Organization: Queen's Univ

Sudbury project gets $1.6M to tackle GHG issue

The Landscape Carbon Accumulation Research (L-CARE) project of Laurentian Univ is receiving a total of $1.6 million to support its research on addressing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in Ontario. Of the total funds, 50% or $798,000 is from the TargetGHG program under the Ontario Green Investment Fund announced in Budget 2015. The other half will…

Queen’s business school receives $50-million gift

Queen’s Univ is the recipient of the largest donation to a Canadian business school with a $50-million gift from financial services entrepreneur and philanthropist Stephen Smith. The donation will be endowed to help attract top talent and raise the level of excellence at the business school, enhancing Queen’s’ reputation nationally and internationally. The business school…

Nuclear materials testing laboratory set to open

A new $17-million Reactor Materials Testing Laboratory (RMTL) at Queen’s Univ is awaiting final commissioning this year to assist in advancing the safety and economy of nuclear power. The facility uses a proton accelerator to test materials for stress and temperature when inside a nuclear reactor that could lead to design changes to make them…

NSERC Discovery Frontiers short list announced

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has released a short list of six proposals for its Discovery Frontiers competition. The fund provides $1 million annually over four years to successful applicants. Projects submitting full proposals are: New Materials for Clean Energy and Enhanced Energy Efficiency from Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Reservoirs (Univ…

NSERC Discovery Frontiers short list announced

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has released a short list of six proposals for its Discovery Frontiers competition. The fund provides $1 million annually over four years to successful applicants. Projects submitting full proposals are: New Materials for Clean Energy and Enhanced Energy Efficiency from Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Reservoirs (Univ…

CAIP funds Ottawa area software incubator

Ottawa and Eastern Ontario start-ups in the enterprise software space will have access to accelerator funding and services through L-SPARK, which will receive $3.8 million from the federal Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP). The funding must be matched on a 1:1 basis and will flow through Invest Ottawa, which manages the funds on behalf…

L-Spark incubator launched for eastern Ontario

Invest Ottawa, Wesley Clover International and Queen’s Univ have launched L-Spark, an incubator and accelerator that is one of 10 similar organizations receiving funds under the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP). It is managed by the Industrial Research Assistance Program as part of the federal government’s Venture Capital Action Plan. Other incubators/accelerators receiving CAIP…

Institutions to receive CERC chairs announced

The results of the first phase of the second smaller round of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) program have been announced with eight universities given the go-ahead to nominate world-renowned researchers to fill 11 chairs. The competition was announced in the 2011 federal Budget and launched last December, with 10 chairs worth $10 million…

New KM Networks

Three networks will each receive $1.6 million over four years under the Knowledge Mobilization program. The winners are: Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids Network, led by scientific director Dr Terry Klassen, Univ of Manitoba; Children and Youth in Challenging Contexts Network, led by scientific director Dr. Michael Ungar, Dalhousie Univ; and, Promoting Relationships and Eliminating…