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University community welcomes Budget 2024
Focus put on R&D funding, student housing and student debt restructuring.
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Mitacs reopens applications for graduate-student internships in Ontario
The research organization briefly suspended new applications in the province following a significant funding shortage.
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What’s happening with Canada’s superclusters?
After four years, the federal government’s billion-dollar superclusters are finding their feet, but they need more time.
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Higher-education scholarships and fellowships miss the mark by $8,500
The government is being urged to increase financial aid for graduate students and postdocs.
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How the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 protects startups
This U.S. act allows biotech startups to use patented technology for the purposes of generating data for FDA approval without needing to take out costly licenses.
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The challenges of crowdfunding academics
Kevin Leland created Halo, a curated fundraising platform for medical research, so that promising discoveries had a fighting chance to make it across the valley.
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Budget 2018 gives a major boost to fundamental research in Canada
An injection of $3 billion for research and expressed support for the “next generation of researchers” figures prominently in the federal budget.
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Canada’s much-anticipated “supercluster” R&D groups unveiled
Federal funding of $950 million promised for the five winning bids from across the country.
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We need to fix tech transfer at universities
Why should universities continue to own and profit from publicly funded work? If the public pays for it, why shouldn’t the public own it?
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Tell your stories, advisers urge science community
Chief scientists for Canada, Quebec and Ontario say the public needs to be more engaged with science and why it’s important.
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A resourcing model for translational research
How the Techna Institute’s team of professionals helps start-ups in Toronto by providing experts for secondment, in a cost-recovery model.
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Ontario university strategic mandate agreements: a train wreck waiting to happen
Where the plan goes off track is the system-wide metrics it uses to assess research excellence and impact.
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IDRC places great importance on the future of young researchers
The International Development Research Centre’s response to Valéry Ridde’s opinion piece, “Canada must not abandon its young global health researchers.”
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Canada must not abandon its young global health researchers
We need a consistent policy for funding global health research.
