Staff /mcisce/taxonomy/term/2/all en McISCE Engage Seminar - From Hype to Hope /mcisce/channels/event/mcisce-engage-seminar-hype-hope-355632 <h2>Energy Transition: From Hype to Hope</h2> <h3>Discussion about select emerging battery and carbon free fuel technologies that could contribute to achieving a global energy transition.</h3> Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:22:53 +0000 mona.noonoo@mcgill.ca 1370 at /mcisce McISCE Interconnect Conference /mcisce/channels/event/mcisce-interconnect-conference-351730 <p>Join us at the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Centre for Innovation in Storage and Conversion of Energy (McISCE) Interconnect Conference on October 11, 2023, at Redpath Hall, from 12:30-7:00 pm.</p> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:49:14 +0000 mona.noonoo@mcgill.ca 1157 at /mcisce McISCE Discover Seminar with Rhys Williams /mcisce/channels/event/mcisce-discover-seminar-rhys-williams-351728 <p>In contrast to the unsustainable and increasingly fragile global, fossil-fuelled, and market-based energy system, an energyshed names a geographic area and governance model in which all power consumed is sustainably resourced and supplied within i</p> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:33:30 +0000 mona.noonoo@mcgill.ca 1155 at /mcisce McISCE Learn Seminar /mcisce/channels/event/mcisce-learn-seminar-344413 <h2>Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº</h2> Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:27:58 +0000 mona.noonoo@mcgill.ca 736 at /mcisce 101 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding /mcisce/channels/news/101-mcgill-research-projects-awarded-235-million-nserc-discovery-grants-funding-358031 <p><strong><em>Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering</em></strong></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.</p> <p>The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.</p> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:07:59 +0000 admin 1500 at /mcisce Æ»¹ûÒùÔº scholars receive $190,000 to expand impact of research in the social sciences and humanities /mcisce/channels/news/mcgill-scholars-receive-190000-expand-impact-research-social-sciences-and-humanities-357893 <p>Seven Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers have been awarded over $190,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The awards are part of $1.7 million in federal funding invested in 54 projects nationwide. </p> Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:57:57 +0000 admin 1489 at /mcisce Provost awards 28 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº professors with distinguished awards /mcisce/channels/news/provost-awards-28-mcgill-professors-distinguished-awards-357871 <p><em>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Professor, James Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.</em></p> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:27:04 +0000 admin 1487 at /mcisce FRQ – Secteur Nature et Technologies – Research Support for New Academics Grants Information Session /mcisce/channels/event/frq-secteur-nature-et-technologies-research-support-new-academics-grants-information-session-357814 <p style="text-align:center"><b><i>This session will be hosted virtually – the link and password will be provided to those who RSVP</i></b></p> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:09:03 +0000 admin 1486 at /mcisce Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers awarded SSHRC grants to foster collaboration with community partners /mcisce/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-awarded-sshrc-grants-foster-collaboration-community-partners-357802 <p><em>Two Æ»¹ûÒùÔº faculty members and their collaborators received Partnership Development Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council</em></p> <p>The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced the recipients of its latest Partnership Development Grants competition, including $400,000 awarded to two Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers.</p> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:01:15 +0000 admin 1485 at /mcisce 17 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers honoured with prestigious Canada Research Chairs /mcisce/channels/news/17-mcgill-researchers-honoured-prestigious-canada-research-chairs-357763 <p style="text-align:center"><em>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº awarded $10.9 million in federal funding through Canada Research Chairs Program</em></p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:48:28 +0000 admin 1484 at /mcisce 2024 Beatty Lecture /mcisce/channels/event/2024-beatty-lecture-357671 <p>Irish author, playwright, and filmmaker <strong>Cónal Creedon </strong>and Danish evolutionary biologist <strong>Eske Willerslev</strong> will deliver the 70th Beatty Lecture at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº <strong>on October 22, 2024</strong>.<strong> </strong></p> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:54:26 +0000 admin 1482 at /mcisce Government of Canada invests $6M in climate change adaptation and interdisciplinary research at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº /mcisce/channels/news/government-canada-invests-6m-climate-change-adaptation-and-interdisciplinary-research-mcgill-357527 <p> <i>Two Æ»¹ûÒùÔº-led climate change mitigation projects receive funding from the New Frontiers in Research</i><i> </i><i>Fund’s (NFRF) International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition.</i> <i>Thirteen researchers receive grants through the NFRF Exploration Competition.</i></p> Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:55:03 +0000 admin 1481 at /mcisce SSHRC Partnership Grant funds research project to empower youth worldwide in transforming gender norms /mcisce/channels/news/sshrc-partnership-grant-funds-research-project-empower-youth-worldwide-transforming-gender-norms-357558 <p><em>Education Professor Claudia Mitchell receives $2.5 million in funding for ambitious visual arts-based initiative</em><br /> <br /> Gender disparities persist glaringly around the globe with gender-based violence standing out as one of the most widespread human rights violations. Alarmingly, only 52 per cent of women who are married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use, and health care. The United Nations has identified transforming harmful gender norms as a critical goal among its 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.</p> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:59:16 +0000 admin 1478 at /mcisce Two Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Projects selected for funding by Genome Canada /mcisce/channels/news/two-mcgill-projects-selected-funding-genome-canada-357488 <p><i>Quebec-based projects awarded over half of the total national allotment, demonstrating the province’s strength in the transformative science of genomics</i></p> Thu, 30 May 2024 18:23:56 +0000 admin 1475 at /mcisce Sustainable Data Science Training Program awarded $1.65 M from NSERC CREATE /mcisce/channels/news/sustainable-data-science-training-program-awarded-165-m-nserc-create-357359 <p>Today, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)<a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsDetail-DetailNouvelles_eng.asp?ID=1461"> announced </a>more than $26 million in funding for <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATEResults-ResultatsFONCER_eng.asp?Year=2024">16 new training initiatives</a> through its <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATE-FONCER_eng.asp">Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE)</a> program.</p> Thu, 16 May 2024 14:35:33 +0000 admin 1464 at /mcisce