McGill University is once again proud to be an Official Nominator of the Earthshot Prize. As an Official Nominator, we are part of a global community invited to submit nominations, selected for our ability to identify the most impactful solutions across all sectors worldwide.
The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize and platform for impact, dedicated to finding and growing solutions that will repair our planet this decade, in five categories or Earthshots.
In line with our commitment to advancing brain research excellence at McGill, HBHL is happy to introduce five exceptional recruits who have recently joined McGill across three different faculties. These talented individuals have received funding through HBHL's New Recruit Start-Up Supplements program, which provides critical supplementary funding to McGill's hiring faculties, empowering them to attract standout faculty members whose research aligns with HBHL's scientific priorities.
The Frontiers Planet Prize celebrates breakthroughs in sustainability science, rewarding solutions that show measurable potential to help humanity remain within the boundaries of the Earth’s ecosystem. Its aim is to engender international competition and support collaboration that will help accelerate scientific discoveries worldwide.
NSERC Alliance Grant supports McGill-led Canadian team, new global climate center on AI for biodiversity change
Thursdays (Oct 12, 19, 26 and Nov 2) from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: HBHL Offices (Suite 1800, 1010 Sherbrooke W)
McGill's myPath offers the Peer Pathways program for HBHL and IPN graduate students and postdocs. This four-week program empowers students to develop an Individual Development Plan (IDP) in small peer discussion groups.
Today, The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 101 new Fellows and 58 new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. Among the 2023 cohort are nineteen McGill researchers and scholars, including fifteen RSC Fellows and four new Members, who will be inducted at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement (COEE) on November 16 and 17, 2023, in Waterloo, Ontario.
We're happy to announce Madeleine Sharp as the new Leader of Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) Research Theme 3: Applied Cognitive Neuroscience of Brain Plasticity.
We are happy to announce that the first edition of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Researchers, Ideas to Impact, will be held in Montreal on October 18, 2023!
This event has been organized with the support of our partners the Desjardins Centre for Advanced Training (DCAT).
This year's edition of the HBHL Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships Program has recognized the dedication and promise of 37 exceptional students. Master's students are awarded $10,000, while those pursuing their PhDs receive $15,000, providing crucial support for their research endeavors throughout the upcoming year.
A New Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration for Upcoming NASA Missions and Mission Concepts
Scientists have long been captivated by the possibility of discovering evidence for extraterrestrial life in the universe. While many of the world’s largest telescopes are pointed toward distant galaxies and star systems, some think there’s a strong possibility that life could be detected much closer to home.
May 15th and 16th, Falling Walls Engage Hub Canada hosted 30 science outreach practitioners, from across the country, for a bilingual event titled “The Power of the Pitch: A Funding and Skills-building Workshop for Canadian Science Engagers”.
In a series of workshops, participants learned first-hand from funders what they are looking for in successful proposals and created quick pitches for new science engagement projects.
We are now in the final month of the International Freezer Challenge at McGill. Thousands of labs worldwide have signed up and logged their cold storage management practices. McGill participants have also received prizes, including the popular Early Bird Breakfast and freezer clean-up supplies.
The NeuroShere Entrepreneurship Bootcamp is back in the form of a 3-week workshop series!
