Details Award Name Steacie Prize in the Natural Sciences Agency Steacie Prize Value $10,000 Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 08-17-2023 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 08-24-2023 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review 08-29-2023, by 9:00AM Application due at agency 08-31-2023 Background Presented once a […]
Congratulations to Professor Jude Kong for being recognized with the York University President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award (PERLA) in STEM. The PERLA recognizes two full-time faculty members — one in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and one in the social sciences, humanities and arts – within 10 years of their first academic appointment, who […]
Supporting and reconnecting our people Created in consultation with our members, we launched our Community 2022 initiative to help faculty, staff and students reconnect in person and to support the return to a more robust on-campus presence. “We conducted a survey of our community and many expressed a sense of disconnection stemming from the COVID-19 […]
JUMP TO: By the Numbers York Science Highlights Honours & Awards Research Funding Research Spotlights Teaching & Learning Students Community & Alumni A MESSAGE FROM DEAN RUI WANG As I reflect on the past year, I am grateful to our instructors, researchers and staff who work very hard to serve our students and make a […]
Congratulations to Professor Thomas Baumgartner on being selected as a 2023 Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC). CIC Fellowship is a senior class of membership that recognizes the merits of members who have made outstanding contributions in chemistry. Baumgartner is a Canada Research Chair (Tier-1) in Sustainable Organomain Group Materials. His research, focused […]
Biology Professor Elizabeth Clare's research on airborne environmental DNA (eDNA) is one of the winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair. Her work has shown that eDNA collected from air can be used to detect a wide range of animal species and offers a novel, non-invasive approach to monitoring biodiversity. In a study conducted in […]
Sponsored by Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and Universities, the Minister’s Awards of Excellence highlight the incredible work of professors, instructors, staff and graduate students on campus, in the community and beyond. Congratulations to Chemistry Professors Kyle Belozerov and Derek Jackson for receiving a Minister’s Award of Excellence in the Future-Proofing Ontario’s Students category, which recognizes […]
Congratulations to Chemistry Professor Ryan Hili for receiving the 2023 Melanie O'Neill Young Investigator Award in Biological Chemistry from the Canadian Society for Chemistry. The award is presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to biological chemistry while working in Canada. Hili is the York Research Chair in Molecular […]
The Faculty of Science has gained a new and two renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Professor Kohitij Kar received a new CRC appointment and Professors Christopher Caputo and Raymond W.M. Kwong had their CRCs renewed. Kohitij Kar is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science and CRC Tier II […]
York Professor Emeritus Allan Carswell, a renowned physicist and changemaking philanthropist, was recently named the Philanthropist of the Year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). The AFP award, which was presented to Carswell in November 2022, recognizes “an individual or family that has demonstrated outstanding civic and philanthropic leadership through a proven record of […]