Our units

The AVPR promotes and ensures high standards of research, scholarly and artistic work at USask. The AVPR leads a broad portfolio that includes:

• Leadership for strategic initiatives to foster and enhance research success at USask, including its academic units, research centres and institutes.
• Provision of support aimed at fostering new research programs and forging inter-disciplinary and inter-agency research partnerships.
• Oversight of the International Research and Partnerships Office.

Research Ethics and Infrastructure provides administrative support for the research enterprise which is extensive, highly specialized, and diverse. REI works to ensure that faculty, staff, students, visitors and postdoctoral fellows embark upon and execute their research activities to the highest ethical and safety standards. The office makes sure the institution develops and executes policies that ensure compliance to regulations set by external agencies and stakeholders, and that it leads in demonstrating the best practices of research administration.

To learn more, please visit the REI website or contact us.

Innovation Mobilization and Partnerships (IMP) has a two-part, interrelated mandate:

• Innovation Mobilization: Creating significant and sustainable value for society, industry and the environment, by helping researchers explore pathways to impact for their innovations, including patenting, licensing, and venture creation.
• Partnerships: Helping researchers engage in strategic partnerships and creating strong innovation ecosystem partnerships to pave the way to innovation impact. 

To learn more, please visit the IMP website or contact us. 

Research Acceleration and Strategic Initiatives has a two-part interrelated mandate:

• Research Acceleration: Enhancing participation and supporting faculty success in funding programs, including pre- and post award support for individuals and major institutional competitions and
• Strategic Initiatives: Leading strategic institutional initiatives support faculty research career and research group development, as well as engagement of undergraduate students in the institution’s discovery mission.

To learn more, please visit our website or contact us. 

The International Office provides administrative support for international relations, international partnerships and the effective co-ordination of USask international activities. The office also works with researchers to develop international research collaborations, identify international research opportunities and provides support for project development.

To learn more, please visit the International Office webpage or contact us.

The Research Profile and Impact unit tells the university’s research story to the world – through strategic communications initiatives involving print, video, web, social media, advertisements, speeches, op eds, and events. This builds our reputation as a U15 institution for excellence in our research, scholarly and artistic work which helps attract top faculty and students, public and private investment, and support from alumni and partners. 

The unit serves as the university’s liaison with federal and provincial research granting agencies, ensuring compliance with communications requirements and leading high-profile events to showcase our research funding successes. Working in close co-ordination with University Relations and a network of U of S college and research centre communicators, the unit helps faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and student researchers tell their research stories, whether in print, web or video.  The unit is the lead for the university’s participation in the national digital news service The Conversation Canada.  

To learn more, please visit research.usask.ca or contact us.