Faculty of Science

MINDS Targeted Engagement Grants

Details Opportunity Name Targeted Engagement Grants Agency Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) Value Targeted Engagement Grant Program — Up to $50,000Young MINDS Initiative — $10,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration N/A Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 09-30-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 10-07-2024 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review […]

Global Affairs Canada – Indo-Pacific Regional Connectivity Envelope

Details Opportunity Name Indo-Pacific Regional Connectivity Envelope (RCE) Agency Global Affairs Canada Value $20,000 to $250,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration Up to 3 years Deadlines NOI due to SIRI for selection 09-30-2024, by 9:00AM Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 10-09-2024 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due to SIRI for mandatory review 10-15-2024, […]

NSERC Alliance International Catalyst Grants

Details Opportunity Name Alliance International Catalyst Grants Agency Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Value $25,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 1 year Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 10-01-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 10-08-2024 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review 10-11-2024, […]

Kids Brain Health Network – Call for Proposals

Details Opportunity Name Call for Proposals 2024 Agency Kids Brain Health Network Value Innovation Program – Up to $100K/yearImplementation Program – Up to $200K/year Indirect Costs TBD Duration Up to 2 years Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 12-02-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 12-09-2024 Final application and fully signed […]

Lake ice quality degrading as planet warms

Media release from September 19, 2024 Several studies have looked at lake ice quantity and its duration, but there is little research on the quality of the ice which directly corresponds to how safe it is to venture out on. Ice may look safe for a game of pick-up hockey on the lake, but as […]

Scott D. Tanner receives York U Alumni Award for outstanding achievement

Congratulations to Scott D. Tanner (BSc ’76, PhD ’80) for receiving a York University Alumni Award in the Outstanding Achievement category. The York U Alumni Awards recognize outstanding alumni who have achieved the extraordinary and are working to right the future by creating positive change in their fields. The Outstanding Achievement category is reserved for […]

Researchers receive new CFI funding for cutting-edge projects

Congratulations to Faculty of Science researchers Bill Kim and Logan Donaldson for receiving new infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), which supports institutions in attracting top talent and acquiring the state-of-the-art tools and equipment necessary to enable their innovative work. Chemistry Professor Kim received $100,000 for […]

New Faculty of Science members to advance student learning in cutting-edge fields

York University’s Faculty of Science is welcoming five new full-time, permanent faculty members this year. “The Faculty of Science has hired fantastic new faculty members that will contribute to enhancing our Faculty’s academic excellence, diversity, and research and teaching capacity,” says Faculty of Science Dean Rui Wang. “I look forward to working with our outstanding […]

From York to Yale: Faculty of Science professor named Fulbright winner

Courtesy of News@York A long-time York University professor will join the Ivy League this fall, having been awarded a prestigious visiting professorship at Yale University. Dawn Bazely, a University Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, has been named this year’s recipient of the 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Distinguished Visiting Professorship, the foundation’s top […]

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 […]