MEMORANDUM
TO: PDAD&C
FROM: Professor Paul Young, Vice President, Research
DATE: July 8, 2010
RE: Early Research Award 2010 (Round 7)
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Please bring this information to the attention of eligible faculty in your department.
The Ministry of Research and Innovation has announced the 2010 competition for Early Researcher Awards (ERA). The ERA program helps promising and recently appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams of undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants, associates, and technicians. Eligible applicants are no more than 5 years from having started their independent academic research career, as of July 1, 2010 and no more than 10 years from having completed their first PhD, DVM, or Medical Doctor/Fellowship/Training as of July 1, 2010. To be competitive, researchers should be actively involved in conducting independent research that is supported by peer-reviewed funding.
The key dates for campus-based faculty applicants are as follows:
July 30: internal deadline for Notices of Intent
Sept 10: internal deadline for full applications
The award provides $100,000 for direct costs plus $40,000 for indirect costs based on a matching contribution of $50,000. The ultimate goal of the program is to improve Ontario’s ability to attract and retain the best and brightest research talent, move increasingly towards a knowledge-based economy and seize opportunities for global leadership. The ERA program success rate over all competitions is 32%, while the UT (campus) success rate is 41%.
For further information about this program and to obtain forms please visit http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/era/program.asp or contact Sheila Van Landeghem (sheila.vanlandeghem@utoronto.ca, 416-946-3603).
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