—By Stewart Aitchison

Welcome to the research section of the Faculty Newsletter. In this column we aim to keep you appraised of changes in the funding environment, new research opportunities and highlight award winners. Feedback and suggestions - both on this newsletter section and on how to develop the research community within the Faculty - are always welcome.

Recent Research Awards

Congratulations to our recipients of NSERC Strategic grants:

• Stavros Argyropoulos, Materials Science and Engineering
• Mansoor Barati Sedeh,  Materials Science and Engineering
• Dimitris Hatzinakos, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Peter Herman,  The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Hugh Liu, Institute for Aerospace Studies
• Emma Master, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (received two Strategic project grants)
• Alex McLean, Materials Science and Engineering
• Harry Ruda, Materials Science and Engineering

…and to the following faculty members, who were successful in this June’s CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund Competition

• Elizabeth Edwards, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
• Georgia Fotopoulos, Civil Engineering
• Matthew Roorda, Civil Engineering
• Sean Victor Hum, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Ofer Levi, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
• Mansoor Barati, Materials Science and Engineering
• Eli Sone, Materials Science and Engineering

Information Session: SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) Program
UTRS and the Faculty of Arts and Science are pleased to invite researchers to the following information session.  U of T researchers considering submitting a Letter of Intent for the current or future competitions are invited to attend. 

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Location:  Simcoe Hall Boardroom, 2nd Floor, Simcoe Hall, 27 King's College Circle
The session will provide an overview of the MCRI program, and will discuss the application process and proposal development.  Two U of T researchers will present on their experiences with the MCRI program, highlighting factors that influenced their success.   

Presenters:
Steven Hermans, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Manager, Faculty of Arts and Science
Professor David Wolfe, Department of Political Science, UTM and Munk Centre for International Studies
Professor Linda Hutcheon, Department of English and Centre for Comparative Literature

To read more details on the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Programs, visit:
http://www.sshrc.ca/web/apply/program_descriptions/mcri_e.asp

Please register for this session by sending an email to events.vpresearch@utoronto.ca

For questions about the information session, please contact Steven Hermans (steven.hermans@utoronto.ca), or 416-978-5417