STRATEGIC PRIORITY:

Build research capacity across the university

Our research focus is central to our identity. Brock will invest in building a world-leading research institution, grounded in scholarly excellence and strong graduate and post-graduate programs. We will leverage our strengths within and across disciplines to enhance research impact.

Goal: Nurture a culture of research and creative excellence.

Actions:

• Integrate research, knowledge and creative values and processes into policy, governance and administration, and create a culture aimed at output, uptake and impact.
• Grow application rates, success rates and overall income for grant applications.
• Enhance recruitment of excellent graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and visiting scholars within Canada and internationally.
• Connect research and scholarly activities conducted by members of the Brock community to global issues.
• Explore expanded undergraduate research and creativity opportunities.

Goal: Invest in research infrastructure and support to ensure sustainable and accessible research services for the Brock scholarly community.

Actions:

• Identify and invest in strategic initiatives with the greatest potential to enhance Brock’s research intensity.
• Integrate research and experiential education, in part by developing BrockLINC’s capacity to enhance student innovation, entrepreneurship, research and commercialization.
• Invest strategically in major research tools and associated infrastructure.
• Increase internal research funding supports and small grants.

Goal: Build awareness of Brock University as a centre of research excellence.

Actions:

• Promote awareness of Brock as a research, training and mentorship destination for excellent graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
• Enhance international research activity and partnerships.
• Create strategies and practices for the celebration and recognition of scholarly accomplishments of research faculty, students, visiting researchers and staff.
• Facilitate global knowledge exchange by participating in and hosting international symposia.
• Highlight the global impact of research and scholarly activities conducted by members of the Brock community.

Goal: Enhance transdisciplinary research and high-impact research practices.

Actions:

• Support collaborative research activity across disciplines and academic institutions, as well as non-academic partners.
• Build on Brock’s institutional experience of transdisciplinary research.
• Enhance and promote awareness of transdisciplinary, impact-focused, and problems-based research.
• Develop and promote areas of strategic focus on research, balancing specialization with diversity in strategic research development.