Research

Scientist receives Brain Canada grant to combine neuroscience and artificial intelligence in autism research

Professor Kohitij Kar in the Department of Biology is among 28 early-career researchers who received grants valued at $100,000 from Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program. His project will combine neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI) studies of vision into autism research. Kar, a Canada Research Chair in Visual Neuroscience, combines machine learning […]

Researchers verify Einstein’s theory of general relativity

Research, led by York University PhD student Nelson Nunes and supervised by Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar Nobert Bartel, verified Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity and the Einstein equivalence principle (EEP) by measuring gravitational redshift – a change in the frequency of a lightwave – and the slowing of time over distances […]

Study finds COVID cases underreported in most African countries during initial stage

Media Release from September 20, 2023 Those countries with the highest rates of severe infections also had the highest rates of reported cases A new analysis of COVID-19 cases in Africa shows that for most of the continent’s countries the rate of infection was likely much higher than reported in the initial stages, found York […]

CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships Program

Details Opportunity Name Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships Program Agency Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) Value Up to $70,000/year + benefits Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 2 years Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 10-11-2023 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 10-18-2023 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review 10-23-2023, […]

CIHR Team Grants: Embracing Diversity

Details Opportunity Name Team Grants: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision and Increase Health Equity Agency Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Value Up to $2,000,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration Up to 5 years  Deadlines Letter of Intent (LOI) LOI due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review TBD LOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO […]

CIHR Health Research Training Platform

Details Opportunity Name Health Research Training Program Agency Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Value Up to $1,000,000/year Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 6 years Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review TBD Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review TBD Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review TBD Application […]

Lack of maternal care effects development, microbiome and health of wild bees

Media Release from September 14, 2023 York University researchers examined the early and late life stages of small developing carpenter bees in the presence and absence of maternal care and were surprised by the results. Most wild bees are solitary, but one tiny species of carpenter bees fastidiously cares for and raises their offspring, an […]

NSERC-CSE Alliance Grant

Details Opportunity Name Alliance Grants Program Agency Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) Value Small project – $700,000/yearLarge project – $1,400,000/year Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 4 years  Deadlines Letter of Intent (LOI) Notify SIRI of intent to apply  ASAP to ccorre@yorku.ca  LOI due to SIRI for full review 10-04-2023 LOI and fully […]

Banting-CANSSI Discovery Award in Biostatistics

Details Opportunity Name Discovery Awards in Biostatistics Agency Banting Research Foundation and the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) Value Up to $30,000 Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 1 year (July 1 to June 30) Deadlines Notice of Intent (NOI) Intent to apply due at ORS 10-06-2025 NOI due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 10-20-2025 NOI and […]

Professor receives $780,000 in CIHR funding

Professor and York University Research Chair Chun Peng received $780,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to fund a new project associated with her ongoing research into pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy disorder with a profound impact on maternal and fetal health. The grant funds a project titled “NLRC5 isoforms in placental development and pathogenesis […]