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The Allergy, Genes and Environment Network (AllerGen) has received a second seven-year tranche of funding that will allow it to complete projects designed to combat the global epidemic in allergy-related diseases.

The bloom is off the rose of Ontario’s aggressive support for research and innovation as the provincial government proposes a host of cuts and caps funding for the flagship Ontario Research Fund to reduce spending and balance the books by FY17-18.

Budget 2012 – New S&T Spending

($ millions)

 
FY12-13
FY13-14
Total 

Industrial Research Assistance Program
110   
110   
220   

Industrial R&D Internship Program – MITACS
7   
7   
14   

Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence
12   
12   
24   

Forestry Innovation and Market Development Support
55   
50   
105   

Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program
   
25   
25   

National Research Council
67   
   
67   

Scientific Research & Experimental Development tax credits

   • Reduce Overhead Proxy Rate From 65% to 55%
   
-10   
-10   

   • Remove the Profit Element from Arm’s Length
   
   
   

   • Contract Payments
   
-25   
-25   

   • Canada Revenue Agency – SR&ED administration
4   
2   
7   

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
15   
15   
30   

Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council
15   
15   
30   

Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council
7   
7   
14   

Genome Canada
10   
50   
60   

Canadian Depression Research & Intervention Network
5   
   
5   

McMaster University – Health Outcomes Research Project
3   
2   
5   

Natural Resources Canada – Medical Isotope Supply
7   
10   
17   

NRCan Satellite Station Facilities:     reception & data transmission
8   
16   
23   

Canadian Institutes for Advanced Research
5   
5   
10   

CANARIE
20   
20   
40   

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
105   
1   
107   

Total
454   
312   
767   

Less funds existing in the fiscal framework
149   
97   
246   

Net fiscal cost
306   
215   
521   

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.

British Columbia’s technology sector is working to overcome a paucity of mid-sized companies with the ability to grow and become globally competitive, says the head of the province’s tech industry association.

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has announced 132 new or renewed chairs at 36 post-secondary institutions worth $118.2 million plus $6.3 million in infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Resource and financial services sectors ignored

Canada is neglecting the innovative capacity of its resource sector at its peril. A discussion paper released yesterday calls for the creation of an innovation manifesto and new innovation-focused research on resource industries to bridge the disconnect between innovation policy and the areas of the economy that generate the greatest wealth and prosperity.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is making key changes to strengthen and streamline its funding programs and peer review procedures as it makes cuts to head office personnel and braces for potential funding reductions in the upcoming federal Budget.

11TH Annual RE$EARCH MONEY ConferenceCanada’s Premier Innovation Event

“Budget 2012: Canada’s new innovation strategy for an age of austerity?”

May 16-17, 2012
Minto Suites, Ottawa

Speakers and Panelists include:
Adam Chowaniec, Chair, BelAir Networks
Kevin Lynch, Vice-Chair, BMO Financial Group
Peter Nicholson, author of CCA Report on Business Innovation
David Watters, president of Global Advantage Consulting Group Inc
Karna Gupta, president & CEO of ITAC

Jim Roche, president & CEO of CANARIE

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Canada first stop in “Go Global” campaign

By Debbie Lawes

Canadian researchers fearing a new era of austerity budgets in this country— particularly for basic research — may want to turn their sights overseas where a global campaign is promoting the millions of euros available to North American researchers.

By Debbie Lawes

The globalization of science is fueling an increase in the number of Canadian researchers participating in large European-funded projects, according to data released by the European Research Area-Canada Project (ERA-CAN), a joint initiative of the European Commission and seven Canadian research organizations.