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Research Enterprise System Program
 

The Research Enterprise System (RES) Program was established in 2019 to support SFU’s strategic vision. It is improving the way we manage the approximately $150 million and growing research portfolio and reduce administrative burden for faculty so that researchers can focus on conducting research. The program is improving how research projects are supported throughout the research life cycle as well as service to researchers, while controlling risk to the university. The RES program includes several of interrelated projects that are part-way through implementation.

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Changes

Processes, systems, and how people work are changing as we shift to further support a service-oriented model, which keeps the researcher at the centre of everything we do.
The program drives changes to:

  • Policy, processes, and procedures to complete the work
  • The enabling technologies used to support all stakeholders involved in the research life cycle


Projects


Project: Human Ethics

The Office of Research Ethics launched their new research ethics application system, "Protocols", on November 23, 2020. Researchers now have a new system to submit and review applications, manage amendments and renewals for human research ethics certificates and course approvals. Kuali was selected as the vendor and its system has been successfully implemented in numerous institutions including University of Waterloo.
Status: Completed
 

Project: Project Costing

The Project Costing has expanded PeopleSoft footprint and made project financials more accessible to the research community to allow them to make more informed decisions. Financial information for all research funds (Fund 30s) are now in one financial repository: PeopleSoft.

Benefits

  • Provide a complete view of a project, year by year
  • Forecasting made easier

Status: Completed
 

Project: Signature Sheet Replacement & Workflow

On March 27, 2024, we'll be transitioning from the current pre-award signature sheet and email-based review processes to a secure, cloud-based platform powered by Kuali. This transition aims to streamline internal approvals; reduce redundant data entry; provide a platform for collaboration; and ensure consistency of data.
With Kuali Research, researchers, Grant Coordinators, Facilitators, Reviewers, Approvers, ISA, Research Services, and Research Accounting will collaborate more efficiently, minimizing approval time and ensuring compliance with both sponsor and institutional requirements. For the first time, researchers, Deans, Chairs, Directors, and their support staff will have real-time visibility into the status of proposals within their purview.

 

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Project Team

If you have questions about the Research Enterprise System please email ask_res@sfu.ca

 

Leadership Team

Karamjeet Heer Associate Vice-President, Finance Program Sponsor
Trevor Davis Executive Director, Research Operations Program Sponsor
Brian Stewart Chief Information Officer Program Sponsor
Aniko Takacs-Cox Director, Research Services Project Sponsor (Research)
Keith Fong Director, Applications Services, ITS Project Sponsor
Kirk Benedict   Program Manager, Project Costing and Commitment
Peter Onota   Project Manager

 

Last updated: March 21, 2024