External Funding Opportunities – June
2014-2015 Quebec-Ontario Cooperation for Agri-Food Research Competition Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Deadline: September 16, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. Value: $80,000 (one-year projects) $160,000 (two-year projects) $250,000 (three-year projects) Description: This program offers funding for joint Ontario-Quebec projects supporting water management and integrated pest management research issues of interest to both provinces. Competition Objectives: Develop solutions to agri-food issues shared by Quebec and Ontario Encourage partnerships between Quebec and Ontario researchers Enhance graduate student training through internships in the [...]
SOWC Joins Game-changers at Knowledge Symposium
Brenda Lucas, SOWC Executive Director welcomes the audience within her opening remarks On June 17, SOWC and IBM Canada co-hosted an International Water and Environmental Management Knowledge Symposium. The open exchange focused on integrated water and environment management challenges, solutions, best practices and innovative partnerships and marked the launch of the SOWC's data integration platform. The platform is now live for users to access, visualize and manipulate data streaming from the Grand River. "SOWC has developed a network [...]
SOWC Hosts Guelph Wastewater Facility Tours
New water research equipment is available for users to access within the facility On June 19, SOWC and the University of Guelph began hosting tours of the SOWC Guelph Wastewater Facility. Throughout the morning, several companies and organizations viewed the newly-commissioned facility to learn about its unique capacity for bench and pilot-scale development and demonstration of wastewater technologies. "The Guelph Wastewater Facility provides users with access to municipal wastewater flows directly from the City of Guelph's Wastewater Treatment [...]