Time: Meetings are scheduled every Third Thursday from 9:30am - 11:00am. Mandate: It is the mandate of the Committee to make recommendations and provide advice to Council on policy matters related to research. In addition, the Committee’s functions and responsibilities include: 1. To adjudicate the following Faculty or University competitions/programs and recommend awardees/recipients to the Dean:  Excellence in Research Awards  Junior Faculty Fund and Minor Research Grant  Specific Research Grants (leave and non-leave)  York Research Chair  Others as needed; 2.   To ratify NSERC’s Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) and Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards (DURA) that are ranked and adjudicated at the departmental level; 3.   To provide advice to the Dean or individual departments on faculty research    related awards, particularly prestigious awards; 4.   To liaise with the Science Librarians on matters related to Library collections and services. All committee members are required to complete the Unconscious Bias / EDI workshops offered by the Office of the Vice-President Equity, People & Culture.  Additionally, all committee members are required to complete the training modules Bias in Peer Review, produced by the Tri-Agencies, and one of the Sex and Gender training modules, produced by CIHR.  When required, sub-committees can be created or additional colleagues may be invited to participate in the activities of the committee to adjudicate awards and grants should too many regular committee members find themselves in conflict of interest and quorum cannot be reached. Current Members: V. Saridakis, Associate Dean – Research & Partnerships, Designated VACANT, Undergraduate Student Representative, (term until 2024) D. Golemi-Kotra, Department of Biology, (term until 2026) S. Morin, Department of Chemistry, (term until 2025) R. Kannan, Department of Physics & Astronomy, (term until 2024) H. Zhu, Department of Mathematics & Statics, (term until 2026) H. Mialet, Department of Science, Technology and Society, (term until 2026) Andrea Angelucci, Graduate Student Representative, (term until 2024) Chair: TBD Secretary: J. Sequeira