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Since the initial launch of the New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration Stream program in 2018, researchers in the Faculty of Science have seen considerable success in this extremely competitive grant competition. Proposing innovative, interdisciplinary and high-risk/high-reward projects, two of our faculty members led applications that were successful in the Fall 2020 competition.

Laboratory-based research is crucial to better understand our environment, develop therapies for disease and improve our overall quality of life. However, experimental research is very cost-intensive when we consider the price of state-of-the art research equipment.

uOttawa Alumni Association presents its Awards of Excellence honorees

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, government research funding agencies around the world, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), enabled a rapid shift of research efforts by earmarking funding for COVID-19 research to address this unprecedented crisis. Numerous professors in the Faculty of Science saw this initiative as an opportunity to contribute to the fight again...

Innovative ideas are rarely what is lacking to push research forward.

The Chemical Institute of Canada's (CIC) Award for Chemistry Education is presented as a mark of recognition to a person who has made an outstanding contribution in Canada to education at the post-secondary level in the field of chemistry or chemical engineering.

The Governor General's Gold Medal — one of the highest honours attributed to graduate students in Canada — recognizes outstanding academic achievements.

The Governor General’s Innovation Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding Canadian individuals, teams and organizations—trailblazers and creators who contribute to our country’s success, who help shape our future and who inspire the next generation.

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) is Canada’s National Academy, whose goal is to promote learning and research in the arts, the humanities and the sciences.

Professor Jan Mennigen is the 2021 recipient of the Gorbman-Bern New Independent Investigator Award.