Questioning when and where soybeans were domesticated
If you like tofu, tempeh, edamame or miso soup, you’re a fan of soybeans. But the significance of this legume goes far beyond a few culinary treats — soybeans rank seventh among world crops for tonnage harvested. Now, a new study led by researchers at the University of Toronto Mississauga and the University of Oregon gets at [...]
Biologists find higher mortality among dragonflies exposed to undue stress
The mere presence of a predator causes enough stress to kill a dragonfly, even when the predator cannot actually get at its prey to eat it, say biologists at the University of Toronto. “How prey respond to the fear of being eaten is an important topic in ecology, and we’ve learned a great deal about [...]
What do you guys do? Drew: Research sponsors usually require the institutions to endorse applications. We have to agree that we will be responsible in our management of research funds once they’re awarded. Our team, together with partners in the divisions, helps make the administration process a smooth one, from the point of application, through [...]
The University of Toronto has completed the process of reviewing UofT campus based pre-proposals as part of an excellence based internal competition and has selected proposals that will be submitted to CFI. Proposal Leaders are now developing draft full proposals for an internal deadline of March 15th. CFI and MEDI NOIs Getting started with the CFI Awards Management [...]
First International McLuhan Conference and Festival
(TORONTO, ON, September 22, 2011) — The legendary media theorist Marshall McLuhan will be celebrated in Toronto at the most significant gathering of McLuhan thinkers and creators ever assembled. Then I Now I Next: International Conference and DEW Line Festival runs from November 7 to November 10. Registration is now open. The conference and festival [...]
Public Outreach Grants are designed to mobilize and/or leverage existing and ongoing research in the social sciences and humanities for a range of audiences beyond academia. Through this funding opportunity, SSHRC encourages researchers to find effective ways to disseminate, transfer, exchange, synthesize and broker research results to wider audiences. Grants are offered in the Open [...]
Public Outreach Grants are designed to mobilize and/or leverage existing and ongoing research in the social sciences and humanities for a range of audiences beyond academia. Through this funding opportunity, SSHRC encourages researchers to find effective ways to disseminate, transfer, exchange, synthesize and broker research results to wider audiences. Grants are offered in the Open [...]
McNeil Medal to chemistry's Dwayne Miller
The University of Toronto’s research community has had one of its most successful years in earning honours from the prestigious Royal Society of Canada (RSC), with 18 faculty members named Fellows and one winning a major medal. Founded in 1882, the RSC is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists. The [...]
The Heineken Young Scientists Awards are intended to give talented young scientists and scholars extra encouragement. They are presented simultaneously with the Heineken Prizes to talented young researchers whose outstanding work sets an example for other young scientists and scholars. </p> The winners of the Heineken Young Scientists Awards also help popularise the disciplines (biochemistry [...]
ERA Round 8 Application Submission of a NoI is not binding and will not be assessed by the Ministry. However, the NoI is an important part of the ERA review process as it allows the Ministry to commence the selection of appropriate panel reviewers. The Ministry of Research and Innovation has announced the 2011 competition [...]
