BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260508T232748EDT-1501tushID@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260509T032748Z DESCRIPTION:Hello\,\n\n \n\nIn preparation for the next CREATE competition\ , we would like to inform you that NSERC will hold two information session s as follows:\n\n- French session: January 29th 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:0 0 p.m. (EST)\n\n- English session: February 1st 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:0 0 p.m. (EST)\n\n \n\nWe will use a webinar format for the presentation and participants will be able to communicate with us.  Would you kindly invit e anyone interested to attend? It may be useful to also invite current CRE ATE grantees at your university as an additional resource.\n\n \n\nWe will provide you with the relevant information for accessing the webinar prior to the presentation.  If there are questions that have been brought up pl ease send them in advance so that we may be able to address these question s as part of the presentation.\n\n \n\nSincerely\,\n\n \n\nThe CREATE Team \n\n====================================================================== ===============\n\n \n\nNSERC CREATE Webinar\n\nDate: Monday\, February 1s t\, 2016\n\nTime: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.\n\nLocation: James Administration Building\, Room 202\n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\nIn preparation for the next Collab orative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program competition\, NS ERC will be holding an information session in webinar format\, after which participants will be able to communicate their questions by teleconferenc e.\n\n \n\nPlease REGISTER HERE\n\n \n\nInformation about McGill’s interna l deadline and process for selecting proposals to submit to the LOI will b e addressed following the NSERC presentation.\n\n \n\nPlease note that the presentation will be available for viewing online for those who are unabl e to attend or who would prefer to participate in French.\n\n \n\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n Sponsor: \n \n \n Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NS ERC)\n \n \n Program: \n \n \n Collaborative Research and Training Experience (C REATE) Program \n \n \n Description:\n\n  \n \n \n This program supports the trai ning of teams of highly qualified students and postdoctoral fellows from C anada and abroad through the development of innovative training programs t hat encourage collaborative and integrative approaches\, and address signi ficant scientific challenges associated with Canada’s research priorities\ ; and facilitate the transition of new researchers from trainees to produc tive employees in the Canadian workforce.\n\n These innovative programs mus t include the acquisition and development of important professional skills among students and postdoctoral fellows that complement their qualificati ons and technical skills.\n\n Programs should encourage the following as ap propriate:\n\n student mobility\, nationally or internationally\, between i ndividual universities and between universities and other sectors\;\n inter disciplinary research within the natural sciences and engineering (NSE)\, or at the interface between the NSE and health\, or the social sciences an d humanities. However\, the main focus of the training must still lie with in the NSE\;\n increased collaboration between industry and academia\; and \n with the addition of the industrial stream\, an additional objective is to support improved job-readiness within the industrial sector by exposing participants to the specific challenges of this sector and training peopl e with the skills identified by industry.\n \n \n Value: \n \n \n $1\,650\,000 C AD for 6 years.\n \n \n Guidelines:\n \n \n http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/profess ors-professeurs/grants-subs/create-foncer_eng.asp\n \n \n Internal Contact:   \n \n \n david [dot] nguyen2 [at] mcgiil [dot] ca (David Nguyen\, Senior Gran ts Officer (Science & Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)) \n\n  \n\n chr istian [dot] chouinard [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Christian Chouinard\, Senior Grants Officer (Engineering)) \n\n  \n\n carole [dot] goutorbe [at] mcgill [ dot] ca (Carole Goutorbe (Medicine)) \n \n  \n DTSTART:20160201T180000Z DTEND:20160201T200000Z SUMMARY:NSERC CREATE Webinar at OSR URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/research/channels/event/nserc-create-webinar-osr- 258137 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR