External Funding Opportunities – December 2015
Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF) Ontario Genomics Deadline: January 14, 2016 Ontario Genomics’ Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF) is a unique investment fund that is helping to enable the economic impact of outcomes of “omics” and life sciences research projects and technology development. Specifically, it aims to provide early-stage funding as companies (on their own or with academic collaborators) move towards commercial applications and to speed up transfer of products from lab to marketplace. The fund invests up to $100K [...]
Watershed Research Combined With SOWC Infrastructure is Making Mimico an Ideal Testing Ground for Industry
One of the most urbanized watersheds in Canada is becoming an ideal spot for researchers and industry to develop technologies geared towards improving water quality and flood prevention thanks to the Southern Ontario Water Consortium’s (SOWC) monitoring infrastructure and a University of Toronto (U of T) professor’s research. The watershed monitoring infrastructure set up at Mimico Creek, which runs from Brampton to Mississauga to Toronto, provides unique access to a highly-urbanized watershed as well as comprehensive real-time data, which can [...]
SOWC Welcomes Rahim Kanji
SOWC is happy to announce the hiring of Rahim Kanji for the position of Manager, Industry Partnerships. Rahim brings to the position a wealth of experience in the water and wastewater sector. Prior to his engagement with SOWC, Rahim spent the past 10 years in various private and public sector roles providing him with expertise in systems commissioning, technical sales, commercialization, industry liaison and project management. His educational background consists of an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s [...]