Research Support Fund Performance Objectives 2025/26

Eligible program expenditure categoryOutput (investment or expense of RSF grant)Performance objectivePerformance indicatorTarget outcomeReported outcome
Research facilities$44,000 or 6%Maintain safe, well-equipped research facilities and functional research equipment

Amount of shared research facility space

# shared space users

Dependable equipment is available for research, and space is shared effectively to ensure productive research

Management of 20,000 square feet of shared research space in the form of labs and equipment, research collections, staging areas for research activities, and equipment storage

89 unique users accessed the shared research space

Research resources$97,500 or 13%Maintain access to research knowledge networks# research knowledge networks maintainedDigital content network and associated resources are maintainedYukonU Library used RSF funding to support full membership in the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN). YukonU Library is also part of the British Columbia Electronic Library Network (BCELN) and, in 2026, became a full member of the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL). These consortia offer professional networks for academic librarians as well as preferential pricing on databases, subscriptions, and open access publishing for researchers at member institutions.
  Maintain quality and access to research resources# subscriptions supporting researchQuantity and quality of research resources are maintained

Directly supported acquisition of 12 research methods ebooks, access to hundreds of ebook titles in geoscience disciplines, and helped YukonU Library maintain access to eight databases that offer educational videos, full text articles from over 2,000 journals, statistical reports, and other materials. 

YukonU's institutional repository is also maintained with RSF funding.

Management and administration of the institution's research enterprise$585,053 or 79%

Maintain institutional support for research proposal pre- and post-award management

 

# faculty and students supported in pre- and post-award management

$ annual grant funding

Research administration support is effective and year-over-year research revenue is growing

30 proposals supported (pre-award)

65 grants supported (post-award)

  Support faculty and students in professional development workshops

# of research development workshops

# of participants in research development workshops

Faculty and students have increased confidence in research and grant management skills

8 faculty workshops were held with 120 total participants

3 student workshops were held with 42 total participants

 

Regulatory requirements and accreditation$7,000 or 1%Maintain compliance with regulatory requirements# of Animal Use and Human Ethics applicationsCompliance with Canadian Council for Animal Care and the Tri-Council Policy Statement is maintained

22 Research Ethics Board applications were submitted and adjudicated in 2025-26.

3 Animal Use Protocol applications were submitted and adjudicated in 2025-26.