UNB Research
Research Support Fund helps ensure compliant, streamlined animal care processes.
UNB Research
Posted: October 28, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Category , Research , Research Support Fund , Partnerships , Research Services
The Government of Canada’s Research Support Fund provides financial support to institutions for the indirect costs of research funded by Canada’s three federal granting agencies – everything from office and laboratory space, to library resources, to financial administration, to ethics and health and safety support, and more. Essentially, these costs are intended to support the work and resources required to make research possible, while grants and other funding sources...
Welcome to our fourth annual Research Celebration Week!
UNB Research
Posted: October 6, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Category , Research Services , Partnerships
A message from Dr. David MaGee, vice president research: It’s hard to believe it’s already autumn, let alone that we’re now onto our fourth UNB Research Celebration Week. While 2025 seems to be racing by, this week is one that I’ve been looking forward to. Every year, we have so much to celebrate and highlight from our research community. This year, I’m especially proud to highlight milestone anniversaries for two of our high-impact research institutes. Ten years...
Research Support Fund enables smarter solutions for UNB research administration
UNB Research
Posted: September 19, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Category , Research Support Fund , Research Services
Support from the Government of Canada’s Research Support Fund has enabled UNB’s Office of Research Services to bring on staff to help our team modernize workflows and make processes more time-efficient and reliable. Software support specialist Chelsey Rickard joined ORS last January, and in that short time has already been able to transform UNB’s research administration. UNB is among the many Canadian research institutions that use Process Pathways’ ROMEO platform for...
UNB research administrator Kara MacGillivray recognized for community-minded creativity
UNB Research
Posted: August 7, 2025 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Category , Accolades , Research Services
Behind every research project undertaken at UNB, there’s a team of dedicated professionals who work to support it. Our institution’s Office of Research Services (ORS) ensures that the administrative elements of every project, from grant applications to fund administration to institutional reporting, are properly carried out. This work upholds UNB’s reputation as a responsible steward of research funding, while relieving the administrative workload from the research teams,...
Read the latest annual report from the Office of the Vice President Research
UNB Research
Posted: February 18, 2025 6:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Research Services , Accolades , Partnerships , Innovation & Commercialization , Publications
Our 2023-2024 Office of the Vice President Research annual report is now available online. From the vice president research: Last year, my office set out to modernize our annual reporting and bring it in line with other university reports. We took the opportunity to look at the how and why underlying our reporting process. We started with a simple question: How do we measure research? Or, more precisely, how do we measure the impact of our research community and its activities? And how do we...
Kicking off our third annual Research Celebration Week
UNB Research
Posted: October 7, 2024 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Partnerships , Research Services , Accolades , Innovation & Commercialization
Just over two years ago, we launched our first Research Celebration Week to shine a spotlight on the impactful research taking place at UNB, and especially the people who make it happen. That focus on celebrating our people and their accomplishments, and on recognizing the important contributions of research in our communities and our world, continues to be our driving force today as we kick off our third annual event. I was inspired to create this event by all the wonderful stories of...
UNB research administration staff honoured for contributions to innovation ecosystem
UNB Research
Posted: June 18, 2024 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Partnerships , Innovation & Commercialization , Accolades , Research Services
Three current and former University of New Brunswick (UNB) research administrators have been recognized for their contributions to Springboard Atlantic and its support for research and innovation in the region. The celebrations occurred as Springboard marked its 20th anniversary of working in the region. Hart Devitt, director of research and innovation partnerships, has been a part of Springboard Atlantic since its early days. He joined UNB’s Office of Research Services in 2008 after a...
We're hiring: Come help us tell our research story this summer!
UNB Research
Posted: May 28, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Services
UNB's Office of Research Services is looking to fill two summer Marketing Coordinator positions through the Canada Summer Jobs program. Title: CSJ - Marketing Coordinator (Research Engagement)Location: Remote (Fredericton or Saint John), but see note.Duration: 8 weeks, 35 hours per weekWage: $15/hour Job location note: Most of the work can be done remotely, although there may be some on-campus activity required (all COVID-19 protocols will be followed); preference will be given to candidates...
Meet Bernadette Fernandes, our new advanced manufacturing partnerships lead
UNB Research
Posted: May 20, 2021 10:45:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Innovation & Commercialization , Research Services , Partnerships
Meet our new advanced manufacturing partnerships lead Learn about UNB's Advanced Manufacturing Convergence Hub, and how we can support Atlantic Canada's manufacturing industry. Bernadette Fernandes Bernadette Fernandes was born in Paris and studied in Portugal, Spain and Canada; as a result, she speaks five languages. Her work and travel have brought her across five continents, where she has developed successful public-private engagements and collaborations across all sectors, igniting and...