are you ready to embark on a leadership development journey rooted in brave spaces? to apply to the pierre elliott trudeau scholarship, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:

1) you must be already accepted into or in year one, two, or three of a full-time doctoral program in the humanities or social sciences

2) your doctoral work must relate to at least one of the foundation’s four themes: human rights and dignity, responsible citizenship, canada and the world, people and their natural environment

3) be a canadian citizen studying at a canadian or foreign institution, or a non-canadian (permanent resident or foreign national) enrolled in a doctoral program at a canadian institution

the project grant program is expected to:

• support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation proposals at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercialization;
• promote relevant collaborations across disciplines, professions, and sectors; and
• contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge.

• new products – projects that enable agriculture or food producers to create primary or processed products that are new to the business. examples of potentially eligible projects include the creation of a new ready-to-eat processed product, or the ability to produce a new farm product. project equipment may include food or fibre processing equipment or food production equipment.

• productivity enhancement – projects that utilize innovative technologies or processes to increase efficiencies in their operations and improve processes or products. project equipment may include greenhouse structures, production equipment, animal tracking (tag reading technology) meat processing equipment, or food packaging equipment.

• clean tech in agri-food – projects that adopt clean technology at the farm/business level and support improved environmental performance while fostering productivity, growth and competitiveness. eligible projects must improve environmental performance relative to standard/most commonplace technologies. therefore, energy efficiency, remanufacturing, or productivity improvement initiatives do not necessarily include clean tech adoption/adaptation. examples of potentially eligible projects include precision agriculture technology for irrigation and fertilization, composting and waste management, controlled environment greenhouse technology and gaining water or energy efficiencies.

• up to $10,000 at 50% cost-share for individual applicants
• up to $25,000 at 50% cost-share for collaborations of three or more

• corey jones – corey@nwoinnovation.ca or (807) 464-3665

the forest sector investment and innovation program (fsiip) provides funding for strategic investments in the forest sector that:

• improve productivity and innovation
• enhance competitiveness
• support new market access
• provide benefits to ontario’s broader forest sector
• strengthen regional economies

support is available under two project categories – business projects and collaboration projects.

mitacs and the german academic exchange service (daad) have partnered to offer the rise-globalink research internship (rise-gri), which offers undergraduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 at canadian universities the opportunity to undertake summer research internships at eligible german institutions.

rise-gri pairs canadian 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 with three-month projects supervised by phd 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in germany.

• open to full-time undergraduates in biology, chemistry, computer science, physics, earth sciences, or engineering (or a closely related field) who have completed at least two years of a four- or five-year program
  • 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in quebec enrolled in a three-year undergraduate degree must have completed at least one year of their university program
• applications accepted until december 15, 2020. 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 must apply through the rise application portal.
• competitive opportunity — only top-ranked 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 are matched with projects
• projects must start between may 15 and july 12, 2021
• approved recipients receive $6,000 toward travel and accommodations

for questions about the application procedure, matching process, and internship placements, please contact rise-germany@daad.de.

for any questions regarding the funding, please contact mitacs international at international@mitacs.ca.

for more information, please contact jill sherman, international research facilitator, at  intl.research@lakeheadu.ca

we are pleased to invite you, on behalf of your university, to nominate candidates for the bank of canada’s 2021 fellowship program awards.

the fellowship program awards support high-quality canadian academic research related to the bank’s core functions. there are two types of financial awards:

• the fellowship award provides annual funding of up to $90,000 to leading academic researchers for a term of up to five years.
• the governor’s award consists of an annual research grant of $30,000 for distinguished, up-and-coming university researchers for a term of up to two years.

our goal for the fellowship program is to foster excellence in economic and financial research in canada and to support collaboration between bank staff and leading academics at canadian post-secondary institutions.

there is no limit to the number of candidates a university can nominate for either of the awards and we encourage you to re-nominate candidates nominated in previous years. full details on eligibility requirements and the nomination process can be found on the bank’s website.

the deadline for 2021 nominations is november 30, 2020. the award recipients will be announced in march of 2021.

the bank of canada values its relationships with academic institutions. we look forward to receiving one or more nominations from you or your colleagues for these prestigious awards!

the canadian glycomics network (glyconet) is a network of centres of excellence that focuses on the role of glycans (carbohydrates) in health. areas of focus are neurodegenerative diseases, infectious diseases, chronic diseases, in particular diabetes & obesity, genetic diseases involving errors in glycan metabolism, and cancer. additional information about network research can be found at www.glyconet.ca. a key goal of glyconet is the translation and commercialization of research advances. accordingly, this request for proposals seeks to fund partner-led projects that address needs of the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.