OurTrent researchers were looking for Trent's 2004 Institutional Report to the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI - you know, the folks who gave $3.6 million to Trent for the DNA Cluster project). We thought we could't find the report because of a broken link on the CFI website. What we discovered was Trent did not file a report for 2004 in spite of Prof. Brad White having received more than $3.6M from CFI for the DNA Cluster project! In fact, since July 2000 and the end of 2004 White has received in excess of $4.4M from CFI alone. Would a reasonable individual not wonder why Trent has not submitted a 2004 report?

A search of the CFI Projects Funded database reveals Brad White received grants in excess of $4.4M (2000-2004);

Here is an email exchange with CFI staff explaining that Trent did not file a report in 2004:

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:04:02 -0500
From: "Chris Volk" <chris.volk<at>Innovation.ca>
To: <editor <at> ourtrent.com>
Subject: CFI-comments form

Hi,

Thank you for the feedback. Trent did not submit a report for 2004 and that is the reason for the broken link. Sorry for the inconvenience. The link has been updated - thanks for pointing it out!

Sincerely,
Chris Volk
CFI

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-----Original Message-----
From: editor <at> ourtrent.com [mailto:editor <at> ourtrent.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:21 PM
To: Chris Volk
Subject: CFI-comments form

The following comments were submitted by Editor (email: editor <at> ourtrent.com Telephone: not entered) from the ENGLISH version of the CFI site.

Comments:
Hello,

I cannot find the 2004 file on Trent University. On the page http://www.innovation.ca/evaluation/print_content.cfm?websiteid=3D352 the link to Trent University says "file not found"

Please advise.