91˿Ƶ News - Academic grants and awards /channels/news_feeds/all/term/academic_grants_and_awards/rss en Treat Canada Project Holds Second Annual In-Person Meeting At Montreal General Hospital /channels/channels/news/treat-canada-project-holds-second-annual-person-meeting-montreal-general-hospital-360931 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On October 18, we welcomed participants to the second annual in person meeting for the Treat Canada Project. Our project - Tailoring treatments for people with esophageal cancer, aims to understand what causes treatment resistance in esophageal cancer and identify new methods and treatment options for overcoming this resistance, ultimately improving outcomes and saving lives. The meeting was filled with discussion, presentations and strategic planning sessions focused on the project’s ongoing initiatives and future goals.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:41:14 +0000 webfull 204082 at /channels Victoria Anson wins The Lord Bagri Scholarship issued by The Copper Club /channels/channels/news/victoria-anson-wins-lord-bagri-scholarship-issued-copper-club-358818 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Victoria Anson, a fourth-year materials engineering student, won The Lord Bagri Scholarship, the highest award granted by The Copper Club. Endowed in honor of Lord Bagri, the longest serving chairman in the history of the London Metal Exchange, this competitive Canada-USA award recognizes an exceptional undergraduate or graduate student who has excelled in studies essential to the copper industry’s future.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/headshot_victoria_anson.jpg?itok=rvpEDFR-" width="160" height="213" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:12:50 +0000 webfull 201670 at /channels Victoria Anson wins the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering /channels/channels/news/victoria-anson-wins-lucy-rosato-undergraduate-scholarship-science-and-engineering-358817 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Victoria Anson, a fourth-year Materials Engineering Co-op Program student, received the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering at the 63<sup>rd</sup> Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2024) in Halifax. This is the highest undergraduate student award granted by the Hydrometallurgy Section of the Metallurgy and Materials Society (MetSoc) under the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/com_2024_photo_1_victoria_anson.jpg?itok=V1wC6dC3" width="160" height="192" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:11:15 +0000 webfull 201669 at /channels HBHL Undergraduate Summer Research Internship /channels/channels/news/hbhl-undergraduate-summer-research-internship-355278 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>New funding program launching for undergraduate students</h2> <p>Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) is pleased to announce the launch of the <a href="/hbhl/funding-opportunities/2024-hbhl-undergraduate-summer-research-internship"><b>2024 HBHL Undergraduate Summer Research Internship.</b></a><b> </b>Created in collaboration between HBHL and the HBHL Trainee Committee, this opportunity aims to include students at all levels in brain health research, providing 91˿Ƶ undergraduate students with a hands-on research experience.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/hbhl_usri_image_reduced.png?itok=H7kwSOJ5" width="160" height="87" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:08:39 +0000 webfull 197586 at /channels PhD student Neha Dinesh recognized by the American Society of Matrix Biology /channels/channels/news/phd-student-neha-dinesh-recognized-american-society-matrix-biology-352282 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Neha Dinesh, PhD student in the Reinhardt lab, won the Iozzo Trainee Award at the combined conference of the American Society for Matrix Biology, the American Society for Investigative Pathology, and the Histochemical Society held in Salt Lake City, Utah from Oct 22-25, 2023. The title of her contribution was “<i>Fibronectin-Mediated Physiological and Pathological Mechanisms in Skeletal Development</i>”. The Iozzo Trainee Award is given to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the field of matrix biology and a continuing commitment to matrix biology research.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:32:46 +0000 webfull 194259 at /channels 91˿Ƶ researchers get $33M in CIHR Project Grant funding. /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-get-33m-cihr-project-grant-funding-351226 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2 style="text-align:center">Fifty projects covering broad range of health research topics receive support</h2> <p style="text-align:center">By Neale McDevitt, Editor, 91˿Ƶ Reporter</p> <p style="text-align:center">JANUARY 30, 2020</p> <p>CIHR awarded 385 health research projects across the country totalling approximately $275 million. Fifty of the projects awarded research grants are led by 91˿Ƶ researchers.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:45:10 +0000 webfull 193051 at /channels Five Yan P. Lin Centre Members part of 2.5$M SSHRC inter-University Grant on Housing in Canada /channels/channels/news/five-yan-p-lin-centre-members-part-25m-sshrc-inter-university-grant-housing-canada-348693 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Five members of the Yan P. Lin Centre and Research Group on Democracy, Space and Technology (RGDST) were one of 13 teams in the successful <strong>“Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Seeking Equity, Social Value and Sustainability” SSHRC Partnership Grant</strong> worth $2,500,000. This unprecedented grant will assure the collaboration of a total of 14 universities, 70 researchers and 68 public and private organizations from every level of government across the country. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/montreal_3_sized-1667401754807.png?itok=MqcC_GZI" width="160" height="96" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:21:03 +0000 webfull 190081 at /channels SIS is pleased to announce PhD candidate Mohd Saqib as FRQNT recipient /channels/channels/news/sis-pleased-announce-phd-candidate-mohd-saqib-frqnt-recipient-348284 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Mohd Saqib, PhD candidate at the School of Information Studies, on receiving the prestigious Fonds de Recherche du Quebec; Nature et Technologies scholarship. The FRQNT scholarship is awarded on basis of research and academic merit. <br /> A brief summary of his research:<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 11 May 2023 14:24:05 +0000 webfull 189604 at /channels SIS is pleased to announce MISt student Connor Sin-Chan as SSHRC CGS award recipient /channels/channels/news/sis-pleased-announce-mist-student-connor-sin-chan-sshrc-cgs-award-recipient-348165 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Masters in Information Studies - Project student Connor Sin-Chan as a recipient of the SSHRC Canada Graduate Student - Masters scholarship!</p> <p>Connor's research:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 03 May 2023 18:25:58 +0000 webfull 189470 at /channels Peter Yau wins Patterson Distinguished Service Medal /channels/channels/news/peter-yau-wins-patterson-distinguished-service-medal-348057 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/campaigns/50-years-environmental-action/history-photos/patterson-medal.html">Patterson Distinguished Service Medal</a> is a prestigious award recognizing service to meteorology in Canada. <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/meteo/facultystaff/yau">Peter Yau</a> is the 2022 winner of this award.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:04:11 +0000 webfull 189346 at /channels