# Resources for the Research & Innovation Community
**Source**: https://cris.utoronto.ca/research_roundup/2025-12-22/
**Parent**: https://cris.utoronto.ca/research_roundup/
## CRIS Research Roundup
#### A weekly digest of research and innovation communications.
## In This Issue
## Issue 278: Week of Monday, December 15, 2025 - Sunday, December 21, 2025
## Please note that the next issue of Research Roundup will be published on January 13, 2026.
# [Resources for the Research & Innovation Community](#rri)
## [Funding & Information from Sponsors & Partners](#fisp)
### [News, Information & Updates](#niu)
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#### Resources for the Research & Innovation Community
### Featured Training & Events
- [Cyber Security and Your Research(ers) Office Hours](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/cyber-security-and-your-researchers-office-hours-jan-13-2026/) \
January 13, 2026, 1:00pm-2:00pm
- [Project Management for Research](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/project-management-for-research-jan-16-2026/) \
January 16, 2026, 11:00am-12:30pm
- [AI-Assisted Quantitative Data Analysis](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/ai-assisted-quantitative-data-analysis-jan-22-2026/)\
January 22, 2026, 10:30am-12:00pm
### More Training & Events
- [Privacy Book Display at Robarts Library](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/privacy-book-display-at-robarts-library-jan-5-30-2026/) \
January 5-30, 2026
- [Navigating U of T’s Internal Grant Landscape](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/navigating-u-of-ts-internal-grant-landscape-jan-8-2026/)\
January 8, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm
- [CBRC Community of Practice: Arts-Based Research & Acute Care Collaborations](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/cbrc-community-of-practice-arts-based-research-acute-care-collaborations-jan-9-2026/) \
January 9, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm
- [Film and Scholarship: A Research-Creation Workshop](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/film-and-scholarship-a-research-creation-workshop-jan-12-2026/) \
January 12, 2026, 9:30am-2:00pm
- [Understanding Your Responsibility to Preventing Racial Discrimination & Harassment in the Work Environment](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/understanding-your-responsibility-to-preventing-racial-discrimination-harassment-in-the-work-environment-jan-12-2025/) \
January 12, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm
- [Beyond Treatment: Advancing Cancer Survivorship Team Grants](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/beyond-treatment-advancing-cancer-survivorship-team-grants-jan-13-2026/) \
January 13, 2026, 11:00am-12:30pm
- [U of T Privacy Clinic](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/u-of-t-privacy-clinic-jan-13-2026/) \
January 13, 2026, 11:00am-2:00pm
- [FemSTEM 2026 Kickoff Event & Panel](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/femstem-2026-kickoff-event-panel-jan-13-2026/) \
January 13, 2026, 3:30pm-5:00pm
- [Where Research Begins: “Meaningless Questions” and Other Secrets to Groundbreaking Research Projects](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/where-research-begins-meaningless-questions-and-other-secrets-to-groundbreaking-research-projects-jan-14-2026/)\
January 14, 2026, 11:30am-12:30pm
- [CBRCanada E-Learning Series: “Decisions for Affordable Social Housing”](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/cbrcanada-e-learning-series-decisions-for-affordable-social-housing-dec-11-2025/) \
January 15, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm
- [We’re Talking About the Wrong Error: Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/were-talking-about-the-wrong-error-why-variance-matters-more-than-bias-in-ai-jan-19-2026/) \
January 19, 2026, 11:00am – 5:00pm
- [Open Doors: Faith & Anti-Racism @ U of T](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/open-doors-faith-anti-racism-u-of-t-jan-20-2025/) \
January 20, 2026, 1:30pm-3:00pm
- [Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/theory-of-water-nishnaabe-maps-to-the-times-ahead-jan-20-2025/) \
January 20, 2026, 5:00pm-7:30pm
- [Research Roundtable on 2SLGBTQI+ (Rainbow) Entrepreneurship](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/research-roundtable-on-2slgbtqi-rainbow-entrepreneurship-jan-21-2026/) \
January 21, 2026, 9:30am-5:00pm
- [Data Sciences Institute Talent Showcase](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/data-sciences-institute-talent-showcase-jan-22-2026/) \
January 22, 2026, 8:00am-5:00pm
- [CBRCanada E-Learning Series: “Centering Lived Experience of Incarceration in Research”](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/cbrcanada-e-learning-series-centering-lived-experience-of-incarceration-in-research-jan-22-2026/) \
January 22, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm
- [The Art of Storytelling: A Workshop with Lidia Akar](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/the-art-of-storytelling-a-workshop-with-lidia-akar-jan-22-2026/) \
January 22, 2026, 5:00pm-7:00pm
- [SDGs Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production CoP](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/sdgs-transdisciplinary-knowledge-co-production-cop-jan-23-2026/) \
January 23, 2026, 9:00am-4:00pm
- [Excel and the Fundamentals of Data](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/excel-and-the-fundamentals-of-data-5/) \
January 23, 2026, 3:00pm-5:00pm
- [Surveillance, Policy and Art, with Professor Evan Light](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/surveillance-policy-and-art-with-professor-evan-light-jan-27-2026/) \
January 27, 2026, 10:30am-11:30am
- [Let’s Talk International Partnerships Fireside Chat – International Students: Life After Graduation documentary screening](https://cris.utoronto.ca/event/lets-talk-international-partnerships-fireside-chat-international-students-life-after-graduation-documentary-screening-jan-27-2026/) \
January 27, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm
#### Funding & Information from Sponsors & Partners
### Announcements
[Reminder – Outgoing Sub-awards Request Form: Required for new sub-award requests effective January 1, 2026](https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/7362) \
Original Communication – [Research Alert: December 18, 2025](https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/7362)
## Funding Calls and Program Changes
[Applications Open for Lab2Market Validate Foundations Women in STEM Winter 2026 – Ontario](https://www.lab2market.ca/validate-foundations#apply) \
Original Communication – [Research Alert: December 19, 2025](https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/7363)
[BRN IGNITE Grant 5.0](https://brn.utoronto.ca/opportunity/brn-ignite-grant-5-0/) \
Original Communication – [BRN website: December 16, 2025](https://brn.utoronto.ca/opportunity/brn-ignite-grant-5-0/)
[Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers](https://brn.utoronto.ca/opportunity/connaught-major-research-challenge-for-black-researchers-2/) \
Original Communication – [BRN website: December 16, 2025](https://brn.utoronto.ca/opportunity/connaught-major-research-challenge-for-black-researchers-2/)
[CANSSI Ontario AI Applications in Statistical Sciences Research Grant](https://canssiontario.utoronto.ca/opportunities/ai-statistics/) \
Original Communication – [Research Alert: December 15, 2025](https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/7359)
[Horizon Europe: 2026-27 Work Programme Released; Information Sessions and Brokerage Events](https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/7319) \
Original Communication – [Research Alert: December 15, 2025](https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/7319)
#### News, Information & Updates
### News
[Can Canada Survive Trump’s Attack on Science?](https://macleans.ca/society/can-canada-survive-trumps-attack-on-science/)
Original Communication – [Macleans: December 15, 2025](https://macleans.ca/society/can-canada-survive-trumps-attack-on-science/)
Leah Cowen, Vice-President of Research and Innovation and Strategic Initiatives, writes about the challenges and opportunities that stem from changes to U.S. support for research including U of T’s emergency research fund designed to support faculty affected by funding cuts and its commitment to global partnerships.
### Information & Updates
[Survey on Draft Principles for New Discrimination Policy](https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=JsKqeAMvTUuQN7RtVsVSEIb4TwmsLFxMry5i5-vltJVUMEEwR0E2U0pZSUU1NldRRzNOOVFFVVRRQy4u&route=shorturl) \
Original Communication – [Provost Digest: December 19, 2025](https://memos.provost.utoronto.ca/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=view_in_browser&action=view&data=WzE0ODksImE4ZDI2Y2M1Mjk0ZSIsODgyNDgsImFjNGI3MzVmN2I3ZjJjODNmNTgyYjUwNjVmMDNlZDhjIiwxMzA4LDBd) \
In response to the recommendations of the Co-Chairs Report on the Review of the University’s Statement on Prohibited Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment , the University is creating a new policy to address discrimination and harassment under the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Vice-President & Provost and Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture welcome your feedback on the draft principles and key elements for the new policy. The online consultation survey will close January 31.