Science Rendezvous is a free, all-day science festival, taking place across the GTA and across Canada on May 12, 2012 from 11 am to 5 pm. Science Rendezvous aims to highlight and promote all aspects of science, with the ultimate goal of improving student enrolment and public investment in science and technology in the future. [...]
Ontario-on-a-Chip is the seventh event on microfluidics, microreactors and labs-on-a-chip, which facilitates contact between university researchers and chemical, pharma, biotech, advanced materials and analytical device companies. The 2012 event will be held in conjunction with the third MATCH Annual Symposium of the Microfluidics Graduate Training Program. Date and Location: May 17th-18th, 2012 at University [...]
The 2012 NSERC Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) Program is now open. The CHRP program supports focused collaborative research projects involving any field of the natural sciences or engineering andthe health sciences. Successful projects must be novel and lead to health benefits for Canadians, more effective health services, or economic development in health-related areas. The proposed [...]
The 2012 NSERC Major Resources Support (MRS) Program facilitates access to major and unique national or international (based in Canada) experimental or thematic research resources by financially assisting these resources to remain in a state of readiness for researchers to use. This is a two-stage program, with a Letter of Intent (LOI) followed by an [...]
New for the 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant competition! All applicants must submit a Notice of Intent directly to SSHRC via the online system by 15 August 2012 in order to be eligible to submit the full application in the October 2012 competition. The NOI form will be available on the SSHRC site by mid-June. Further [...]
Join U of T Researcher and Professor Greg Wells and others on Apr 4 for a free public symposium “The Olympic Athlete: What it Takes to Get to the Games“
The City of Toronto established Toronto Atmospheric Fund in 1991 to focus on reducing local greenhouse gas and air pollution emissions. TAF deploys three programs — Incubating Climate Solutions, Mobilizing Financial Capital, and Mobilizing Social Capital — to address Toronto’s major emissions sources: buildings and transportation. Based on a careful study of Toronto’s emissions profile, TAF has a [...]
The 2012 NSERC Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) Program has been announced for the upcoming year. The Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program supports focused collaborative research projects involving any field of the natural sciences or engineering and the health sciences. Successful projects will be novel and lead to health benefits for Canadians, more effective [...]
A panel discussion and open forum was held on March 8, 2012 at the University of Toronto on CIHR Institutes and Strategic Initiatives as well as the proposed reforms to the open suite of programs and peer review. The purpose of the panel discussion was to provide an opportunity for the research community to hear directly [...]
The 2013 NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program has been announced. This program involves a two step process. The first step involves the submission of Letter of Intent (LOI) and the second step involves the submission of an application, for projects invited. Please note that there is maximum number of LOI’s that can [...]
