VIU Research Awards Committee
This committee was established to encourage and support research and scholarly activity for the institution and to administer the Research Fund and other research funds that may be assigned to the Committee from time to time. Currently, the two funds administered by the Committee are the Research Fund (RF) and the Capacity Building Grant (CGB). VIU RAC also serves in an advisory capacity to the Director of Research Services regarding external institutional grants.
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Committee Members |
Committee Members
| Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa (Chair, ex officio) | Director, Research Services |
| Gillian Anderson | Professor, Sociology |
| Greg Crawford (ex officio) | Dean, Faculty of Science & Technology |
| Deanne Schultz | Professor, History |
| Caroline Josefsson | Professor, Biology |
| Rachel Moll | Professor, Education |
| Janice Porteous | Professor, Philosophy & Religious Studies |
| Daniel Simons | Professor, Finance & Quantitative Methods |
| David Witty (ex officio) | Vice-President, Academic and Provost |
| Lyn Johnson (Administration) | Office Manager, Research and Scholarly Activity Office |

