Federal government funding and programs
The Canadian government provides funding opportunities for research through the following organizations:
Canadian Foundation For Innovation: www.innovation.ca/en
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
National Research Council: www.nrc.ca
National Sciences and Engineering: www.nserc.gc.ca
Networks of Centres of Excellence: www.nce.gc.ca
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada: www.sshrc.ca
Q Almost everyone in Canada knows that RIM and its
BlackBerry are the best modern example of research
becoming a successful technology, but what's your
personal relationship to technology?
A I was what they now call an early adapter. In 1984, I
put my email address on my business cards - during a
time when almost nobody in the business world even knew
what email was. It was just some research project that
a few universities and the U.S. military seemed to care
about. I also got quite interested in the computer
networks that carried emails. Again at the time, they
were mainly seen as a research curiosity - toys for
boys.
There has not been a Nobel Prize won in the life
sciences area in Ontario since Banting, Best and McLeod
won for insulin in 1923. Since that time, 30 Nobel
Prizes have been won by scientists from Boston, and a
total of 85 Nobel Prizes have been won by American
scientists.
