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.
Read the 2025 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
Canada in most global rankings
$1.7B
in sponsored research funding
150
international & major national research accolades received by U of T researchers in 2025
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.
2,100
principal investigators supported
9,700
research grants managed
25K
professionals trained in environmental health and safety
1,500
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.
