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Environmental tech commercialization effort gets $2M funding
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Not-for-profit corporation C3 EnviroTech Solutions has received $2 million in federal funding to help commercialize and market new environmental technologies. The organization will create the Technology Solutions Hub, which will help small- and medium-sized enterprises take their…
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$23.6M supports lab building addition in Regina
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – Unforeseen construction costs for a new laboratory building addition at the University of Regina are being covered with $23.6 million in funding by Saskatchewan’s provincial government. The state-of-the-art facility, which will house more than 30 research teams…
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Funds help develop new guide for contaminated sites
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – BC’s provincial government is providing $100,000 to the Science Advisory Board for Contaminated Sites in British Columbia (SABCS) to complete two scientific projects to be used in developing regulatory guidance. The work of the SABCS, an independent…
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Agriculture and agri-food projects receive $370,000 funding
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Three research projects related to the agricultural sector in Saskatchewan have received federal funding support. The projects are: – $149,188 to the University of Saskatchewan to test a by-product of ethanol production for use as a high-grade…
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Medicinal chemistry agreement to focus on antivirals
March 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Partners, the medicinal chemistry arm of Dalton Pharma Services, says it has signed a medicinal chemistry agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada). Under the agreement, Dalton says it will design and synthesize novel compounds against…
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Research funding outlined in new 2007 federal budget
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government released its budget for 2007 today, which earmarks $1.3 billion for what the government calls “an ambitious new direction in science and technology”. Proposed funding includes: – $350 million over 2006-07 and the next…
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NSERC Steacie Fellowships announced
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), has named the six winners of the NSERC EWR Steacie Memorial Fellowships. The winners for 2007 are: – Jillian Buriak, department of chemistry,…
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$25M funding support for vaccine research centre
March 19, 2007 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The Saskatchewan government is providing funding of $24.7 million to the University of Saskatchewans International Vaccine Centre (InterVac). $5.6 million will be available immediately, and the remaining funds will be paid over the next three or four…
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U of T cosmologist wins Herzberg gold medal
March 15, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A University of Toronto cosmologist is the latest winner of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Canada’s most prestigious science prize. Dr Richard Bond will be honoured by the Natural Sciences and Engineering…
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Canada makes $150M commitment to polar year
March 12, 2007 by Lab Canada Gatineau, QC – A total of 44 Canadian science and research projects have been chosen to receive International Polar Year funding from the federal government. All of the selected projects are aligned with either climate change impacts or adaptation and…
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$5.4M supports green technology R&D
March 12, 2007 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – The Ontario Fuel Cell Research and Innovation Network (OFCRIN), based at Queens University, is receiving a funding boost from the Ontario government. OFCRIN, a partnership between researchers from eight universities and 12 industry partners, has been awarded…
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Nephrology research receives $3M funding
March 12, 2007 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – A new research chair partnership has been announced by McMaster University, St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Amgen Canada. $3 million funding in basic science research from the Canadian division of Amgen, a biotech company that does research…
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New oil sands centre of excellence to further technical efficiencies
March 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – IBM has opened the $3.1-million Oil Sands Centre of Excellence in Calgary. The goal of the centre is to help petroleum producers test and use new technologies that will lower costs and make oil recovery easier, more…
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Renewable auto technologies development receives $5.9M funding
March 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s agri-food sector is receiving research support from its provincial government that will help find new ways to use farm and forest products in the auto sector. “These initiatives will help make Ontario a world leader in…
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$15M funding supports auto manufacturing R&D
March 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – The Ontario government is providing over $15 million to support the Hamilton Initiative for Automotive Manufacturing Innovation, led by David Wilkinson at McMaster University. The funding will help develop new technologies for producing lighter-weight, more cost-competitive cars.…
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International collaboration plan to support world health research
March 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government says that 13 research teams – pairing Canadian health researchers with counterparts in the developing world – will receive more than $20 million in funding through Teasdale-Corti team grants. The grants will be awarded…
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Schering-Plough Canada announces new head office in Quebec
March 7, 2007 by Lab Canada Kirkland, QC – Schering-Plough Canada says it is planning to move to a new head office to the west of Montreal. “The need for a new head office is the result of our company’s employee expansion over the last five…
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$1M donation supports new post-grad leukemia research fellowships
March 7, 2007 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – McGill University and Universite de Montreal have created a series of post-graduate research fellowships aimed at finding a cure for leukemia. The fellowship program is supported by $1 million in funding from the Cole Foundation, a Montreal-based…
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$22M funding supports 233 agricultural research projects
March 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – A total of $22.1 million has been awarded to 233 research projects by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Projects funded for 2007-2008 include research on: – adapting crop production to climate change; – biodiesel use in agricultural equipment;…
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New funding boost to accelerate commercialization in Alberta
March 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Calgary and Edmonton, AB – The Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research has announced funding to support pre-commercialization and commercialization activities of researchers in Calgary and Edmonton. To support work in Calgary, it is providing $105,000 funding to University Technologies…
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$28M funding strengthens capacity in polar and cold climate research
March 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) has confirmed $28 million funding to stimulate research on Canada’s polar regions, alpine glaciers and snowpack. The funds support 36 university-based research projects and partnerships. The CFCAS investment…
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Canadian Medical Hall of Fame announces five inductees for 2007
March 5, 2007 by Lab Canada London ON – The 2007 inductees into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame have been announced. They are: – Dr Elizabeth Bagshaw (1881 – 1982): Despite opposition from medical colleagues and local clergy, Dr Bagshaw became actively involved in Canada’s…
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Ten Canadian scientists and scholars win Killam Research Fellowships
February 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Ten Canadian researchers have been awarded a total of $700,000 in the 40th annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. Among Canadas most distinguished research awards, the Canada Council for…
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GTx precision surgery researchers honoured at gala event
February 20, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation has honoured three visionary scientists, whose work in innovative imaging techniques has improved cancer surgery. The scientists were Dr Jonathan Irish, chief of the department of surgical oncology at Princess Margaret Hospital,…
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$139M funding for AIDS research
February 20, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Canada’s federal government have committed major new funding to support the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative, a new effort to accelerate the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine and address critical research…
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Automotive R&D gets federal support
February 19, 2007 by Lab Canada Guelph, ON – A $29.9-million automotive research and development project by Guelph-based Linamar is receiving a supporting loan of $8.97 million from the federal government. The project will help develop advanced automotive gear technologies and related processes that are more…
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$4.5M partnership for nanotechnology R&D
February 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB, and Mississauga, ON, – Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC), the National Research Council Canada (NRC), the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and Alberta’s provincial government have come together in a $4.5 million partnership for research and development…
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Alberta launches multi-million dollar “superstar” recruitment awards
February 15, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The Alberta government yesterday unveiled a major new award focused on recruiting a “superstar” health researcher to the province. The ten-year, $10 million AHFMR Polaris Award, the richest award of its kind in Canada, will be used…
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Ontario launches global research program
February 14, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new program launched by the Ontario government will help connect the province’s researchers with their colleagues around the world. The five-year International Strategic Opportunities Program (ISOP) will provide successful applicants with up to $150,000 in funding…
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$35M funding supports ambitious international ocean research project
February 12, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Funding of $35 million funding has been awarded to Dalhousie University by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The award will provide infrastructure and operating funds for the creation of a $160-million Ocean Tracking Network. Headquartered at…
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$41.5M boost for agricultural research programs
February 12, 2007 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – The Saskatchewan government says it has reached an agreement with the federal government on the use of $41.5 million in federal Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) wedge and rollover funds. “This funding is part of the commitment of…
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