two canada council for the arts molson prizes, in the amount of $50,000 each, are awarded annually to distinguished individuals (one in the arts and one in the social sciences and humanities). the prizes are intended to encourage continuing contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of canada.

the prizes are funded by an endowment from the molson foundation, and they are administered by the canada council in collaboration with the social sciences and humanities research council of canada (sshrc). the winners are chosen by a peer assessment committee, which is appointed jointly by the canada council and the sshrc.

if you are interested in being nominated for one of these prizes, please contact dr. batia stolar, associate vice-president, research & graduate studies, at avp.research@lakeheadu.ca

the sloan research fellowship program recognizes and rewards outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study. successful candidates for a fellowship generally have a strong record of significant independent research accomplishments that demonstrate creativity and the potential to become future leaders in the scientific community. nominated candidates are normally several years past the completion of their ph.d. in order to accumulate a competitive record of independent, significant research.

if you are interested in being nominated for this award, please contact dr. batia stolar, associate vice-president, research & graduate studies, at avp.research@lakeheadu.ca

the main objective of this program is to support research projects in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering (nse) fields led by junior researchers from quebec universities and conducted in collaboration with other researchers from quebec and from other canadian provinces and territories. the nova program will contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of these researchers on the international scene, as well as to generating new knowledge or applications likely to have social, environmental, technological, or economic benefits, or an impact on public policy in quebec and/or canada as a whole.

background

carbon capture technologies have been deployed and demonstrated at large scale at various sites in canada, such as the quest and boundary dam projects. however, co₂ capture technologies can account for a significant portion of the cost of deploying ccus, and most of the current conventional capture technologies are suited for larger-emission sources. there is a need for rd&d of next-generation, novel co₂ capture technologies and processes that have clear advantages over the more mature versions of amine-based co₂ capture technologies in terms of cost and application to different emission sources, sizes, and co₂ concentrations. 

expected outcomes

the ccus rd&d capture focus area aims to support the rd&d of next-generation co₂ capture technologies and processes that have the potential to significantly reduce capital and/or operating costs of capturing co₂ and increase applicability to different emission sources, sizes, and co₂ concentrations compared to commercially available, amine-based co₂ capture technologies.

this may be achieved through improvements in capture efficiency and/or total facility capture rate, process intensification and/or energy efficiency (i.e. reducing the energy per tonne of captured co₂), development of advanced low-cost materials and co₂ treatment technologies, reduction of waste and environmental impacts of capture technologies, etc.

as a part of the eip, the capture focus area under the ccus rd&d call aims to advance clean energy and production technologies that will result in significant greenhouse gas (ghg) reductions to help canada achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

the ccus rd&d capture focus area is open to projects that advance technologies that capture co₂ from industrial sources or advance negative emissions technologies that use solvents, sorbents, minerals, membranes, oxy-combustion, cryogenic separation, chemical looping, or other novel concepts. more specifically, the ccus rd&d capture focus area is open to the following eligible projects:

1. co₂ capture process development (including novel cryogenic and hybrid processes)
2. materials development and co₂ capture chemistry (e.g. advances solvents, adsorbents, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, membrane materials, hybrids)
3. membrane-based separation technologies
4. co₂ purification and treatment (including compression for the purpose of purification)
5. applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other computational methods for development of co₂ capture – materials and processes
6. design improvement to increase input flexibility (e.g. range of flue gas compositions) and operability (e.g. quicker start-ups, better energy integration)

the betty havens prize funding opportunity is expected to:

• recognize outstanding achievements and excellence in knowledge mobilization (km) in aging at a local or regional level; and,
• provide financial support to further foster excellence and innovation in km activities.

nominations for the prize must demonstrate that the nominee has:

• contributed significantly to moving research findings into practice or policy by facilitating the synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically sound application of knowledge at a local or regional level;
• engaged in knowledge mobilization (km) activities that are specifically related/targeted to a community and/or region and are aimed at bridging the gap between knowledge and practice/policy and facilitating the dissemination, uptake and application of knowledge in this context;
• linked research/researchers with decision makers/knowledge users locally and/or regionally in order to improve the health of canadians and/or health services/products and/or the canadian health care system (policy or practice);
• engaged in km efforts and strategies that have been successful in influencing or changing local, regional or provincial policy or practice; and
• formed strong partnerships with other local/regional organizations.

relevant km activities must be clearly related to the research priorities of ia and must have an important impact on canada's aging population.

if you are interested in being nominated for this prize, please contact dr. batia stolar, associate vice-president, research and graduate studies, at  bstolar@lakeheadu.ca

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• provide postdoctoral trainees in the field of human genetics and bioinformatics with the opportunity to utilize large-scale genomic and clinical data from cgen’s hostseq databank to support their research;
• generate rapid knowledge using the hostseq data to contribute to the current covid-19 response;
• raise awareness among postdoctoral trainees of the benefits of genomic and health data sharing and best practices, in particular the fair principles (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse of digital assets), to promote their integration in their work;
• build capacity to enhance pandemic preparedness and other genomic medicine applications;
• apply an open science approach to ensure that research findings and other outputs are made available, freely and openly, to the scientific community to accelerate research translation and benefits; and
• increase capacity and diversity in health data science leading to the establishment of the required infrastructure to fully realize the benefits of an equitable learning health system, by encouraging a diversity of applicants.