Graduate Students

CIHR grants $50.4M to ��VR��Ƶ health research

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:35:40 +0000

51 ��VR��Ƶ research projects were awarded funding through CIHR’s Fall 2025 Project Grant competition, to support high-potential health research across all areas and career stages.

Webinar - Rules, Rights and Research: Balancing Privacy with Research Innovation

amanda.testani@mcgill.ca — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:29:57 +0000

��VR��Ƶ Digital Research Services Hub is pleased to announce their 2026 webinar - “Rules, Rights and Research: Balancing Privacy with Research Innovation”.

Call for Papers - Deadline extended (International Symposium on Governance and Innovation, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence)

amanda.testani@mcgill.ca — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:05:05 +0000

The 8th edition of the International Conference on Governance and Innovation: Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence will take place June 17–19, 2026, at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

This international conference explores the accelerating convergence of governance, innovation, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI) in a rapidly changing digital world. Thematic areas of the conference include:

Weston Family Foundation awards two ��VR��Ƶ researchers combatting neurodegenerative diseases of aging

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:38:28 +0000

Three ��VR��Ƶ researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:32:43 +0000

��VR��Ƶ team awarded CIFAR AI Safety Catalyst Grant to advance developer oversight in AI-assisted coding

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:33:35 +0000

��VR��Ƶ team aims to develop guidelines, tools, and policy insights that help software engineers work safely and effectively with AI-assisted coding systems.

A ��VR��Ƶ research team is tackling one of AI’s fastest-moving challenges: how software developers can steer and safeguard code as AI systems become capable of writing large portions of software on their own.

Two ��VR��Ƶ professors awarded funding for AI research through Canada-France collaboration

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:14:56 +0000

��VR��Ƶ professor awarded one of the eight science diplomacy chairs newly created by the Fonds de recherche du Québec

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:31:33 +0000

Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie, based at Macdonald Campus, will work to advance food sustainability in Africa

Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie, Assistant Professor in the Bioresource Engineering Department, has been awarded one of eight science diplomacy chairs newly created by the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ).

Cancer Research Society invests in ��VR��Ƶ discoveries

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:33:00 +0000

Twenty-two ��VR��Ƶ researchers have received funding from the Cancer Research Society (CRS) through its Operating Grants competition, announced on November

Biochemistry professor Ian Watson awarded Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network’s Data Sharing & Use Pilot program funding

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:54:27 +0000

��VR��Ƶ researchers awarded funding to strengthen national capacity in metaresearch

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:21:44 +0000

Sam Harper and Arijit Nandi have received funding to help strengthen national capacity in metaresearch through the Research-on-Research joint initiative, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Michael Smith Health Research BC (MSHRBC).

24 ��VR��Ƶ researchers identified in Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:15:57 +0000

Twenty-four ��VR��Ƶ researchers have been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, a ranking prepared each year by Clarivate, an analytics company based in the US. The list assesses researchers in a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science. The number of ��VR��Ƶ scholars on the list grew from 14 in 2024 to 24 in 2025.

��VR��Ƶ moves up to third overall in Research Infosource rankings, maintains its No. 2 position for medical research

robin.koning@mcgill.ca — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:27:43 +0000

The University continues to be recognized as one of Canada’s top research institutions and drivers of innovation

Panagiotis Prinos appointed as Director of Réseau DePTAQ

amanda.testani@mcgill.ca — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:36:29 +0000

��VR��Ƶ, the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and Université de Sherbrooke, partners in the RNA Network for Therapy Development & Production (Réseau DePTAQ), are pleased to announce the appointment of Panagiotis (Takis) Prinos, PhD, as Director of Réseau DePTAQ.

��VR��Ƶ researcher awarded Blood Cancer Quality of Life Grant to improve post-transplant care for blood cancer patients and caregivers

amanda.testani@mcgill.ca — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:17:54 +0000

Supported by funding from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society, Professor Sylvie Lambert and her PhD student, Sarah Chehayeb, will explore how remote monitoring can improve recovery and quality of life for patients undergoing stem cell transplants and ease the burden on their caregivers.

Graduate Students

CIHR grants $50.4M to ����VR��Ƶ health research

Webinar - Rules, Rights and Research: Balancing Privacy with Research Innovation

Call for Papers - Deadline extended (International Symposium on Governance and Innovation, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence)

Weston Family Foundation awards two ����VR��Ƶ researchers combatting neurodegenerative diseases of aging

Three ����VR��Ƶ researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

����VR��Ƶ team awarded CIFAR AI Safety Catalyst Grant to advance developer oversight in AI-assisted coding

Two ����VR��Ƶ professors awarded funding for AI research through Canada-France collaboration

����VR��Ƶ professor awarded one of the eight science diplomacy chairs newly created by the Fonds de recherche du Québec

Cancer Research Society invests in ����VR��Ƶ discoveries