Details Opportunity Name Build and Mobilize Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge Program Agency Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Value Stream 1: $250,000 to $2,500,000Stream 2: $500,000 to $5,000,000Stream 3: Up to $500,000 Indirect Costs Eligible at 15% Duration 4 years Deadlines Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review 04-30-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc […]
Media release from April 4, 2024 Ancestral legacy and continued present-day advantages may explain why diurnal frog species kept genes adapted to night vision Frogs display a remarkable diversity of species as a whole, but does the same hold true for their visual abilities? A new study led by 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Science sought to […]
It might be April Fool’s Day, but the sun’s brightness is no joke, insists Elaina Hyde, an assistant professor in 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Science and director of 91ÑÇɫ’s Allan I. Carswell Observatory. Looking directly at the sun is never safe, she says, but that is especially true during a solar eclipse, like the one […]
Details Award Name Killam Prize Agency National Killam Program Value $100,000 Deadlines Faculties to request support for nominations 03-07-2026 Draft of materials due for MAAC review 04-01-2026 Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for optional full review 05-11-2026 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 05-19-2026 Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due […]
Details Opportunity Name NordForsk-led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development of the Arctic Agency NordForsk, NFRF Value $800,000/year Indirect Costs Eligible at 25% Duration 4 years Deadlines Notify SIRI of intent to apply As soon as possible Registration deadline at agency 05-30-2024 Application due to SIRI for full review 05-21-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO […]
Details Opportunity Name Call for proposals: Bioeconomy Agency National Science Foundation, NSERC, SSHRC Value Up to $500,000/year Indirect Costs Ineligible Duration 4 or 5 years Deadlines Notify SIRI of intent to apply As soon as possible Application due to SIRI for full review 05-01-2024 Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review 05-27-2024 Final application […]
Twenty-six Faculty of Science researchers, including current and emeriti, are among the top two per cent most cited researchers worldwide, according to data compiled by a team at Stanford University. The impact of a researcher’s work isn’t measured solely by its findings, but by how it inspires – and advances – the work of others. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic made student mobility and exchange programs challenging, but Hugo Chen, director of international collaborations and partnerships for 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Science, found a way to provide students with a global engagement opportunity nonetheless, by turning to globally networked learning (GNL). Now, post-pandemic, the GNL initiative – his Faculty’s first – is […]
Thanks to the availability of WeBWorK, an online open educational resource (OER) provided to students at no cost, homework shouldn’t be as stressful as usual for the hundreds of 91ÑÇÉ« students enrolled in the Linear Algebra (MATH 1025) course this term. WeBWorK allows them to practise solving challenging problems as often as they’d like […]
Making chemistry courses and labs more engaging and accessing science lab spaces – regardless of physical ability – are becoming easier to accomplish, thanks to Faculty of Science initiatives sponsored by Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) grants. In the Department of Chemistry, Tihana Mirkovic, an assistant professor, and Hovig Kouyoumdjian, an associate professor who is also […]