The Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI) supports the University of Toronto's (U of T's) researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators at every stage, from idea to impact.
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Read the 2024 Annual Report to learn more about the following.
- What VPRI does and how we support research and innovation
- The impact of U of T's research and innovation activities in addressing global grand challenges
The University of Toronto supports transformative research and innovation across a breadth of fields and disciplines.
#1
in Canada in global ranking
$1.54B
in sponsored research funding
165
international & major national research accolades received by U of T researchers in 2024
330
Canada Research Chairs
The Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation supports the U of T community by managing its research and innovation enterprise.
2510
principal investigators supported
9770
research grants managed
5340
occupational health and safety assessments conducted
1300+
startup teams supported annually
300+
training sessions for faculty and staff led by VPRI
For more publicly available data, Explore Research by the Numbers.
Upcoming Application & Nomination Opportunities
CRIS Research Roundup
A weekly digest of research & innovation communications curated by the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS). The Research Roundup is published on Tuesday, and includes information communicated in the preceding week.
Research Alerts
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Forms & Templates
Apply for Funding
- My Research Applications & Agreements
- University of Toronto Faculty Member Remuneration from Research
Inventions, Commercialization & Entrepreneurship
Humans in Research & Teaching
- Protocol submissions and amendments: My Research Human Protocols (MRHP)
- Graduate Course Template – for Course-based Graduate Research
- Undergraduate Course Template
- Undergraduate Ethics Review Protocol Form – Student-initated Projects
- Quality Control/Assurance and Research Checklist
- MRHP Application worksheet – to assist researchers with developing protocols with collaborators prior to submission through MRHP
Research Data & Analytics
- DQRSP Template Access Request Form - for Strategic Research Officers in Central Divisional Offices
- VPRI Dashboards Access Request Form
Manage Research Funds
Research & Innovation Agreements
- Confidential Information & Intellectual Property (CIIP) Agreement
- One Way Confidentiality Agreement
- Mutual Confidentiality Agreement
- Biological Material Transfer Agreement
- Biological Material Transfer Agreement for Evaluation Purposes
- Service Contracts & Agreements: Project Summary Questionnaire
- Sponsored Research and Collaboration Agreement
- Visiting Scientist Agreement
Animals in Research & Teaching
Related Sites
Centre for Research & Innovation Support >
U of T’s hub for researcher-centered services including training opportunities, self-serve tools, resources, and meeting facilitation services.
U of T’s central searchable directory of researchers to facilitate connecting with a scholar for collaborative, partnership, student research and media opportunities.
Institutional Strategic Initiatives >
U of T’s portfolio of large-scale, high-impact interdisciplinary research networks tackling today’s greatest global challenges.
Environmental Health & Safety >
A comprehensive portfolio of health and safety initiatives ensuring a safe research environment for the U of T community through training, inspections, and communications of institutional safety guidelines.
U of T’s entrepreneurship ecosystem including accelerators, the ONRamp co-working space, Intellectual Property training, speaker and networking events, and training and job opportunities.
U of T’s partnership matchmaker, connecting researchers with internal and external opportunities for collaboration from academic colleagues and government to community organization and industry stakeholders.
Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus >
Canada’s largest university-based innovation facility and anchor leading artificial intelligence, biomedical and bioengineering research, and innovation clusters.
U of T’s supercomputer centre, providing Canadian researchers with the computational resources and expertise necessary to perform their research on scales not previously possible in Canada.
U of T’s secure research facility designed to support researchers in accessing and analyzing Statistics Canada’s master longitudinal, panel and cross-sectional survey data.
