External Funding Opportunities – March 2015
MITACS Elevate (Postdoctoral Fellows) MITACS Intent to Apply Deadline: April 23, 2015 Duration: 2 Years Value: $50,000 (stipend) + $7,500 (research costs) Industry matching contribution is required This is a training program for postdoctoral fellows, in which participants lead and undertake an industrially relevant research project. During this time, fellows receive experiential training in R&D directly through their industry-academic research collaboration and leadership training and business acumen through the program’s training curriculum. Program benefits Company participation in Mitacs Elevate is [...]
Water Institute – Research Symposium 2015
Event date and time Thursday, April 30, 2015 (All day) Event information Name: Research Symposium 2015 Date: April 30, 2015 Host: The Water Institute - University of Waterloo Website: http://water.uwaterloo.ca/symposium/ Event summary Research Symposium 2015 will showcase University of Waterloo's water research in the areas of Cold Regions, the Waterloo Moraine, Urbanization and Nanotechnology. Also included in this year's program is a panel discussion on Water Security for First Nations in Canada, featuring Irving Leblanc, Dr. Steve Hrudey and Merrel-Ann [...]
GRCA-provided Testing Site Gives Primodal’s Monitoring Device Real-world Experience
Primodal Inc.'s water quality monitoring device is now robust enough to take on the harsh conditions of the real world thanks to nearly two years of testing at one of the Grand River Conservation Authority's (GRCA) monitoring stations. In May 2013, the Hamilton-based company became the first Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) user to access the GRCA's continuous water quality monitoring stations with the goal of testing and demonstrating its new real-time water monitoring and data evaluation product. "There are [...]