NSERC makes changes to industrial chairs program

Guest Contributor
February 11, 2002

Several changes have been announced for the Industrial Research Chairs (IRC) program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, in a move to strengthen the ability of universities to enhance their research capacity efforts. The five program enhancements include the introduction of Executive Research Chairs, providing five-year, non-tenured appointments for candidates from industry or other non-academic backgrounds. IRC chair holders will also be permitted to hold a Canada Research Chair (subject to several conditions), and an IRC can be renewed for subsequent five-year terms. The changes are also expected to apply to other Chair programs for design engineering, fuel cells, northern research and others....


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