Materials and clean technology research at Dalhousie is interdisciplinary with a number of Industrial Research Chairs, a university-wide institute and several faculty-based centres. Research in this area focuses on finding better ways to use resources, generating innovative ways to use renewable resources, developing new ways to generate and store energy, and creating more energy efficient materials and material assemblies. 2.2 Advanced Materials and Clean Technology Dalhousie is a leader in advanced materials and clean technology research, with world-renowned researchers developing products that improve performance, productivity and efficiency while at the same time reducing costs, energy consumption and waste. Ocean Studies encompasses eight research clusters: Marine Biological Resources and Conservation of Biodiversity Marine Technologies Ocean Environmental Processes Arctic Studies Ocean Law and Governance Atmospheric Science Marine Bio-Resources and Marine Affairs. All of these research efforts are located in the new Dalhousie Ocean Sciences Building. Several large-scale research initiatives headquartered at Dalhousie greatly enhance the university s strength in Ocean Studies: the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Ocean Science and Technology the Network of Centres of Excellence in Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) the Halifax Marine Research Institute (HMRI) and the Aquatron sea water testing facility. With its extensive network in areas of oceans education, research and outreach, Dalhousie is ideally positioned to contribute solutions to many of the challenges facing the world s oceans and coasts. Ocean studies at Dalhousie are interdisciplinary and involve more than 100 researchers in six faculties. 1Ģ 2.1 Ocean Studies Dalhousie has established itself as a national leader in ocean research and is on its way to being defined as a world leader in this area. Three areas identified as emerging research strengths are: Information Science and Communication Agriculture and Food Technologies and Energy and the Environment. Priority Research Areas The four priority areas of research in which Dalhousie intends to distinguish itself are: Ocean Studies Advanced Materials and Clean Technology Health and Wellness and Governance, Society and Culture. The priority research areas in this Plan build on Dalhousie s strong research foundation and are studied from a number of theoretical and practical perspectives with a variety of methodologies and tools.
The SRP has been developed to meet these objectives, identify areas in which the university will focus its efforts and propose the allocation of resources. The university recognizes that to attain excellence, choices must be made and priorities set. It provides a cohesive and clear guiding statement in which members of our research community can find themselves represented and are challenged to excel. The Dalhousie University Strategic Research Plan (SRP) serves as a roadmap to enable targeted, efficient pursuit of these objectives.
Dalhousie University s research objectives are: to maintain and build capacity for excellent research in areas of current or emerging strength to recruit outstanding scholars to enhance research networking and collaboration across the university, nationally and internationally to provide an outstanding training environment for highly qualified personnel to enable the translation of research results for the benefit of society.
Dalhousie embraces interdisciplinary collaborations within the university, across Canada and around the world to address complex scientific and societal challenges. Indeed, more than 25% of the university s total budget is from research funding. The university attracts more than $140 million in research grants and awards annually, making it the largest research university in the region. Dalhousie University is a member of the U15 group of leading research-intensive universities in Canada. It provides an interactive and collaborative environment for creating and sharing knowledge with diverse, challenging academic programs and excellent research. Classified as a medical doctoral university, Dalhousie offers a broad range of educational and research activities across four campuses, in more than 190 undergraduate and graduate programs, across 12 faculties. 1 Dalhousie University Strategic Research Plan Summary November Introduction and Objectives Founded in 1818 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University attracts more than 18,000 high achieving, motivated and engaged students from around the world.
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