Six new Canada Research Chairs for ±«ÓãÖ±²¥
The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced on Oct. 16 a total of 137 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs atÌý34Ìýpostsecondary institutions across Canada. This represents a $118Ìýmillion investment, with an additional $7.9 million in infrastructure support provided by the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
The ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ chairholders included in this latest funding announcement are:
New:
Myriam Denov, School of Social Work – Tier 1 New – CRC in Youth, Gender and Armed Conflict
Andrew Gonzalez, Department of Biology – Tier 1 New – CRC in Biodiversity science
Brigitte Kieffer, Department of Psychiatry – Tier 1 New – CRC in Neurobiology of Addiction and Mood Disorders
Fabian Lange, Department of Economics – Tier 2 New – CRC in Labour and Personnel Economics
Jean-Francois Trempe, Department of Pharmacology – Tier 2 New – CRC in Structural Pharmacology
Robert Vallerand,Ìýformerly of the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, was awarded a Tier 1 New CRC in Motivational Processes and Optimal Functioning in the Social Sciences. (Prof. Vallerand recently accepted a position at another university, but the chair will remain at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥.)Ìý
Renewals:
Brian Chen, Department of Medicine and Neurology & Neurosurgery – Tier 2 Renewal – CRC in Neural Circuit Formation
Delphine Collin-Vézina,ÌýSchool of Social Work – Tier 1 Renewal -- CRC in Child Welfare
Bruno Giros, Department of Psychiatry – Tier 1 Renewal – CRC in Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders
Tho Le-Ngoc, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – Tier 1 Renewal – CRC in Broadband Access Communications
Faiz Jamil Ragep, Institute of Islamic Studies – Tier 1 Renewal – CRC in the History of Science in Islamic SocietiesÌý
Michael Wagner, Department of Linguistics – Tier 2 Renewal – CRC in Speech and Language Processing
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PHOTO: Owen Egan
