Press Release Department: Federal - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, ON) announced $22.5 million in funding to scientists from four Canadian universities to research networks that focus on the development of a next-generation electricity system, the integration of wireless communications technology for vehicles, the development of new technologies to preserve marine and freshwater habitats, and the … Read more

Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, ON) announced $2.6 million in funding to the University of Waterloo for scientists to undertake new research surrounding the detection of osteoporosis. The full release is available online. Call 613-996-3861.

The Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine in Toronto has been named one of the government's 2010 Centres of Excellence and received $15 million in funding over five years for its work commercializing new medical technologies. Call 613-943-7356.

Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, ON) announced the NSERC Frontiers initiative, under the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. This new initiative will help teams of Canada's top researchers carry out large-scale projects in areas of national importance with up to $4 million in funding. Call 613-947-2956.