The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded $45.45 million infrastructure support funding to 312 researchers across the country. The support is provided under the Leaders Opportunity Fund, which was designed to provide infrastructure to attract researchers to Canadian institutions at a time of intense international competition for knowledge workers. In all, researchers at 44 different institutions, working on 251 different projects will receive the lab and equipment funding. A detailed list of researchers and projects awarded is available on the CFI’s website at www.innovation.ca. To date, Canada Foundation for Innovation has awarded close to $2.2 million to researchers at Royal Military College in support of 6 projects.
Smain Amari was awarded $ 46,314 from the On-going New Opportunities Fund for probing station for RF testing and characterization in the area of Information Technology Telecommunication systems.
Yahia Antar was awarded $ 125,000 from the Canada Research Chairs Infrastructure Fund for Antenna and Microwave Communications Research facility in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electronic and related industries.
Phil Bates was awarded $ 113,783 from the Canada Research Chairs Infrastructure Fund for Diode Laser and Melt Rheometer for Polymer Processing and Joining Research in the area of Chemical Engineering Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts.
Aboelmagd Noureldin was awarded $97,472 from the On-going New Opportunities Fund for Autonomous Vehicular Navigation Laboratory in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electronic and related industries.
Brant Peppley was awarded $1,697,499 from the Innovation Fund for the Fuel Cell Research and Innovation Centre in the area of Chemical Engineering Production, distribution and rational utilization of energy.
Barbara Zeeb was awarded $115,265 from the Canada Research Chairs Infrastructure Fund for Analytical laboratory equipment for the analysis of PCBs, pesticides, PAHs, and their metabolites in plant tissues in the area of Multidisciplinary in NSE General and other research on the environment.
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of the Royal Military College of Canada invites applications for one tenure track position at the Assistant Professor Level Deadline: 15 Feb 2009.
The Canadian Bureau for International Education administers a range of awards to Canadian students on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program awards are available to Canadians for study in China. The Commonwealth Scholarship Plan awards are available to Canadians for study in Commonwealth countries. The Foreign Government Awards Program awards are available to Canadians for study in other foreign countries. The Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowships Program awards are available to Canadians for studies and research in an OAS member state. The Organization of American States (OAS) Professional Development Scholarships Program invites Canadian institutions to offer courses. Visit www.scholarships.gc.ca/canadians-en.html to learn more about Graduate Level Scholarships for Canadian Students to conduct research and study internationally. CBIE also administers the Export Development Canada (EDC) International Business Scholarships Program for Canadian students studying business/commerce at the undergraduate level and interested in international trade, please visit: www.edc.ca/english/student_scholarships.htm.
Dr. Kristine Spekkens is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Royal Military College. Dr. Spekkens’ research aims to understand the structure and evolution of nearby galaxies in a cosmological context.
Dr. Sophie Bastien has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of French Studies at the Royal Military College since 2004. To date, theatre has been the primary focus of her research. In 2006, she published her first book, Caligula et Camus. Interférences transhistoriques, with Rodopi Editions (Amsterdam/NewYork); it has won the 2007 APFUCC prize (Association of Canadian University French professors). Her articles on the plays of Camus have appeared in such periodicals as French Studies (Oxford) and Revue des Lettres modernes (Paris).
e-v readers may recognize Albert Camus’ books: The Stranger (L’Étranger, often translated as The Outsider) (1942); The Plague (La Peste) (1947); The Fall (La Chute) (1956); A Happy Death (La Mort heureuse) (1971) and The First Man (Le premier homme) (1995).
We are pleased to announce that registration is open for the CDA Institute’s 25th annual Seminar and the CDA’s 72nd annual general meeting, to be held on 26-27 February 2009 at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa.
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Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que le séminaire de la 25e conférence annuelle de l’Institut de la Conférence des associations de la défense (ICAD) et la 72e assemblée générale annuelle de la Conférence des associations de la défense (CAD) se tiendront les 26 et 27 février 2009 à l’hôtel Fairmont Château Laurier d’Ottawa, Canada.
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