The Short Report – November 2, 2022: National Women’s Health Research Initiative launched; Ted Rogers Centre for Health Research receives $90 million; VC funding declines across Canadian ecosystems; Gairdner Award winners feted; and more
Organization: The Hospital for Sick Children
The Short Report – October 26, 2022: NSERC prizes; Canada’s role in NASA’s climate science satellite mission; an EU-Canada quantum project, and more.
François-Philippe Champagne announces this year’s NSERC Prize winners; Canada’s contribution to the NASA-led climate science satellite mission; establishing an intercontinental network for quantum communication, and more.
The Short Report – March 16, 2022: Tri-funding agencies asked to freeze research ties with Russia, Carleton U approves fossil fuel divestment strategies, €76.3M for a German quantum computer, and more
Canada hits science ties with Russia, a report finds Canada losing the chance to lead in clean competitiveness investments, MDA is awarded a lucrative Canadarm3 contract, and more.
The Short Report – March 9, 2022: Sunsetting the Collaborative Health Research Projects program, $195M to support B.C. health research, Ontario’s first Genome Data Science fellowships, Lululemon founder invests $100M into muscle disorder research, and more
CIHR and NSERC terminate Collaborative Health Research Projects program, BC’s government invests in life sciences to boost health research, Ontario Genomics and CANSSI Ontario award inaugural postdoctoral fellowships in genome data science, Lululemon founder gives $100 million for muscle disorder research, a strategy to make Manitoba a leader in sustainable protein production, and more.
The Short Report, April 28, 2020: Alarming drop in donations for health charities; Health Canada approves COVID-19 clinical trial; and more
Health charities are seeing an “alarming” drop in donations, which they warn will compromise the health of Canadians living with chronic disease. HealthPartners, a collaboration of 16 Canadian charities, released the findings in its report, The Impact of COVID-19 on our Most Vulnerable Canadians. In response to declining donations, the report says health charities have…
Genome Canada bets big on genetics and precision health research
Up to $165 million is going to 15 large-scale projects in applied research in precision health. Another $93 million is going to support 10 technology platforms to support focus areas in genomics research.
TCAG receives $5.1 million in Genome Canada funding
The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) has been awarded $5.1 million in Genome Canada’s Science and Technology Innovation Centre competition. The funding was made through the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and is one of several awards made by Genome Canada, which is allowing recipient institutions to make their own announcements. The size of the competition…
Ontario Genomics Institute launches two new programs
The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has launched two new programs designed to boost the participation of provincial genomics researchers in major international collaborations. The Genomics Technology Seeding program has already signed its first technology assessment agreement with The Hospital for Sick Children‘s Centre for Applied Genomics. If successful, the technology for generating specialized genotyping data…