York’s Global Research Excellence (GRE) Seed Fund empowers York to drive positive change by supporting York’s emerging and established research leaders collaboratively build and lead impactful global research networks. Being one of Canada’s largest research-intensive universities, York operates on a global scale by serving as an international hub for many critical areas of inquiry.
York’s Global Research Excellence (GRE) Seed Fund fulfills the University’s commitment, in Engaging the World: York University’s Internationalization and Global Engagement Strategy launched in 2023, to strengthen international research engagement by investing in a seed fund to catalyze such collaborations.
The focus of GRE’s funding streams is to advance York’s global engagement and research impact as detailed in York University’s Academic Plan 2020-25 and the Strategic Research Plan (SRP). The SRP has prioritized York researchers address the following pressing issues of our time:
- Digital Cultures and Disruptive Technologies
- Healthy Communities, Equity and Global Well-Being
- Indigenous Futurities
- Climate Action for a Sustainable Planet
- Social Justice, Peace and Equitable Relations
- Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research Innovation.
Building international, values-driven partnerships underscores York University’s dedication to working together cross-culturally to address critical world issues. The GRE Fund is an investment in the transformative work of the York community and will provide mutually beneficial opportunities for our researchers, students and partners to continue to translate research outcomes into social and economic benefits in Canada and beyond.
Rhonda Lenton
President and Vice-Chancellor
York University