Advisory: Research funding announcement
On Thursday, May 7, The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the University of Manitoba and Manitoba Hydro will announce $13 million direct and in-kind new funding for three collaborative research teams.
The research teams will focus on the impacts of climate change and hydro-electric activities in the Hudson Bay system, the complex processes affecting ice formation on rivers, and better ways to protect and sustain the endangered Lake Sturgeon.
The announcement will be made by Digvir Jayas, Vice-President (Research and International) at the University of Manitoba; Scott Thomson, President and CEO of Manitoba Hydro; and B. Mario Pinto, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
What: $13-million funding announcement
When: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Manitoba Hydro Place Gallery, Main Floor, 360 Portage Ave.
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Research at the University of Manitoba is partially supported by funding from the Government of Canada Research Support Fund.