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An Algal Carbon Conversion Pilot Project (ACCPP) is the first of the National Research Council’s flagship programs to be announced. It will leverage previous NRC research for using algae as a biofuel by testing its viability for using photosynethesis to recycle CO2 emissions from oil sands and other industrial processes.

A new focus group study illustrates the daunting challenge of communicating the essential mission and benefits of an organization as complex and diverse as the recently refocused National Research Council (NRC).

The National Research Council’s Canadian Wheat Improvement Flagship Program has secured only modest private sector funding to date although such leveraging is a key objective of the agency’s new status as a refocused research and technology organization.

An expert panel has designed a sophisticated methodology for assessing the impacts of Ontario’s innovation policies and programs although the province – like nearly all jurisdictions – lacks the indicators and data and measurement capabilities to implement it.

Ontario Budget

Research and innovation took a back seat to a raft of social spending measures in the latest Ontario Budget as the minority Liberal government seeks to gain New Democratic Party support for its passage.

It’s official. After more than two years of planning and execution, the federal government has pulled back the curtains on the refocused National Research Council (NRC). While the announcement was short on details, the revamped NRC has emerged with business clearly in the driver’s seat (R$, April 24/13).

Canada must move strategically on several fronts to ensure that has the research, technological and financial capabilities to capture a significant share of the growing global market for clean and sustainable water, concludes a new report by the Blue Economy Initiative (BEI).

By Paul Dufour

It is rare Canadian talent that encompasses science policy, international development and science diplomacy with aplomb. When he died on April 6, at the age of 73, such were the skills and sagesse that Scottish-born James Mullin possessed in contributing to Canada’s international image and science policy legacy.

Response to Column by Kennedy Stewart and Laurin Liu in RE$EARCH, MONEY, April 3, 2013

I would like to clarify some misconceptions that Kennedy Stewart and Laurin Liu seem to have about federal support for research and the transformation of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) (R$, April 3/13).

Seeking consortium of funders

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) has been selected to lead a new cancer clinical trials network in a concerted bid to improve patient care by increasing the quality and integration of research.