Connaught New Researcher Awards / en 51 faculty members receive Connaught New Researcher Awards /celebrates/51-faculty-members-receive-connaught-new-researcher-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">51 faculty members receive Connaught New Researcher Awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-08-23T19:15:00-04:00" title="Friday, August 23, 2024 - 19:15" class="datetime">Fri, 08/23/2024 - 19:15</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-fund" hreflang="en">Connaught Fund</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-new-researcher-awards" hreflang="en">Connaught New Researcher Awards</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 91Թ has recognized 51 faculty members across its three campuses with <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/media/914/download">Connaught New Researcher Awards</a>.</p> <p>The annual awards support early-stage researchers in the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, engineering and other fields&nbsp;– and aim to enhance their competitiveness for external awards. They are part of the <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/about/about-connaught-fund">Connaught Fund</a>, Canada’s largest internal university research funding program.</p> <p>“The Connaught New Researcher Awards are designed to help accelerate the research programs of our hugely talented early-career scholars as they establish themselves in their respective fields,” said <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, 91Թ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>“I am excited to see their work on a range of important issues such as next-generation vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases, decarbonization retrofits and housing affordability, and the physics of wildfire-generated storms."</p> <h3><a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/db/connaught-new-researcher-award">Read more about the Connaught New Researcher Award, including details on the 2024-25 competition</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/connaught-new-researcher-award-supports-research-to-create-next-generation-vaccines-against-sexually-transmitted-infections/">Read the 91Թ Engineering story on Aereas Aung</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://ot.utoronto.ca/blog/prof-linna-tam-seto-receives-connaught-award/">Read the Temerty Medicine story on Linna Tam-Seto</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:15:00 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 309054 at Connaught New Researcher Awards recognize 49 faculty members /celebrates/connaught-new-researcher-awards-recognize-49-faculty-members <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Connaught New Researcher Awards recognize 49 faculty members</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-11-27T10:48:08-05:00" title="Monday, November 27, 2023 - 10:48" class="datetime">Mon, 11/27/2023 - 10:48</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-fund" hreflang="en">Connaught Fund</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-new-researcher-awards" hreflang="en">Connaught New Researcher Awards</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 91Թ has recognized 49 faculty members across its three campuses with Connaught New Researcher Awards.</p> <p>The annual award supports early-stage researchers in the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, engineering and other fields&nbsp;– and aims to enhance their competitiveness for external awards.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"This funding supports our talented early-career researchers as they establish themselves in their respective academic fields</span>,” said Professor&nbsp;<b>Leah Cowen</b>, 91Թ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>"I am excited to see their work on an array of important and complex issues such as gender discrimination in the technology industry, capacity-building in community-based health care and social services, and engineering of anaerobic bacteria for sustainable fuel production."</p> <p>Other topics being investigated by this year's recipients range from road safety in Toronto and improving access to HIV/AIDS services for racialized populations, to the role of volunteers in aiding Afghan evacuees and understanding how planets form.</p> <p>The Connaught New Researcher Award is part of&nbsp;<a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">the Connaught Fund</a>, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. As Canada’s largest internal university research funding program, the Connaught Fund has given out more than $183 million to researchers across myriad disciplines to tackle pressing global issues.</p> <h3><a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/opportunities">Read more about the Connaught New Researchers</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:48:08 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 304347 at Connaught New Researcher Awards recognize 51 faculty members /celebrates/connaught-new-researcher-awards-recognize-51-faculty-members <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Connaught New Researcher Awards recognize 51 faculty members</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-11-04T17:17:00-04:00" title="Friday, November 4, 2022 - 17:17" class="datetime">Fri, 11/04/2022 - 17:17</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-new-researcher-awards" hreflang="en">Connaught New Researcher Awards</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 91Թ has recognized 51 faculty members across its three campuses with Connaught New Researcher Awards.</p> <p>The annual award supports researchers in the early stages of their careers in humanities, social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences and engineering and is designed to increase their competitiveness for external awards. Questions investigated by this year’s recipients range from the microscopic “How can we improve our cellular therapies?” to the macroscopic “What is the nature of Dark Matter?”. &nbsp;</p> <p>“Early-career researchers face many challenges as they carve out their places in their respective fields. This funding will help alleviate many of these burdens and springboard their research,” said Professor <b>Leah Cowen</b>, 91Թ’s vice president of research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>“I’m looking forward to seeing their work on a wide range of important issues such as the impact of sustainability on firms’ supply chain reporting, the experiences of Black and Indigenous women school administrators, and environmental exposure to contaminants during pregnancy.”</p> <p>The Connaught New Researcher Award is part of <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">the Connaught Fund</a>, which celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year. As Canada’s largest internal university research funding program, the Connaught Fund has given out more than $178.7 million to researchers across myriad disciplines to tackle pressing global issues.</p> <h3><a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/opportunities">Read more about the Connaught New Researchers</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 04 Nov 2022 21:17:00 +0000 lanthierj 177948 at Connaught New Researcher Awards recognize 53 faculty members across 91Թ /celebrates/connaught-new-researcher-awards-recognize-53-faculty-members-across-university-toronto <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Connaught New Researcher Awards recognize 53 faculty members across 91Թ</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-08-27T10:53:15-04:00" title="Friday, August 27, 2021 - 10:53" class="datetime">Fri, 08/27/2021 - 10:53</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-new-researcher-awards" hreflang="en">Connaught New Researcher Awards</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/factor-inwentash-faculty-social-work" hreflang="en">Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-music" hreflang="en">Faculty of Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ibme" hreflang="en">IBME</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/oise" hreflang="en">OISE</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/rotman-school-management" hreflang="en">Rotman School of Management</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">91Թ Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">91Թ Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 91Թ has recognized 53 faculty members across the three campuses with the Connaught New Researcher Award.</p> <p>“I am elated to receive this award and recognition for my work,” said <strong>Kyle Ganson</strong> of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, <a href="https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/news/33824/">who is investigating the phenomenon known as bio-hacking</a>. “My hope is that these findings will help promote the health and well-being of young people by ensuring that assessment and treatment protocols are informed and resources are allocated appropriately.”</p> <p>Designed to help winners establish a strong research program and increase their competitiveness for external funding, the award is <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">supported by the Connaught Fund </a>and is part of 91Թ’s commitment to fostering excellence in research and innovation by supporting faculty members who are in the early stages of their academic careers.</p> <p>“These researchers are doing important and innovative work across the humanities, life sciences, physical sciences, engineering and social sciences,” said Professor&nbsp;<strong>Leah Cowen</strong>,&nbsp;91Թ’s associate vice-president, research. “<strong>Kaja Jasinska</strong>’s research will help us understand the impact of interrupted schooling on the development neural systems for reading of resettled refugee children. <strong>Kevin White</strong>’s work on decolonizing Haudenosaunee oral history will develop collaborative research methods with Six Nations of the Grand River – and <strong>Yun William Yu</strong> will develop new mathematical algorithms and computer software for analyzing genome sequences.&nbsp;</p> <p>“They – along with&nbsp;50 other faculty members across the university – will create knowledge that has&nbsp;a significant&nbsp;impact on people’s lives, thanks to the support of the Connaught Fund.”</p> <p><a href="https://csb.utoronto.ca/calarco-lab-receives-connaught-award-to-map-rna-binding-proteins-in-the-nervous-system/">Read about award-winner <strong>John Calarco</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/rafael-montenegro-burke-wins-connaught-award-research-metabolomics">Read about award-winner <strong>Rafael Montenegro-Burke</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/optimizing-patient-prioritization-for-admission-to-rehab-among-four-projects-powered-by-connaught-new-researcher-awards/">Read about award winners at <strong>91Թ Engineering</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/connaught-new-researcher-awards-recognize-53-faculty-members-across-university-toronto">Read about award winners at the <strong>Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/news/rafael-montenegro-burke-one-seven-temerty-medicine-researchers-receive-connaught-awards">Read about award winners at<strong> Temerty Faculty of Medicine</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/breaking-research/prof-looks-barriers-cannabis-legalization-jamaica-canada-help-research-award">Read about award winners at<strong> 91Թ Scarborough</strong></a></p> <h3><a href="https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=012460192848323152024:d_czk9jqduu&amp;q=https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/media/914/download&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjs7sKm5vqBAxV6ElkFHULzAJIQFnoECAkQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Y3AQvTjyrOAbwboRDijE6">See the complete list of Connaught New Researchers</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:53:15 +0000 lanthierj 170116 at