Public Health Agency of Canada - Call for Letters of Intent

Details Opportunity Name Call for Letters of Intent: Transmission and non-pharmaceutical prevention of respiratory infectious diseases Agency Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Value Up to $200,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 12 months Deadlines Letter of Intent (LOI) LOI due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 07-05-2024 LOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO […]

Sandra Rehan receives York Research Chair

Congratulations to Biology Professor Sandra Rehan on her appointment as York Research Chair (YRC) in Molecular Ecology and Behavioural Genetics. Rehan researches the evolution of bees and their role in biodiversity. As a YRC, she will employ advanced DNA technology to investigate bee behaviour and genetics. Rehan was among ten newly announced YRCs, which is […]

The plants you need to keep bees on a healthy diet have been revealed

Original news release published by Frontiers on June 25, 2024 Farming, urban expansion, and climate change have significantly changed the habitats that are available to bees, crucial pollinators that underpin agriculture — but do these habitats provide the foods that the bees need to survive? Scientists studied the nutritional content of different pollens to determine […]

INTERACTIVE SESSION

Promoting Academic-Industry R&D: Grant Opportunities with OCI, NSERC and Mitacs Thursday July 11, 2024 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 306 Lumbers Building (or online via Zoom - register below to access link) Light refreshments will be served to in-person attendees Hosted by: Faculty of Science (FSc) Research Services Lassonde School of Engineering (LE) Research Support […]

Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity

Details Award Name Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity Agency Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) Value $100,000 Duration 1 year Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 08-19-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 08-26-2024 Faculties/individuals submit internal nominations to VPRI 09-03-2024 VPRI decisions and feedback provided to nominees Late […]

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Details Opportunity Name Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Agency Government of Canada Value $50,000/year Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 3 years Deadlines Preliminary application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FGS for mandatory review 07-14-2024, by 4:00PM Successful applicants invited to submit a full application by 08-16-2024 Full application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FGS for mandatory review 09-06-2024 Applicants to be […]

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 […]

Science researchers receive more than $8 million from NSERC Discovery Research Programs

Congratulations to 33 researchers in the Faculty of Science who have been awarded a total of nearly $8.3 million from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants, Discovery Launch Supplements, and Sub-atomic Physics Discovery Grants programs. This latest NSERC funding was announced by the Government of Canada on June 14. […]

Unexpected diversity of light-sensing proteins goes beyond vision in frogs

Media Release from June 17, 2024 York U prof fills gaps in current understanding of opsins responsible for circadian rhythms This Thursday marks the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year. Living beings have evolved over many millennia to react to varying amounts of sunlight exposure, governing everything […]

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 […]