Faculty of Science

The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research

Details Award Name The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research Agency The Royal Value $100,000 Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 06-28-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 07-08-2024 Agency deadline 07-15-2024 Questions should be directed to research.awards@theroyal.ca. Background The prestigious Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research is awarded […]

SFARI Pilot Award

Details Opportunity Name Pilot Award Agency Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Value Up to $500,000 Indirect Costs Eligible at 20% Duration Up to 2 years Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 05-30-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 06-06-2024 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review […]

Arthritis Society Canada - Ignite Innovation Grants

Details Opportunity Name Ignite Innovation Grants Agency Arthritis Society Canada Value Up to $50,000/year Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration Up to 2 years Deadlines Abstract registration Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 04-30-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 05-07-2024 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review 5-10-2024, by […]

2023 Research Spotlights

Scientists solve longstanding antimatter mystery As Newton observed, an apple falls from the tree and hits the ground. But what would an antimatter apple do? That was the question an international collaboration with Professor Emeritus Scott Menary, Department of Physics & Astronomy, set out to answer. Ultimately, the team was testing Einstein’s General Theory of […]

2023 Annual Review

JUMP TO: York Science Highlights Honours & Awards Research Funding Research Spotlights Teaching & Learning Students Community & Alumni A Message from Dean Rui Wang I feel intensely proud to look back on 2023 and reflect on what we achieved together as a Faculty. There were many special moments and accomplishments for us. We continued […]

York University Global Research Excellence Fund

Details Opportunity Name Global Research Excellence (GRE) Seed Fund Agency York University Value Stream A – Up to $30,000Stream B – Up to $15,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration N/A Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review N/A Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review N/A Final application and fully signed ORS […]

Undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry students showcase their research at provincial conference

Undergraduate students from this year’s CHEM4000 and BCHM4000 Research Project Course travelled to Western University on Saturday, April 6 to present their senior thesis projects at the 52nd Southwestern Ontario Undergraduate Chemistry Conference. York’s Chemistry and Biochemistry undergraduate students Juan Valencia (Wilson Lab), Arman Parham (VandenBoer Lab), Kristina Gremi (Hili Lab), Samin Tavokoli (Johnson Lab), […]

Arthritis Society Canada - Stars Career Development Award

Details Opportunity Name Stars Career Development Award Agency Arthritis Society Canada Value Up to $125,000/year Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration Up to 3 years Deadlines Abstract registration Abstract registration due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 04-30-2024 Abstract registration and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 05-05-2024 Abstract registration and fully signed ORS checklist due […]

NRCan Build and Mobilize Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge Program

Details Opportunity Name Build and Mobilize Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge Program Agency Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Value Stream 1: $250,000 to $2,500,000Stream 2: $500,000 to $5,000,000Stream 3: Up to $500,000 Indirect Costs Eligible at 15% Duration 4 years Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 04-30-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc […]

The life aquatic: a game changer for frog vision, but little difference between night and day, York-led study finds

Media release from April 4, 2024 Ancestral legacy and continued present-day advantages may explain why diurnal frog species kept genes adapted to night vision Frogs display a remarkable diversity of species as a whole, but does the same hold true for their visual abilities? A new study led by York’s Faculty of Science sought to […]