Major Projects Office
Reporting to the Associate Vice-President, Research, the Major Projects Office (MPO) promotes, encourages and supports the development of proposals for submission to major grant competitions at the provincial, national and international levels, including:
- Working with the Faculties
- Keeping Faculties informed of opportunities for major research initiatives
- Facilitating the establishment of collaborative and multidisciplinary teams
- Facilitating the development of proposals consistent with program guidelines
- Coordinating the submission of the proposals as University submissions
- Within SFU, liaising on a regular basis with
- The Faculty Deans, Chairs/Directors and other administrators as appropriate
- Research Services for those proposals being pursued as major projects
- Facilities Management for those proposals that have space implications
- Outside SFU
- Liaising with the various provincial and national granting agencies
- Remaining abreast of developments across the research granting scene
- Establishing continuing links to major project offices at other Canadian universities
Contact Us
- Mailing Address:
- 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
- 8888 University Drive
- Courier/Visitor:
- TASC 2, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 - Map
- TASC 2, 8888 University Drive
- Phone: 778-782-3229
- Fax: 778-782-4424
- Email: rrg-sec@fas.sfu.ca
- Susan Beyerstein
- Research Grants Facilitator
- (778) 782-5040
- slbeyers@fas.sfu.ca
- Lynnette La Marre
- Assistant Grants Facilitator
- (778) 782-6582
- lynnette@fas.sfu.ca
- Tracy Lee
- Research Secretary
- (778) 782-3229
- rrg-sec@fas.sfu.ca
- Pat Nickel
- Budget Development Facilitator
- (778) 782-3223
- pnickel@fas.sfu.ca
- Vera Robinson
- Budget Administrator
- (778) 782-4915
- vera@fas.sfu.ca
- Sara Swenson, Ph.D.
- CFI Coordinator & Research Grants Facilitator
- (778) 782-3075
- saras@fas.sfu.ca
- Julia Vaughan, Ph.D.
- Research Grants Facilitator
- (778) 782-3963
- juliav@fas.sfu.ca