Organization: Univ of Manitoba

Rady family make $30-million gift to Univ of Manitoba

The Univ of Manitoba has received $30 million from the Rady Family Foundation and renamed its faculty of health sciences in honour of its new benefactors, Ernest and Evelyn Rady. The gift will be pooled with other donations in the university’s Front and Centre campaign which is nearing the halfway mark of its $500-million goal…

NSERC and Manitoba Hydro fund three research teams

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Manitoba Hydro and the Univ of Manitoba have announced $13 million in cash and in-kind for three research teams in the province. NSERC is providing $6.25 million augmented by $4.27 million from Manitoba Hydro and $2.5 million from the Univ of Manitoba. A project led by Dr.…

NSERC and Manitoba Hydro fund three research teams

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Manitoba Hydro and the Univ of Manitoba have announced $13 million in cash and in-kind for three research teams in the province. NSERC is providing $6.25 million augmented by $4.27 million from Manitoba Hydro and $2.5 million from the Univ of Manitoba. A project led by Dr.…

CDRD signs affiliation with Univ of Manitoba

The Vancouver-based Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) has signed an affiliation agreement with the Univ of Manitoba, building on a previous collaboration with the St Boniface Hospital Research centre. The agreement expands CDRD’s active collaborations to eight provinces for commercializing small molecule and biologic therapeutics. It will assist U of M faculty members…

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…

WD funds HPC centre at U of M’s Fort Garry campus

Western Economic Diversification is providing $2.1 million to the Univ of Manitoba‘s Fort Garry Campus to build a new facility for high-performance computing (HPC). Once complete, the campus will join the Western Canada Research Computing Grid, a regional HPC consortium….

Univ of Manitoba establishes healthcare innovation centre

The Univ of Manitoba is using a $2.5-million donation to establish a centre for healthcare innovation that brings together a wide range of research disciplines. The George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation is supported by a donation from George Yee, who grew up in Winnipeg and now practices pathology in Windsor ON. The…

BASF licenses novel gene from Univ of Manitoba

BASF Plant Science has signed a licensing agreement with the Univ of Manitoba for a gene discovery related to increased crop yields and stress tolerance. BASF will test, develop and potentially market the discovery if field trials prove successful. The gene discovery was made in the laboratory of Dr Robert Hill, who will continue working…

Biggest IPY project to study flaw leads

The Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) System Study — the largest research project approved under the International Polar Year program — has been launched with $25.5 million in funding. The project – led by Dr David Barber of the Univ of Manitoba – will generate scientific knowledge on the interactions between climate change and the ocean…