Friday, May 3, 2019
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded $676,569 in the form of a Stragetic Partnership Grant (SPG) for a new project on "Assessing risks of eutrophication by urban stormwater runoff under climate change" led by Prof. Philippe Van Cappellen.
Philippe is one of six researchers at the University of Waterloo (UW) who has been awarded SPG funding from NSERC in this proposal call. In total, UW researchers are receiving over $3.8 million through the SPG award, which aims to foster collaboration between academics, Canadian-based companies and government organizations to promote innovation and comercialization of research.