On June 22, at the Eureka Global Innovation Summit in Estoril, Portugal, Ambassador and Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe Stéphane Dion officially signed Canada’s full membership in the Eureka network. While Canada has participated in Eureka for 10 years as an associate member, full membership will allow Canada to contribute more fully to the goals of … Read more
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) launched the National Research Council of Canada’s Arctic and Northern Challenge program. With an initial investment of over $20 million to fund research projects over the next seven years, the program is committed to prioritizing Northern-led research projects that have a strong focus on Northern capacity building. The … Read more
The National Research Council Canada issued the following statement: “Early in the pandemic, there was significant global uncertainty as to whether it was possible, and if so, how long it might take to develop an effective vaccine against COVID-19. In this context, it was deemed prudent for the NRC to seize the opportunity to obtain access to … Read more
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.)announced more than $23 million in funding from the National Research Council of Canada to advance 114 innovative research projects under the NRC’s Ideation Fund initiatives, Challenge programs and the Supercluster support programs. Research projects include improving the wellness of Canadians through COVID-19-related R&D, developing high-quality plant protein crops, and developing precision-engineered cell … Read more
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) announced the completion of construction of the new Biologics Manufacturing Centre on the National Research Council of Canada’s Royalmount site in Montréal, Qué. Once fully licensed and operational, the Biologics Manufacturing Centre will have full end-to-end manufacturing capabilities. With approximately 5,400 square metres (58,000 square feet) of … Read more
The National Research Council of Canada and Corteva Agriscience are collaborating on a research project to increase the quantity and quality of protein in canola. With consumer demand growing globally for sustainable, high-protein plant sources, Canadian researchers are teaming up to find ways for canola, an already important crop, to expand its uses to meet … Read more
The National Research Council of Canada and Mitacs announced they are investing $2.5 million over five years, to support 250 graduate and post-graduate student internships to support the NRC’s Challenge and Supercluster support programs. The full release is available online. Call 604-754-1440.
The National Research Council of Canada and the University of British Columbia announced their new Collaboration Centre for Clean Energy Transition. Researchers from the NRC’s Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, and key faculty members and students from the UBC Applied Science and Science faculties will work together to develop innovations in hydrogen and carbon technologies … Read more
The National Research Council of Canada is pleased to announce that seven Canadian firms have been approved to pursue collaborative projects with U.K. partners through the Canada-U.K. industrial research and development call for proposals delivered by the NRC and U.K. Research and Innovation. The successful projects are focussed on improving productivity and sustainability in the agricultural … Read more
The National Research Council of Canada announced it is providing advisory services and over $9 million in research and development funding through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program to support 4 therapeutic firms. These include: Up to $289,032.00 to Bold Therapeutics (Vancouver, BC) for a project to prepare preclinical efficacy data in live SARS-CoV-2 … Read more
