New Brunswick's BioSciences CommunityCompaniesResearch OrganizationsDevelopment OrganizationsTechnology transfer, allied industry and scientific associations Other Canadian BioSciences Associations and Commercialization Agencies New Brunswick Innovation Foundation Awards $630,000 to Fund 70 Student Research Assistants; Approximately 31 of these in the Bio-Sciences
April 22, 2010Fredericton, NB - The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) announced that it is awarding $630,000 to fund 70 student research assistant positions at the province's post-secondary institutions. The funding will enable some of New Brunswick's most vibrant researchers to hire exceptional students to work with them in the lab.
Awarded in partnership with the New Brunswick Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL), the Foundation's Research Assistantships Initiative allows students to obtain the professional experience that they need to gain future employment in their field, and undertake more advanced post-graduate studies. A full list of all 57 projects is available at http://www.nbif.ca/eng/investments/rai/2010/.
Created in 2003 as a not-for-profit, independent foundation, the Foundation's $45-million under management is geared to support the economic growth of New Brunswick through targeted investments in applied research and startup companies in key industrial clusters, including IT and the e-economy, advanced manufacturing, environmental services and the bio-economy. Since 2003, the Foundation and PETL have worked together to award $6 million and leverage $21.6 million more to support 691 research assistantships in New Brunswick.
The Biosciences community in New Brunswick is fond of the NBIF. In a survey conducted by BioAtlantech and its partners in 2008, the NBIF's Research Assistantship Initiative received high praises for its impact on enhancing human resources. The program matches a host of other initiatives in support of research assistants in universities and research institutions. The initiative supported 17 assistantships in bioscience laboratories in 2009, and 50 in total across supported sectors. In the current announcement, the initiative is supporting 31 assistantships in the biosciences, and 70 in total across supported sectors.
Impacted research includes projects on marine co-products, biogas, bio-energy, disease control in farmed fish, forest tree genomics, bioinformatics, cancer biomarkers, bio-control of potato diseases, ecosystem health indicators, and a suite of projects targeting prosthetics.
For information about a couple of bioscience projects supported by this initiative please visit: http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/1025640 and the second project highlighted at the following: http://www.nbif.ca/eng/media/rai-2010-highlighted-projects/.
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