The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging is receiving $46 million over five years: $31.6 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and $14.4 million from partners, including the Alzheimer Society. Headquartered at Baycrest in Toronto, the second phase of CCNA’s research program will include a large-scale study to evaluate the effectiveness of new…
Topic: New Frontiers Research Fund
The Short Report – May 15, 2019: Early career awards, cannabis R&D, AI
Minister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan has announced the first 157 early career researchers to share $38 million under the recently launched New Frontiers in Research Fund. Each recipient will receive up to $250,000 over the next two years to support international, interdisciplinary, fast-breaking and high-risk research. – Newswire Vancouver-based Centre for Drug Research…
Canada drops research networks and unveils new “high-risk” fund
The New Frontiers in Research Fund will supplant the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program, a flagship science and innovation policy initiative that has been a centrepiece of Canadian science for nearly 30 years.