Research Security Grant

• Increase faculty and staff, as well as graduate students and postgraduates, understanding of research security and compliance requirements, across campus and through the research ecosystem
• Achieve collective understanding with government representatives on research security
• Evaluate and modernize uWaterloo international relationships and institutional partnerships

• Number of research security training sessions delivered to faculty and staff as well as graduate and postgraduate students involved
• Number of risk assessments created for granting applications
• Number of engagements with government officials on compliance issues
• Number of international and commercial relationships including policies, procedures and agreements updated

Target

• 25 formal research security training sessions delivered to faculty and staff/graduate and postgraduates students engaged with research
• 100 risk assessments for granting objectives
• 50 engagements with government officials on compliance issues
• 25 key international commercial and international relationships updated and expanded based on comparative best practices

• Design and implement a research security program focused on risk assessment and risk mitigation practices that works with faculty and federal and provincial governments in the grant application process
• Consolidate data and best practices across scientific areas of federal and provincial funding that reflect accurate risk assessments and risk mitigation procedures
• Upgrade and further implement Export Control and Controlled Goods regulations for Canada and the U.S.

• Number of grant applications with research security components reviewed
• Number of data sets created that reflect successful risk mitigation practices
• Number of modernized and new Export Control regime and Controlled Goods mechanisms utilized for uWaterloo compliance purposes

Target

• 150 research security components reviewed
• 4 data sets established for risk mitigation practices
• 1 further modernized Canadian Export Control and Controlled Goods program and 1 new U.S. Export Control regime mechanism established

• Enhanced system and data collection systems to ensure reporting requirements and data needs are met
• Streamlined workflows that minimize administrative burden and maximize ease of use
• Enhanced data collection, quality and reportability

• Identify new data fields required and determine whether to pursue an in-house solution or work with a third party platform
• Number and processing time for each workflow in new system
• Percentage of data records that are complete, accurate and reportable

Target

• Fully operational system meeting all key reporting and compliance requirements
• 25% reduction in number of workflows and processing time per workflow
• 90% of data records are complete, accurate and reportable

• Increase faculty and staff, as well as graduate students and postgraduates, understanding of research security and compliance requirements, across campus and through the research ecosystem
• Achieve collective understanding with government representatives on research security
• Evaluate and modernize uWaterloo international relationships and institutional partnerships

• Number of research security training sessions delivered to faculty and staff as well as graduate and postgraduate students involved
• Number of risk assessments created for granting applications
• Number of engagements with government officials on compliance issues
• Number of international and commercial relationships including policies, procedures and agreements updated

Target

• 12 formal research security training sessions delivered to faculty and staff/graduate and postgraduates students engaged with research
• 50 risk assessments for granting objectives
• 40 engagements with government officials on compliance issues
• 20 key international commercial and international relationships (policies, procedures and agreements) updated and expanded based on comparative best practices

• Design and implement a research security program focused on risk assessment and risk mitigation practices that works with faculty and federal and provincial governments in the grant application process
• Consolidate data and best practices across scientific areas of federal and provincial funding that reflect accurate risk assessments and risk mitigation procedures
• Upgrade and further implement Export Control and Controlled Goods regulations for Canada and the U.S.

• Number of grant applications with research security components reviewed
• Number of data sets created that reflect successful risk mitigation practices
• Number of modernized and new Export Control regime and Controlled Goods mechanisms utilized for uWaterloo compliance purposes

Target

• 100 research security components reviewed
• 2 data sets established for risk mitigation practices
• 1 modernized Canadian Export Control and Controlled Goods program and 1 new U.S. Export Control regime mechanism established

• Increase faculty and staff, as well as graduate students and postgraduates, understanding of research security in the campus environment and the research ecosystem
• Achieve collective understanding with government representatives on research security practices and regulatory compliance
• Evaluate and modernize uWaterloo international relationships

• Number of research security training sessions delivered to faculty and staff as well as graduate and postgraduate students involved
• Number of engagements with government officials on compliance issues
• Number of international relationships modernized

Target

• 12 formal research security training sessions delivered to faculty and staff/graduate and postgraduates students engaged with research
• 25 engagements with government officials on compliance issues
• 20 key international commercial relationships updated and expanded based on comparative best practices

Actual

• Major conference on research security (Feb 26-27, 2023), university and government representatives from across Canada. 260 attendees. 20 formal research security training sessions (groups and individuals) - briefings to Departments of Math; Computer Science; Science; ICQ (total numbers approx 200)
• 25 engagements with a range of provincial and federal agencies: ISED; Public Safety; Research Security Center in Public Safety; GAC; CSIS; MCU; SOLGEN; DND.
• 25 International institutional and commercial agreements updated as a result of expiring agreement dates and necessary national security reviews.

• To design and implement a research security program focused on risk assessment and risk mitigation practices that works with faculty and federal and provincial governments in the grant application process
• To consolidate data and best practices across scientific areas of federal and provincial funding that reflect accurate risk assessments and risk mitigation procedures
• Upgrade and further implement Export Control and Controlled Goods regulations for Canada and the U.S.

• Number of grants with research security components reviewed
• Number of data sets created that reflect successful risk mitigation practices
• Number of modernized and new Export Control regime and Controlled Goods mechanisms utilized for uWaterloo compliance purposes

Target

• 100 research security components reviewed
• 2 data sets established for risk mitigation practices
• 1 modernized Canadian Export Control and Controlled Goods program and 1 new U.S. Export Control regime mechanism established

Actual

• 120 research security applications and files reviewed, including NSERC Alliance applications, MITACS, ORF, CFI, and individual security assessments related to researcher's professional contacts, institutional relationships, and publication affiliations.
• 2 data sets established (provincial and federal) relating to risk assessment as carried out by SOLGEN and Public Safety - risk mitigation data being compiled - UW has no rejections of federal funding to date on risk mitigation strategies.
• US Export Control regime in place on Safeguarding Science website -US Export control training program for UW researchers in development. Canadian export control regime updated and used for UW research purposes.