Organization: Canada Research Chairs

International chairs program launched

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has teamed with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to launch the International Research Chairs Initiative (IRCI). The program will fund five chairs with $1 million over five years per chair. The intent is to team Canadian researchers with those in developing countries in the areas of environment and…

CRC program has new equity process for nominations

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has introduced a new agreement on equity in its nomination process for chair-holders. The new process ends a three-year old mediation with a group of professors who registered a complaint. The agreement targets equality of opportunity for women, the disabled, Aboriginal persons and visible minorities. The CRC will set…

Rapid growth in SSHRC research grants

Research grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) experienced average annual growth of 18% between 1998 and 2004 while scholarships nearly doubled in the same period, according to an analysis of SSHRC’s award search engine by the Observatoire des science et des technologies (OST). During the seven-year period, SSHRC’s annual budget increased…

Chairs program announces latest round

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has announced $85.7 million in new funding for another 109 chairholders, bringing the programs total to 1,641. The number of chairholders recruited from outside Canada now stands at 524 (32%), which includes 240 expatriates. International recruits account for 280, while the US accounts for 284. Women account for 350…

More Canada Research Chairs awarded

The Canada Research Chairs program has announced another 106 chairholders, bringing the total to 1,446. Of the 106 new chairs, 53 are expatriates or researchers coming to Canada from abroad….

Chairs programs announces latest round of awards

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has announced 194 new awards valued at $194 million, bringing the program’s total to 1,348. The funding includes $23.1 million in infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The new chairs also include 79 expatriates and foreign researchers. Women make up 35% of the new awards, raising their…

Chairs program awards funding for 123 new chairs

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has announced funding of $116.4 million for another 123 chairs, bringing its total to 746. Nearly 35% or 43 of the new chairs are categorized as external recruits, bumping up the overall rate since the program was founded from 15% to more than 17%. The CRC program has now…

Canada Research Chair awards bring total to 627

The federal government has announced the creation of 95 new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) at a cost of $101.4 million. The new chairs bring the total announced to date to 627, with the objective of awarding 2,000 by 2005. The latest investment includes $9.8 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to provide infrastructure support…

NSERC allocates budget increase

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has announced how it will allocate the $36.5-million increase in base funding received in the last federal Budget (R$, December 17/01). The bulk of the new money ($27.5 million) is being devoted to increasing the success rate of first-time Research Grants applicants for those who have applied…

Latest chairs announcement brings total to 448

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has announced support for an additional 97 chairs at 34 universities, bring the total awarded to date to 448. The new chairs are being funded at a total of $98 million, with another $19.6 million in infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. With nearly one quarter of…