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Leaders Opportunity Fund – Funding for infrastructure associated with a Canada Research Chair /
Fonds des leaders – Financement de l’infrastructure liée à une Chaire de recherche du Canada
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March 15, 2013
March 4, 2013
The four federal research funding organizations—the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada—have developed a new, harmonized conflict of interest and confidentiality policy. The policy will be integrated into each organization’s merit review process in the coming months.
February 22, 2013
Waterloo, Ontario, February 22, 2013 — The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), was at the University of Waterloo to announce funding for new research and development projects that the automotive industry has identified as priorities. Funded by the Automotive Partnership Canada initiative, these projects will reduce harmful vehicle emissions, improve the efficiency of electric and hybrid vehicles, and protect Canadian drivers by upgrading vehicle safety.
February 21, 2013
Boston, MA — February 21, 2013 — With nearly 20 percent of the United States experiencing an extreme drought, the damage from Hurricane Sandy estimated at $65 billion and farmers in Canada’s Prairies struggling with the effects of 2011’s devastating flooding, the importance of water security in North America is impossible to overstate.
February 19, 2013
Boston, MA – February 19, 2013 - As the National Football League braces for lawsuits by 4000 former players alleging the league failed to protect them from the long-term consequences of concussions, game-changing research by a leading Canadian researcher shows damage to the brain can persist for decades after the original head trauma.
“Even when you are symptom-free, your brain may still not be back to normal,” says Dr. Maryse Lassonde, a neuropsychologist and the scientific director of the Quebec Nature and Technologies Granting Agency.
February 19, 2013
Boston, MA – February 19, 2013 - Northern communities are in the midst of a period of intense and rapid change brought on by modernization, industrialization and the realities of climate change. From preserving the means to hunt caribou to protecting stocks of arctic char - balancing development with a respect and preservation of traditional means of sustainability may be key to improving standards of living in the North.
February 6, 2013
Massive amounts of data are being generated by genomics research across all life science sectors. The lack of efficient tools and methodologies available to effectively mine, rapidly access and efficiently analyse vast quantities of genomic information and integrate it with other data sets is a major challenge for the research community.
February 5, 2013
What does “big data” mean for researchers in the humanities and social sciences? Today, 10 international research funders are jointly announcing their participation in round three of the Digging into Data Challenge, a grant competition designed to spur computationally intensive research in the humanities and social sciences.
January 22, 2013
OTTAWA, ONT. — January 22, 2013 — The Government of Canada, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), is investing in maintenance and operating support for Canada’s high-performing, internationally renowned research facilities. Canada’s synchrotron research installation, a national high-performance computing platform, and a world-class underground neutrino and dark matter physics laboratory are all receiving funding from CFI’s Major Science Initiatives fund.
January 15, 2013
BURNABY, B.C., January 15, 2013 — Canada’s university campuses, research centres and hospitals are receiving funding from the Government of Canada for advanced research infrastructure, helping them continue to compete in today’s global knowledge economy.