Theme leaders and the list of invited projects for Phase 2 are the following. This information was correct as of October 3, 2013. It is subject to revision during the planning process. Two additional projects are being considered but have not as yet been invited by the Research Management Committee to submit full project descriptions. Theme leads/co-leads and those additional RMC members listed for each theme are expected to be available to assist the project leads/co-leads with a theme refine their project descriptions.

Phase 2 themes and projects will officially commence on April 1, 2014. In the interim, the Phase 1 themes and projects will begin winding down and in some cases research that was initiated in those projects will be transitioning to the new theme and project structure. During the transition period the Phase 2 theme leaders and co-leaders will be working with the Phase 2 project leaders and co-leaders to develop the theme and project descriptions for Phase 2.

Data (lead: Charles Clarke, co-lead: Sean Gouglas) 

• AVID (lead: Sheelagh Carpendale, co-lead: Christopher Collins)
• DIGHUM (lead: Geoffrey Rockwell, co-lead: Michael Sinatra)
• PLATFORM2 (lead: Martin Mueller, co-lead: Alexandra Fedorova)
• SENSE-I (lead: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, co-lead: Charles Clarke)

Citizenship (lead: Sam Trosow, co-lead: Catherine Middleton)

• NEWS2 (lead: Jacquelyn Burkell, co-lead: Luanne Freund)
• PROTECT (lead: Robert Biddle, co-lead: Catherine Middleton)

Entertainment (lead: Pierre Poulin, co-lead: Regan Mandryk) 

• BELIEVE2 (lead: Duane Szafron, co-lead: David Mould)
• CREATE (lead: Faramarz Samavati, co-lead: Karan Singh)
• DATUM (lead: Richard Zhang, co-lead: Pierre Poulin)
  

Health (lead: Diane Gromala, co-lead: Nicholas Graham) 

• CHRONIC (lead: Chris Shaw, co-lead: Linda Li)
• G4HLTH (lead: Nicholas Graham, co-lead: Kevin Stanley)
• HLTHSIM2 (lead: Roy Eagleson, co-lead: Bill Kapralos)
• INCLUDE2 (lead: Deborah Fels, co-lead: Joanna McGrenere)

Learning (lead: Jennifer Jenson, co-lead: Carl Gutwin)

• CONNECT (lead: Regan Mandryk, co-lead: Carman Neustaedter)
• ENGAGE (lead: Jennifer Jenson, co-lead: Sean Gouglas)
• KIDZ (lead: Alissa Antle, co-lead: Karon MacLean)

Sustainability (lead: Lyn Bartram, acting co-lead: Rob Woodbury)

• IIDEMS (lead: Ron Kellett, acting co-lead: Rob Woodbury)
• NMSL (lead: Lyn Bartram, co-lead: Melanie Tory)

Work (lead: Bart Simon, co-lead: Jeremy Cooperstock)

• EXPERT (lead: Gerald Penn, co-lead: Michael Terry)
• INDIEGAME (lead: Lynn Hughes, co-lead: Brian Greenspan)
• KNOW (lead: Eleni Stroulia, co-lead: Anatoliy Gruzd)
• SHREXP (lead: Jeremy Cooperstock, co-lead: Tony Tang)

Partner Projects (special "big bet" projects that span across themes)

• SYNTHIUS (lead: Sid Fels, co-lead: Ian Stavness)

  GRAND will have a small number of Partner Projects that will be characterized by their high risk / high reward and cross-cutting nature and by their potential to have a very significant impact on the Canadian digital media sector. Partner Projects will be high visibility co-investments with external partners. The projects will be tightly coupled, they will have a higher degree of autonomy in allocating their resources, and they will be expected to have much greater engagement with and larger contributions from the receptor community than regular projects within GRAND.