External Funding Opportunities – April
Strategic Network Grant Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Deadline: June 2, 2014 (Preliminary Applications) Strategic Network Grants (SNG) fund large-scale, multidisciplinary research projects in targeted research areas that require a network approach and that involve collaboration between academic researchers and Canadian-based organizations (e.g., Canadian-based companies or government departments/agencies that can apply the research results). NSERC Target Areas Environmental Science and Technologies Information and Communications Technologies Manufacturing Natural Resources and Energy SNGs are expected to: Generate new knowledge/technology with [...]
SOWC’s London Wastewater Pilot Facility Featured in Latest Issue of Water Canada
This article was originally published in Water Canada by Kerry Freek As populations grow, infrastructure fails, and funding shrinks, Canadian municipalities are developing an urgent need to find ways to make water and wastewater treatment facilities more economical and efficient. In Canada, there's no end to the supply of exciting new, cost-effective technologies to close the gaps, but there is a obvious reluctance to adopt new products or systems. While affordability plays a role, perceived risk is the main reason [...]
SOWC Invited to U.S. EPA Water Cluster Leaders Meeting
The SOWC attended the Water Technology Innovation Cluster Leaders Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The meeting, which took place from March 24 through 26, provided an opportunity for water cluster leaders from across North America to meet, discuss and share best practices for cluster developments in support of environmental technology innovation. "The workshop focused on a number of issues related to development, testing and commercialization of new water technologies," said Brenda Lucas, SOWC Executive [...]