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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 […]

CIHR Catalyst Grant: Avian Influenza One Health Research

Details Opportunity Name Catalyst Grant: Avian Influenza One Health Research Agency Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Value Up to $150,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 1 year Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 06-26-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 07-04-2024 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due […]

Sexual Violence Research Initiative Research Grant

Details Opportunity Name Research Grants Program Agency Sexual Violence Research Initiative Value $40,000 to $150,000 Indirect Costs Eligible at 15% Duration Up to 18 months Deadlines Draft application Draft application, budget and budget narrative due at ORS for internal adjudication 06-21-2024, by 9:00AM Selected application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review 07-02-2024, by 9:00AM […]

DRI EDIA Champions Pilot Program

Details Opportunity Name Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) Champions Pilot Program Agency Digital Research Alliance of Canada Value $35,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration Projects must conclude by March 31, 2025 Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 07-03-2024 Post-doctoral applications due to FGS at kimmcint@yorku.ca 07-10-2024 Application and fully […]

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 […]