Ottawa invests more than $28 million to address PTSD and trauma in frontline and essential workers; the supercluster program gets a name change from Minister Champagne; patient-oriented research funding for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Dr. Jody Cooley is appointed new ED at SNOLAB, and more.
Organization: Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
The Short Report – Sept. 9, 2021: Greens release their campaign platform, $2 million for early-career brain researchers, supporting women-led businesses in Agri-Tech, and more
The Green Part of Canada releases its campaign platform, early-career neuroscience researchers get a boost, The51 Ventures launches a Food & AgTech Fund to support women-led & diverse businesses, and more.
The Short Report – Dec. 9, 2020: New funding for pandemic preparedness in LTC homes; a first-of-its-kind biofuel plant for Quebec, and more
Michael Sabia is the new deputy minister of Finance; a consortium of food-based businesses will test new applications for pulse flours; British-based Hg Capital will spend $1.1 billion to assume majority control of Calgary-based Benevity; Canada’s top 50 research universities posted a combined research income of $8 billion in fiscal 2019.
Saskatchewan launches first health research chair
The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) has selected dementia as the first area of focus in a series of 10 potential research chairs, partnering with the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan for a combined $1-million commitment. The SHRF’s Saskatchewan Research Chair Program was launched in 2008 to support the province’s health researchers and recruit new talent…
Saskatchewan group research program launched
The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) has partnered with the Univ of Saskatchewan to launch its new Research Group Facilitation Grant Program to encourage the formation of research groups to tackle key health issues. The first competition is supporting five groups with $500,000 in funding ($200,000 from the SHRF and $300,000 from the U of…