CRC announces $139 million for 150 research chairs

Guest Contributor
April 16, 2015

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has announced 150 new and renewed chairs at 36 post-secondary institutions, with the Univ of Toronto leading the pack with $17.6 million for 19 chairs. The awards are worth $139 million and are augmented with $7.6 million in infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. With the latest awards, there are now 1650 chair positions filled (out of a possible 2000) including 791 Tier I chairholders and 859 Tier II chairholders. Women hold 461 (28%) of all chairs and 194 chairholders are from outside Canada — a number that includes expatriates and international recruits….


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