Phase 1 Competition Results

April 23, 2009 - Front row (left to right): David Layzell, University of Calgary; David Naylor, University of Toronto; Peter MacKinnon, University of Saskatchewan; Bruno-Marie Béchard, Université de Sherbrooke; Peter George, McMaster University; Chad Gaffield, SSHRC; Minister Tony Clement; Derek Burney, Selection Board, CERC; Heather Munroe-Blum, McGill University; Indira Samarasekera, University of Alberta. Back row (left to right): Allan Rock, University of Ottawa; Fred Longstaffe, The University of Western Ontario; George Dixon, University of Waterloo; Kerry Rowe, Queen's University; Lucie Guillemette, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; Katherine Schultz, University of Prince Edward Island; David Barnard, University of Manitoba; Denis Brière, Université Laval; Tom Traves, Dalhousie University; Stephen Toope, The University of British Columbia. (Photographer: Martin Lipman)

In December 2008, 41 of the 69 Canadian universities eligible to apply submitted proposals to the CERC Secretariat for Phase 1 of the competition.

A total of 135 proposals were then carefully reviewed by review panels of Canadian and international experts, and then by a selection board comprised of distinguished Canadian and international leaders.

The CERC steering committee approved the final selection of 40 proposals.

The following 17 universities have been invited to compete in Phase 2.

Universities invited to Phase 2 competition
(Number of successful proposals)

• Dalhousie University (2)
• McGill University (4)
• McMaster University (2)
• Queen’s University (1)
• The University of British Columbia (4)
• The University of Western Ontario (2)
• Université Laval (3)
• Université de Sherbrooke (1)
• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1)
• University of Alberta (5)
• University of Calgary (1)
• University of Manitoba (1)
• University of Ottawa (2)
• University of Prince Edward Island (1)
• University of Saskatchewan (1)
• University of Toronto (5)
• University of Waterloo (4)

List of successful proposals