In addition to the new 2022 cohort announced by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) last week that included six University of Waterloo Faculty members, two additional Waterloo researchers are award winners.
Six University of Waterloo researchers have been honoured by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
Five new Fellows and one new College Member are among 156 other Canadian researchers elected by their peers for outstanding scholarly, scientific, and artistic achievement announced today by the RSC.
The Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) is now Waterloo Climate Institute. An article published this morning states that IC3 is "renewing its focus on generating real-world impact essential to climate change science, education, policy and innovation by ratifying a new strategic plan and renaming the centre."
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The Tri-agency is seeking reviewers to help assess postsecondary institutional applications for Dimensions recognition.
An innovative new program that provides financial support, mentorship and networking to Black and Indigenous PhD students has been chosen to represent the University of Waterloo in a federal competition for bold and potentially game-changing projects to address persistent systemic barriers in the research ecosystem and academia.
Three University of Waterloo researchers were among the 391 individual nominated PIs awarded funding through Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Project Grants Program.
This is part of a $325-million total investment by the Government of Canada in support of 405 project grants and 2 bridge grants.
Waterloo recipients of funding through the 2022 Spring Project Grant competition are:
The Federal government has awarded $2.1 million in funding over three years for a search-and-rescue project led by Lili Liu, Waterloo public health researcher and Dean of the Faculty of Health.
NSERC recently announced the 2022 competition results, an investment of more than $506 million. University of Waterloo researchers were awarded 166 grants through NSERC's Discovery Grant Program-Individual, Research Tools and Instruments Grant Program, and Discovery Launch Supplements.
Four professors at the Waterloo School of Architecture are involved in an unprecedented research partnership to increase the equity, social value and sustainability of the built environment.
University of Waterloo researchers have been awarded more than $4.4 million in funding by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), to support research that addresses environmental inequality, economic sustainability and Indigenous language revitalization.