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SFARI Autism Rat Models Consortium 2.0 Awards 

Details Opportunity Name Autism Rat Models Consortium 2.0 Awards Agency Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Value Explorer Track – Up $200,000/yearCollaboration Track – Up to $300,000/year Indirect Costs Eligible at 20% Duration Explorer Track – Up to 2 yearsCollaboration Track – 3 to 4 years Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 02-20-2025 […]

Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship

Details Award Name International Postdoctoral Fellowship Agency Azrieli Foundation Value ILS 168,000/year + ILS 20,000/year for expenses and travel Duration 2 years Deadlines Internal deadline(s) Please contact the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) for their internal deadlines. FGS signs off on the ORS checklist which is due at ORS 2 business days in advance of […]

2025 Faculty of Science Honours & Awards Celebration

This event is by invitation only. Our Honours & Awards event celebrates those in our community who received awards in 2023-2024 for their academic, research, and teaching achievements. The event will feature food and refreshments, an opportunity for networking with colleagues, presentations for select awards, and a keynote by guest speaker Dr. Scott Tanner, York […]

CCS Workplace Cancer Research Grants

Details Opportunity Name Workplace Cancer Research Grants: Preventing Occupational Cancers Agency Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Value $100,000/year Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration Up to 2 years Deadlines Abstract registration due at agency 01-08-2025 Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 03-05-2025 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 03-12-2025 Final application and fully […]

SSHRC Destination Horizon Grants

Details Opportunity Name Destination Horizon Grants Agency Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Value Up to $15,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 1 year Deadlines Application due to research@yorku.ca for internal adjudication 01-13-2025, by 9:00AM Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review (selected applicants only) 01-15-2025 Final application and fully signed ORS […]

Student-teacher team analyzes role of peer influence in teen vaping

A York University researcher and his student have built a mathematical model to understand how peer influence plays a role in vaping among teenagers, and also in their decision to quit and perhaps start again. “A lot of people, when they think about math, think about geometry and Pythagoras’ theorem,” says Iain Moyles, an associate professor […]

Drug development discovery made by York U team could save lives

A team of York University researchers has uncovered a critical flaw during the drug development process that, if addressed, could make drug discovery faster, more reliable and less expensive – and ultimately save lives. The findings by a team led by Sergey Krylov, a Distinguished Research Professor of chemistry at York U, reveal that measurement errors […]

Lake ice becoming increasingly unsafe at start and end of winter, raising risk of drowning

Media release from December 11, 2024 York University researchers say warmer temperatures will create more unsafe white ice conditions, ice that’s more like a snow cone than ice cube. Sports and recreational activities on frozen lakes across the Northern Hemisphere are a popular pastime for millions, but according to new research out of York University, […]

Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship

Details Opportunity Name Research Fellowship Program Agency Jacobs Foundation Value $238,883 Indirect Costs Eligible at 10% Duration 3 years Deadlines Application due to SIRI for full review 01-21-2025 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 01-28-2025 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due to SIRI for mandatory review 01-31-2025, by 9:00AM Application due at agency  02-04-2025, by […]

Faculty of Science prof launches York U’s first astronomy podcast

Elaina Hyde, a professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy in York University’s Faculty of Science and director of the Allan I. Carswell Observatory, has launched York’s first-ever podcast dedicated to astronomy. Hyde’s existing Monday night audio program, “York Universe” – already boasting an archive of more than 500 episodes as a radio show, […]