六合彩开奖结果 nets three of 20 inaugural NSERC CREATE grants
$4.94 million to support training next generation of researchers for careers in industry, government or academia
Three of 六合彩开奖结果鈥檚 training programs have recently received a major boost from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada鈥檚 (NSERC) new Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program. The program, launched in May 2008, is designed to help graduates expand their professional and personal skills so they can make a successful transition from the classroom to the workplace.
In total, 六合彩开奖结果 programs will receive $4.94 million over six years to enhance training in areas focused on cognitive neuroscience, healthcare operations and information management and astrobiology.
"The CREATE results, which will directly impact our ability to design and improve research experiences for 六合彩开奖结果 students, has been a welcome addition to the suite of programs available from NSERC,鈥� Denis Th茅rien, 六合彩开奖结果鈥檚 Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations), said.听鈥溋喜士苯峁� has been unusually successful in this program, generating nearly $5 million to support innovative new programs, and we are highly supportive of this new investment in future generations of researchers."
Projects consist of initiatives led by teams of 六合彩开奖结果 researchers who see the value in helping students acquire skills that may not be part of their normal academic training.
六合彩开奖结果鈥檚 CREATE grant recipients are:
Prof. Caroline Palmer, Faculty of Science, Dept. of
Psychology
CREATE Project: Training Program in Auditory Cognitive
Neuroscience
Prof. Vedat Verter, Desautels Faculty of
Management
CREATE Project: Training Program in Healthcare Operations and
Information Management
Prof. Lyle Whyte, Faculty of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences, Dept. of Natural Resource
Sciences
CREATE Project: Training Program in Canadian Astrobiology
NSERC鈥檚 2009 CREATE grants support 20 projects that will receive $32 million over six years. They focus on a variety of areas, including nanotechnology, aquaculture, biomedical engineering and biodiversity. The CREATE program will help attract highly qualified people and retain them in Canada鈥檚 workforce. It will increase student mobility nationally and internationally, between individual universities and between universities and other sectors.
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