T
Faculty of Medicine
Post Doctoral Fellows (at U of T)
School of Graduate Studies
Ethical Conduct of Research
Post Doctoral Fellows
• The Associate Dean Research is
responsible for campus PDFs. A copy of
the PDF’s letter of engagement is to be
sent to the Associate Dean.
• The University Policy, related
administrative procedures and FAQs are
posted on the VDRIR Webpage
http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/fmro_post_
doc.html