CARL will monitor federal research policy, encouraging funding for research, which should address both direct and indirect costs.

National Repository for Publicly Funded Research Data

CARL is a strong proponent for the creation of a national repository for publicly funded research data. A small investment in a national infrastructure for research data management would yield a potentially powerful tool that would centrally store, organize, and permit access to research data collected and preserved digitally across the country so that it can be shared, reanalyzed and applied to new research questions.

• To read a letter sent to MP's on this topic, please click here.
• To view CARL's Research Data: Unseen Opportunities brochure, please click here.

CARL is an active member of the Canadian Consortium for Research. Throught the consortium, CARL seeks to advocate on issues related to basic and directed research funding on behalf of researchers from both the Natural and Social Sciences discipline.

CARL's Federal Budget submissions consistently recommend that the federal government strengthen Canadian university research and innovation.

• To view a list of recent CARL Federal budget submissions, please click here.

The promotion of national and international Open Access initiatives is very important for researchers. CARL is consistently promoting Open Access in a variety of ways.

• For more information on Open Access initiatives, please click here.