Quick links and resources

Resources for FCAT faculty members: Internal grants, tools and templates

Please visit the FCAT Faculty and Staff Portal and enter your SFU ID login information for access to these resources.

Office of Research Services

Under the portfolio of the Office of the Vice-President, Research, Research Services advances SFU's research mission by providing expertise in research administration and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures of the university and the sponsor. For more information, please visit the Office of Research Services.

Institutional Strategic Awards Office

The Institutional Strategic Awards (ISA) team of writers, facilitators and project managers leads the development and management of large-scale funding applications and prestigious external research award nominations at Simon Fraser University. For more information, please visit the ISA.

SFU General Policies

• SFU Research Policies
• SFU Business and Travel Expenses Policy

SFU Strategic Research Plan

• SFU Strategic Research Plan (SRP) (2016-2022) (note: In October 2020, the SRP was updated with editorial changes and extended until 2022. More info...).
• SFU Strategic Research Initiatives
  • SFU Innovates
  • SFU's Big Data Initiative
  • SFU Knowledge Mobilization
  • SFU Community-Engaged Research Initiative

SFU Researcher Resources (ORS) - Pre-Award

• Award and Funding Opportunities
• Proposal and Budget Development

ORS Bulletins - [repository of communications, updates on grant guidelines, workshops]

• ORS Bulletins

SFU Signature Sheet - Proposal Submission

• SigSheet

Note: The FCAT Dean's Office has developed the following checklist tools to help researchers complete the SFU SigSheet:

• SFU SigSheet with Checklist Numbers
• SFU SigSheet Checklist

SFU Award Approval and Management

• Award and Approval
• Award Management
  
• Reporting & Monitoring
• Award Closure

SFU Research Ethics

• Policies and Guidelines Applicable to Research Involving Human Participants
• Ethics Review Application 
• Ethics Forms and Templates

SFU Research Compliance & Safety

• Compliance and Safety

SFU Research Accounting

• Account Setup
• Forms and Resources
  
• FAST project lookup instructions

Research Assistants (RA) and Post-doctoral (PDF) Hiring and Management

• Resources for RAs and PDFs
• Research Personnel Initiative

SFU Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

• SFU EDI Website and Resources

SFU Library

• SFU Library 
• SFU Research Data Management
• SFU Scholarly Publishing ad Open Access