Three OISE faculty will receive U of T Connaught New Researcher Awards to help launch their careers

May 24, 2011

By Jennifer Sipos-Smith

Three emerging researchers from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto are among 69 new researchers set to receive funding to help launch their careers. They are:

Enrica Piccardo of curriculum, teaching and learning for The role of empathy in second language education: Exploring literary narratives

Tricia Seifert of theory and policy studies for Supporting student success: Organizational structure and approaches of student affairs and services in Ontario’s postsecondary institutions
Robert Simon of curriculum, teaching and learning for Teaching to learn: Collaborative teacher research in community

The Connaught New Researcher Program is designed to foster excellence in research and innovation by providing support for researchers at the assistant professor level who are within the first five years of their first academic appointment at the University of Toronto. The awards are intended to help these early-career researchers establish a strong research program, thereby increasing their competitiveness for external funding.

Founded in 1972, the Connaught Fund was created from the sale of Connaught Laboratories, which first mass-produced insulin, the Nobel award-winning discovery of U of T researchers Frederick Banting, Charles Best, J.J.R. Macleod and James Collip. The university has stewarded the fund in the years since, awarding more than $100 million to U of T researchers. Today, the fund invests nearly $4 million annually in emerging and established scholars.

View the complete list of the winners of the 2010-2011 Connaught New Researcher Awards. Read the full story.