McGill 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 Ď㽶ĘÓƵ’s training programs have recently received a major boost from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (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, McGill 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 McGill students, has been a welcome addition to the suite of programs available from NSERC,” Denis ThĂ©rien, McGill’s Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations), said.Ěý“McGill 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 McGill researchers who see the value in helping students acquire skills that may not be part of their normal academic training.
McGill’s 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’s 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’s workforce. It will increase student mobility nationally and internationally, between individual universities and between universities and other sectors.
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