Research and International Relations
The Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers
Recognizing early-career researchers
Research of the highest calibre is central to McGill’s mission, and McGill is globally renowned for the excellence of its research and its researchers. In order to encourage and celebrate our most outstanding early-career researchers, as well as to provide them with an advantage for external awards with a prestigious internal distinction, the Office of the Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) has created a University-wide prize for outstanding emerging researchers.
RAC Terms of Reference
Mandate and purpose
The Research Advisory Council (RAC) is the primary advising body to the Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) (VPRIR) and is consulted on University-wide research dossiers under the portfolio of Research and International activities at McGill.
Research Advisory Council
Overview and context
The Research Advisory Council (RAC) is the primary advising body to the Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) (VPRIR) and is consulted on University-wide research dossiers under the portfolio of Research and International activities at McGill.
Coordinator, Engineering and Science Research and Innovation
Peter Grütter
Peter Grütter is a professor of physics at McGill University. In June 2013, he became Chair of the Department of Physics, after serving as Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Education, for the Faculty of Science for four years.
Coordinator, Health Research and Innovation
Philippe Gros
Philippe Gros obtained his PhD in experimental medicine from McGill University and, following postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT, joined the Department of Biochemistry at McGill in 1985, where he has been a full professor since 1994. In 2013, he was named Vice-Dean, Life Sciences, in the Faculty of Medicine.
Chair, Innovation Steering Committee
Phil Barker
Dr. Phil Barker is a molecular biologist and biochemist at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), and James McGill Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University.
Research and International Relations: Improved Collaboration and Service
Dr. Rose Goldstein, Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations), is pleased to announce that three leading McGill researchers have joined the Research and International Relations (RIR) leadership team:
24 Hours of Innovation
Consider it a cram session for change.
Starting at 9 a.m. on May 21 (in Montreal at least), some of the world’s brightest young thinkers will have one short day to create, develop, and pitch solutions to some of society’s stickiest problems. This is the 24h de l’Innovation competition.
Update of the Media Guide to McGill Experts
Every day, members of the local, national, and international media look to McGill for expertise and commentary on a vast range of topics in the news. McGill’s Media Relations Office (MRO) handles most of these calls and, as in all leading universities, publishes an online directory of experts that is made available to journalists to make their jobs easier.
We are writing to ask for your collaboration in helping the MRO update the Guide to McGill Experts, ensuring it is as complete and accurate as possible.
Beatty Memorial Lecture 2013: “Architecture and the Passage of History” by Witold Rybczynski
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