New website helps researchers better access funding

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/emadi.jpg” caption=”Ali Emadi, a leading developer of electric powertrain technology, talks about his Canada Excellence Research Chair in Hybrid Powertrain, worth $10M in federal funding over seven years. The new ROADS website will help researchers at McMaster connect with external funding sources from granting agencies. File photo. “]The road to research support got a little easier to travel recently with the launch of a
new website by the University's research development office.

The Research Office for Administration, Development and Support, known as ROADS,
helps researchers access important funding from external granting agencies such as the
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Its new site simplifies the search for funding sources and helps researchers connect
with office staff who can assist with issues ranging from agency and institutional policy
compliance to budget development.

Kathy Charters, executive director of ROADS, encourages researchers to visit the site
and contact staff members with any questions they might have.

“It's what we're here for,” she said. “We want to partner with researchers to help them
access the many funding opportunities that are available to them.

“Finding and applying for funding can be difficult, but there's no need to go through the
process alone.”

Charters also suggests subscribing to the biweekly e-newsletter Funding Opportunities
Bulletin, which helps keep researchers informed of upcoming research support
opportunities.

The new site can be found here.