Federal Budget supports university research

The federal government's ongoing support for university research was reinforced in Thursday's Budget with a number of strategic investments.

McMaster was highlighted in the federal budget with the announcement of $6.5 million for a new project to evaluate team-based approaches to health care delivery.

The project will investigate how inter-professional collaboration can improve patient care and help to limit cost increases. The study will be centred at the new downtown Hamilton Health Campus. The campus creates a unique opportunity to study what makes the most effective health teams as it will bring together doctors, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, dieticians, occupational and physical therapists and other health care professionals in addition to Public Health staff to deliver care, teach and research.

The Budget delivered important investments in research and innovation including ongoing and stable support for the work of the granting councils and $500 million in additional money over the next five years for the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

“The Budget announcements are very good news for what they deliver to the people who are doing research,” said McMaster president Patrick Deane. “They also demonstrate the government's nuanced understanding of the important role university research plays in innovation and a strong and dynamic economy.”

“The CFI funding is particularly important as its programs support the technology necessary for research. The increased funding provides a fabulous intersection with the provincial Budget announcement that continues the Ontario fund that matches CFI investments.”

Other strategic investments in research and higher education include:

– $60 million for Genome Canada to launch a new applied research competition in the area of human health, and to sustain the Science and Technology Centre until 2014-15
– $40 million over two years to support CANARIE's operation of Canada's ultra-high speed research network
– $17 million over two years to further advance the development of alternatives to existing isotope production technologies
– $14 million over two years for new opportunities for graduate students to gain research experiences in companies across Canada

The full Budget can be found at http://www.budget.gc.ca/2012/home-accueil-eng.html

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The federal government&#039;s ongoing support for university research was reinforced in Thursday&#039;s Budget with a number of strategic investments.  <br />
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McMaster was highlighted in the federal budget with the announcement of $6.5 million for a new project to evaluate team-based approaches to health care delivery.  <br />
<br />
The project will investigate how inter-professional collaboration can improve patient care and help to limit cost increases.  The study will be centred at the new downtown Hamilton Health Campus.  The campus creates a unique opportunity to study what makes the most effective health teams as it will bring together doctors, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, dieticians, occupational and physical therapists and other health care professionals in addition to Public Health staff to deliver care, teach and research.   <br />
<br />
The Budget delivered important investments in research and innovation including ongoing and stable support for the work of the granting councils and $500 million in additional money over the next five years for the Canada Foundation for Innovation.  <br />
<br />
"The Budget announcements are very good news for what they deliver to the people who are doing research," said McMaster president Patrick Deane.  "They also demonstrate the government&#039;s nuanced understanding of the important role university research plays in innovation and a strong and dynamic economy."<br />
<br />
"The CFI funding is particularly important as its programs support the technology necessary for research.  The increased funding provides a fabulous intersection with the provincial Budget announcement that continues the Ontario fund that matches CFI investments."<br />
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Other strategic investments in research and higher education include:<br />
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- $60 million for Genome Canada to launch a new applied research competition in the area of human health, and to sustain the Science and Technology Centre until 2014-15<br />
- $40 million over two years to support CANARIE&#039;s operation of Canada&#039;s ultra-high speed research network<br />
- $17 million over two years to further advance the development of alternatives to existing isotope production technologies<br />
- $14 million over two years for new opportunities for graduate students to gain research experiences in companies across Canada<br />
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 The full Budget can be found at http://www.budget.gc.ca/2012/home-accueil-eng.html<br />
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