Organization: Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research

The Short Report – June 3, 2020: SSHRC and NSERC announce new grant winners; ScaleAI supporting 10 university chairs; DND launches COVID-19 challenges; and more…

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council awarded $75 million to more than 1,600 researchers from over 60 universities across Canada. More than $60 million will go for partnership projects and $14 million will support 160 postdoctoral researchers. Out of the total number of recipients, 760 (56%) self-identify as women, 48 (4%) as Indigenous, 158…

Five CECRs receive $78.9 million in new funding in competition geared towards existing centres

The federal government has finally announced the results of last year’s competition for existing Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR), with five returning centres sharing $78.9 million over five years. The successful CECRs were chosen from a field of 25 letters of intent and 10 full applications, all of which were previously or are currently receiving funding through the program.

Telecommunications CECR officially launches

The Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN) has officially launched in Ottawa with a diverse membership that includes 12 corporate partners aimed at increasing Canada’s share of the $5-trillion information and communications technology (ICT) market. Awarded $11.7 million through the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR), CENGN brings together multinationals, smaller…

CCRM announces 13 new industry members

The Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) has added 13 new companies to its industry consortium as associate members, bringing the company total to nearly 40. The consortium is a key element of CCRM — a Quebec-based network funded by the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research — and its objective of building…

Knowledge translation of CDRD-PROOF collaboration

The Centre for Drug R&D (CDRD) and the Prevention for Organ Failure Centre (PROOF) have entered a preferred collaboration agreement to accelerate the knowledge translation of diagnoses and therapies. CDRD will contribute expertise in the development of target- and mechanism-based therapeutics, while PROOF offers expertise in biomarker identification and development, a repository of plausible drug…

Knowledge translation of CDRD-PROOF collaboration

The Centre for Drug R&D (CDRD) and the Prevention for Organ Failure Centre (PROOF) have entered a preferred collaboration agreement to accelerate the knowledge translation of diagnoses and therapies. CDRD will contribute expertise in the development of target- and mechanism-based therapeutics, while PROOF offers expertise in biomarker identification and development, a repository of plausible drug…

Three CECRs receive $4 million from Merck Canada

Merck Canada is investing $4 million in three Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) as part of a $100-million commitment it made in 2010 when it closed its Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research in a global restructuring (R$, July 19/10). The funding goes to the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer…

CECR and BL-NCE funding extensions announced

The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) secretariat has released the results of its competition to determine which of the original recipients of its two industry-facing programs will receive extended funding. The competition awarded renewed funding for four of the original 11 Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) and one of the four…

Wavefront and BCNET advance wireless innovation

Wavefront, a Vancouver-based Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) has partnered with BCNET, British Columbia’s high-capacity, advanced fibre optic network, to accelerate the commercialization of wireless innovation through BCNET’s Network Exchange network services project. The partnership will give companies network peering connections to researchers to advance capabilities in cloud computing and network virtualization.…