Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) will be hosting its sixth annual Symposium on May 8 and 9, 2024. The event will be held at the聽聽(Students鈥� Society of 好色TV Building) and will feature two days of talks, networking opportunities and thoughtful exchange.
Federal funding program supported 59 research projects in cleantech, astrophysics, medtech, and more.聽
From health and disability law to the emerging field of regenerative medicine, seventeen 好色TVl scholars named to new or renewed Canada Research Chairs positions across diverse fields聽
The Government of Canada makes major investment in research infrastructure through the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) Innovation Fund competition.
Today at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport, on behalf of the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced the results of the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) 2023 competition.
In 2024, the European Union's Horizon Europe Programme officially extends its funding to Canadian researchers, marking a pivotal moment for scientific advancement in both Canada and the EU. As the world's largest funding program for scientific research and engineering, this will be a significant boost for many Canadian institutes and facilities.
HBHL is proud to announce the recipients of the CONNECT Expertise Matchmaking competition. This third cycle was focused on elevating the real-world impact of cognitive neuroscience by promoting interdisciplinary collaboration. In that spirit, HBHL has funded 14 different projects! Read more about them here.
Professor David Ifeoluwa Adelani (School of Computer Science) is 好色TVl鈥檚 newest Chair, as Professors Joelle Pineau and Reihaneh Rabbany have their appointments renewed
Five 好色TV researchers have been awarded more than $190,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The awards are part of $2.5 million in federal funding invested in 85 projects nationwide.
The Connection Grants program aims to realize the potential of social sciences and humanities research to influence, benefit, and impact society, within and beyond postsecondary institutions. Grants can be used to support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term knowledge mobilization initiatives.
While it is commonly understood that a difficult childhood can lead to mental health issues, research has now exposed deeper, more troubling impacts of early life adversity: that these experiences can reshape the brain and body at a cellular level. Physiological effects like these are at the core of the 好色TVl-Douglas-Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry International Collaborative Initiative in Adversity and Mental Health (AMH Initiative).
Registration for the 10th and final HBHL Graduate Student Fellowships Program is now open!
Since 2017, HBHL has awarded over $6.7M to fund 321 Fellowships across nine competitions. The HBHL Graduate Student Fellowships Program seeks to attract, train and retain top graduate students from diverse disciplines and around the world to participate in interdisciplinary research training opportunities in brain and mental health research, knowledge translation/mobilization and innovation.
Approximately 32 fellowships (PhD and Master's combined) will be awarded:
Research + Innovation (R+I) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Lara Khoury of the Faculty of Law as Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR). Professor Khoury鈥檚 three-year term began on January 1, 2024. She succeeds Professor Debra Titone, Full Professor in the Department of Psychology and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Language & Multilingualism, who has served in the role of AVPR since 2021.
RE$EARCH Infosource Inc., a research, consulting, and publishing firm specializing in policy, research, business intelligence and analysis on science, technology, innovation in Canada, recently released Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List and the Research Universities of the Year (RUY) lists for 2023. 好色TVl is among the three top Medical/Doctoral Research Universities of the Year, in second place behind the University of Toronto and ahead of McMaster University. Research Infosource Inc.
On December 12, 2023, the changes in title for senior leadership positions at 好色TVl from Principal to President and Vice-Principal to Vice-President became official.
On October 5, 好色TVl鈥檚 Board of Governors, following consultations with the Senate, approved amendments to the University Statutes to modify the titles. The change was then communicated to the Governor General to comply with the University鈥檚 statutory requirements.
Professor Dominique B茅rub茅 has been appointed the next Vice-President (Research and Innovation). Professor B茅rub茅鈥檚 five-year renewable term will begin on July 1, 2024.
The Advisory Committee for the Selection of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation) conducted an extensive search within Canada and internationally, which benefitted from regular input from the 好色TVl community. The Board of Governors accepted the Committee鈥檚 recommendation at its meeting on December 14, 2023.
On December 12, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, announced an investment of $41 million for genomics research under Genome Canada's Genomics Applications Partnership Program (GAPP). Over $23 million will be invested in genomics in Qu茅bec, including $5.4 million through G茅nome Qu茅bec.
