Dear Associate Deans (Research)/Research Liaison Officers:

A reminder that you and your unit's researchers have until September 15 to provide your feedback that will help identify opportunities and considerations for Research Manitoba as it moves forward with its strategic plan. See below for details and link to survey.

Tracy Mohr Director, Strategic Research Initiatives and Interim Director, Research Grants Office of Research Services, 540 Machray Hall University of Manitoba, Wpg., MB, Canada, R3T 2N2 Ph. (204) 474-6005; Fax: (204) 261-0325 http://umanitoba.ca/research/

From: Tracy Mohr Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 3:06 PM To: adr-rlo@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Research Manitoba's 2017 Strategic Planning Survey

Dear Associate Deans (Research)/Research Liaison Officers:

On behalf of Research Manitoba, please distribute this email to researchers in your units for their participation in the 2017 Strategic Planning Survey.

Research Manitoba's mandate is to promote, support, and coordinate the funding of research in the health, natural and social sciences, engineering and the humanities in Manitoba. In the 2017 Provincial Budget, Research Manitoba's budget was reduced by $2 million to $15 million.

Research Manitoba is planning for the next three years and you are being asked to provide feedback that will help identify opportunities and considerations moving forward. Your responses to this survey will be anonymous. The information you provide will be collated and used to support the development of Research Manitoba's strategic plan.

Please take the time to complete the survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T9YPWSV) and submit it as soon as possible. It should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. If there are questions that do not apply to you or your area of expertise, please skip the question. You do not have to complete the survey in one sitting. However, please note that you must complete all answers on each page as pages with incomplete answers are not saved.

Research Manitoba would like to encourage broad participation in the survey so please feel free to share the survey link with your colleagues. We apologize in advance if you receive the link to the survey more than once. The survey will end on Friday, 15 September 2017. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact ambrosio.catalla@researchmb.camailto:ambrosio.catalla@researchmb.ca.

Tracy Mohr Director, Strategic Research Initiatives and Interim Director, Research Grants Office of Research Services, 540 Machray Hall University of Manitoba, Wpg., MB, Canada, R3T 2N2 Ph. (204) 474-6005; Fax: (204) 261-0325 http://umanitoba.ca/research/