Awards

Royal Society of Canada Medals and Awards

Details Award Name RSC Medals and Awards Agency Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Value N/A Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 01-06-2025 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 01-10-2025 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due to SIRI for mandatory review 01-15-2025 Agency deadline 03-14-2025 Please contact sciapps@yorku.ca as soon as possible to […]

Faculty of Science Annual Research and Mentorship Awards

Details Award Name Research and Mentorship Award Agency York University Award Value $3,000 Deadline Deadline 11-18-2024, by 4:30 PM Background To acknowledge the extraordinary research achievements and dedication to mentoring graduatestudent trainees in the Faculty of Science (FSc). Categories Eligibility Nomination Process Application Process for Early and Established Researcher AwardsThe candidate must be an FSc […]

Professor Elizabeth Clare elected to Royal Society of Canada

Congratulations to Biology Professor Elizabeth Clare for being elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Induction to the RSC is one of the country’s highest honours in the arts, social sciences and sciences. The RSC College recognizes the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership; members of the […]

Governor General’s Innovation Awards

Details Award Name Governor General’s Innovation Awards Agency Governor General’s Innovation Awards Value N/A Deadlines Notify sciapps@yorku.ca of intention to apply ASAP Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 09-03-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 09-06-2024 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due to SIRI at dfrasca@yorku.ca 09-16-2024 Please see […]

Mike Wessinger shares with graduands the secret to success

Mike Wessinger, co-founder and executive Chair of PointClickCare, the most widely used cloud-based health-care software provider in long-term and post-acute care, spoke to Faculty of Science graduands about his path to success, and offered advice on how they might navigate their own way to a life of accomplishment. Wessinger shared with graduands that a question […]

New, renewed Canada Research Chairs advance neuroscience at York U

Congratulations to Faculty of Science Professor Jeffrey Schall for his appointment as a Tier I Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Translating Neuroscience, and Professor Joel Zylberberg for the renewal of his Tier II CRC in Computational Neuroscience. They were among 121 new and renewed CRCs at 39 institutions across Canada announced by the Government of […]

PhD graduate Jennifer Porat earns Governor General’s Gold Medal

Congratulations to PhD graduate Jennifer Porat, who has received one of this year’s Governor General’s Gold Medals, which recognize the outstanding scholastic achievements of graduate students in Canada. She is among three recipients at York. Porat earned a PhD in biology following the completion of her bachelor of science degree at York University. Both degrees […]

Mike Wessinger to receive honorary degree during Faculty of Science Spring Convocation

During the Faculty of Science Spring Convocation ceremony on June 14, 2024, Mike Wessinger will receive an honorary degree from York University. He is among eight individuals receiving honorary doctorates during the 2024 Spring Convocation ceremonies at York in recognition of their contributions to community building, advocacy for social justice and philanthropy. Wessinger is the […]

Royal Society of Canada Nominations

Details Award Name RSC FellowshipRSC College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists Agency Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Value N/A Deadlines Faculties notify ORS of their intent to submit a nomination 08-15-2024 Internal nomination files due to SIRI 09-11-2024 Full application due to SIRI 11-27-2024 Agency deadline 12-01-2024*  Interested applicants must contact sciapps@yorku.ca ASAP so that FSc […]

Science students recognized with thesis, dissertation prizes

Congratulations to York Science graduands Jennifer Porat (PhD, biology) and Nina Garrett (MSc, biology) for receiving dissertation and thesis prizes from York University’s Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) for their outstanding contributions to the local and global community. The prizes, valued at $2,000 for doctoral dissertations and $1,000 for master’s theses, are given out every […]