Workshop #1 Structuring complex partnered research projects and proposals Facilitator: Belinda Leach, Associate Dean Research, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences Presenters: Ben Bradshaw, Belinda Leach & Leah Levac
An example of Partnership Development The Canadian Environmental Governance Partnership
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant The workshop generated a long list of aims for a partnership between academics and prac@@oners It also generated a team 70% of the workshop afendees signed on with specific roles: Applicants: Bradshaw, Auld, Kurucz, and de Loë; Partners: Stratos Inc. (George Greene), Suncor Energy Inc. (Gord Lambert), The Boreal Forest Ini@a@ve (Alan Young), and Sustainable Prosperity (Mike Wilson) Collaborators - Robert Page, Ja@n Nathwani, Robert Slater, and Glen Okrainetz The proposal was developed consistent with the workshop outcomes and submifed Dec 2, 2013 April 2014: award announced (57 of 154 applica@ons were funded; we ranked 5 th of 42 in our adjudica@on pool)
Larger Community of Prac0ce Stratos Canadian Boreal Ini0a0ve Suncor Sustainable Prosperity Steering Commi:ee: Bradshaw, Greene, Young, Wilson and Lambert. Partners & Collaborators: Greene, Young, Wilson, Lambert, Dowdeswell, Yee, Page, Slater, O Krainetz & Nathwany GRAs Researchers: Bradshaw, de Loe, Auld & Kurucz
Rural Women Making Change Research Alliance (SSHRC CURA 2005-2010) Project Teams Guiding Commi:ee Community Co- applicants Academic Co- applicants Partners represented through both of these, e.g. non- profit organiza@ons, other universi@es Intellectual leadership, changes to project integra0on of findings, financial responsibility, budget changes, communica0ons Collaborators Restricted to specific project and project team Staff GRAs Admin Review Commi:ee 1 academic co- applicant 1 community co- applicant 1 collaborator Intellectual property and authorship Conference travel funds Dispute resolu0on Communica0ons and Dissemina0on Team
RWMC Guiding Documents (2005) Guiding Principles of the Rural Women Making Change Program (RWMC) 1. Statement of common purpose 2. Acknowledgement of different roles within the RWMC Alliance 3. Guidelines for Research PracBce 4. Responsibility for respecbng guidelines 5. Student Supervision 6. Concerns Arising 7. RelaBons and working with other organizabons 8. Intellectual property ownership 9. Authorship and acknowledgements on RWMC publicabons RWMC Roles and Responsibili0es Guiding CommiNee Review CommiNee CommunicaBons/DisseminaBon Team Domain Project Teams Domain Project Leaders RWMC Program Coordinator (staff) RWMC Director (PI)
Added in 2006 Authorship and Acknowledgements on Rural Women Making Change Publica0ons Preamble Intellectual Property Rights General Aims Benefit the main stakeholders Collabora@ve and inclusive approach Share informa@on and benefits (e.g. publica@ons) Acknowledge all involved in each stage of research Recognize unique and different circumstances of RWMC members Order of procedure Details steps re invi@ng others to par@cipate A;ribu<ng Authorship Generally on the basis of contribu@on Acknowledging Contribu<ons Acknowledging the role of others in research Criteria and Process for Adding Collaborators Travel Grant Applica0on Form General and travel informa<on Travel relevance to RWMC Explain the relevance to your domain or to RWMC in general Explain the contribu@on to RWMC s research objec@ves Explain how RWMC will be represented at the event Explain what materials or data you will collect to further our research agenda Explain your plans for repor@ng on your par@cipa@on
Features of the Changing Public Services Governance Structure *Shared Community- University Leadership *Collec@ve & Unique Priori@es *Integrated Knowledge Mobiliza@on *People & Organiza@ons as Partners
Collabora@on Agreements as Norms & *Descrip@on of research project *Guiding principles *Collaborators roles *Voluntary par@cipa@on & mutual assistance *Data collec@on & confidenbality *Dispute resolu@on process *Sharing results and authorship Consent
Collabora@on Agreements as Norms & Commitments How you feel about what we are doing, this is yours, it has to work for you Stretch @me Confiden@ality Respect for others opinions No judging Value for others experience Do not interrupt Coffee and smoke breaks Thumbs up when you leave to let us know you are ok
Features of a Sample Authorship Policy *Clear commitments (e.g., balance social jus@ce and professional ethics) *Minimal ambiguity (e.g., contributed in a significant way) *Complemented by internal publica@on guidelines and review processes, and by conflict resolu@on process