Federal budget includes support for research excellence, students
April 22, 2015
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Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 Principal Daniel Woolf says that the 2015 federal budget provides important support for research capacity in Canada, including more than $1.5 billion in investments to support research excellence. The budget also contains measures to enhance financial assistance to post-secondary students, Aboriginal education, and skills training initiatives.
The budget will see $1.33 billion invested over six years in the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), representing a significant commitment to building the country카지노 게임 컬렉션s research infrastructure.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s welcomes these important investments in Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s research capacity and global competitiveness, as well as initiatives that will enhance access to post-secondary education through student assistance,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Daniel Woolf, Principal and Vice-Chancellor. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s joined with institutions across Canada to ensure the priorities of the university sector were heard by the government and we see a number of those priorities reflected in this budget.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s was specifically mentioned in the budget for the impact of its CFI-funded pipe-liner project with the City of Hamilton, which saw robots deployed underground to insert a new flexible pipe system within existing water mains.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s welcomes these important investments in Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s research capacity and global competitiveness, as well as initiatives that will enhance access to post-secondary education through student assistance.카지노 게임 컬렉션
- Daniel Woolf, Principal and Vice-Chancellor.
In addition to the significant investment in the CFI, the federal budget includes an additional $46 million per year for Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s granting councils and the research support fund, $45 million over five years for TRIUMF, Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, $105 million for CANARIE, Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션 world-class high-speed research and education network, $100 million for digital research infrastructure, $243.5 million to secure Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s participation in the Thirty Meter Telescope, and $56.4 million for 6,000 new graduate and post-doctoral research internships through Mitacs.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Along with the already-announced Canada First Research Excellence Fund, this budget is a clear signal of the importance the federal government places on enhancing Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s global research prominence,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Steven Liss, Vice-Principal (Research). 카지노 게임 컬렉션The initiatives supported in this budget will ultimately help advance the position of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, as well as Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s universities and leading research platforms, as centres of discovery and innovation having global, national and regional impact.카지노 게임 컬렉션
For students, important changes to Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s student loan program will see some students eligible for increased loan support, through a reduction in the expected parental contribution and the elimination of penalties for income earned by students who work during their study period. In addition, $12 million over three years will be used to fund post-secondary scholarships and bursaries for First Nations and Inuit students through Indspire, an Indigenous-led charitable organization.
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