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Research Council

The Research Council is made up of eminent scholars from a wide range of disciplines. The Research Council is responsible for advising the President on formulating, developing and establishing high quality advanced research programs, and on the disposition of programs when they are no longer “advanced.”

Its principal functions are to:

identify high priority areas of advanced intellectual inquiry for existing and potential programs, taking into account the Institute’s objectives and resources;
identify existing, emerging, and latent research strengths in Canada;
identify individuals to form task committees to explore potential new research areas for support by CIFAR;
evaluate findings of task committees regarding the creation of new Institute programs;
evaluate findings of external program reviews and make recommendations for Board approval on the renewal/termination of Institute programs;
act as one channel of communication between CIFAR and the Canadian and international research communities by:
- informing the President of opportunities, issues, and problems related to research, and
- fostering an understanding within the research community of the Institute’s aims and activities.