Media release from August 3, 2023 As Toronto gets hotter, muggier and wildfire smoke increasingly wafts through the atmosphere, researchers at York University are leading a team of atmospheric scientists in testing the city’s air pollution from their rooftop Air Quality Research Station for six weeks this summer. Preliminary results show the negative impacts on […]
Biophysicist Ozzy Mermut in the Faculty of Science was awarded a grant from York’s Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Clusters (CIRC) program to develop her team’s new photon counting technology to study algal blooms in Indigenous lakes of Tkaronto and Six Nations. The project team, which also includes Professors William Pietro and Sylvie Morin (Chemistry) and Adjunct […]
Details Opportunity Name Climate Change Adaptation Program (2022-2027) Agency Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Valu See the Applicant Guide Indirect Costs Eligible at 15% Duration Based on the scope of the work (Must be between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2026) Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 09-08-2023 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc […]
Details Opportunity Name Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in IBD AwardWomen in IBD Research Award Agency Crohn's and Colitis Canada Value Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in IBD Award – $20,000Women in IBD Research Award – $20,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration N/A Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 06-28-2024 Application and fully signed […]
Details Opportunity Name Team Grant – Lung Health Agency Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Value Up to $3,500,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration Up to 5 years Deadlines Notify faculty and SIRI of intention to apply 10-10-2023 Application due to SIRI for full review 10-25-2023 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 11-09-2023 Final […]
Media release from July 25, 2023 York University researchers take novel approach to look at history of deep-water oxygen in Lake Erie through insect larvae in lake sediment over last 150 years. Researchers at York University went searching for the fossilized remains of small insect larvae called chironomids, found in sediment in Lake Erie, to […]
Details Opportunity Name 2024 Breast Cancer Screening and Detection Grants Agency Breast Cancer Canada Value $100,000 + Up to $50,000 of in-kind donations Indirect Costs TBD Duration TBD Deadlines Letter of Intent (LOI) due at ORS for mandatory review 07-28-2023 LOI due at agency 07-31-2023 Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 09-15-2023 Application and […]
York University and an international team of astrophysicists have made an ambitious attempt to simulate the formation of galaxies and the cosmic large-scale structure throughout staggeringly large swaths of space. First results of their “MillenniumTNG” project are published in a series of 10 articles in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The […]
York University Faculty of Science Associate Professor Derek Jackson, and Kyle Belozerov, a sessional assistant professor, have partnered with Science Engagement Programs to develop a new Spark Lab virtual reality (VR) research course that will introduce high school students to pharmaceutical chemistry. Spark Lab courses are week-long sessions designed for students in grades 9 to […]
A research study led by chemistry Professor Christine Le, titled “Synthesis of Carbamoyl Fluorides Using a Difluorophosgene Surrogate Derived from Difluorocarbene and Pyridine N-Oxides,” was honoured with the 2023 Outstanding Publication of the Year Award from The Journal of Organic Chemistry. The award recognizes a paper from the previous year that demonstrates creativity and impact […]