The Chairs Secretariat is changing its name to the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) / Secrétariat des programmes interorganismes à l’intention des établissements (SPIIE), to better reflect its mandate.
The organization, housed within the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, is responsible for administration of the Canada Research Chairs Program, the Research Support Fund, the Canada Excellence Research Chairs program, and the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.
Changes to reflect the new name will be made to administrative documents over the coming weeks.