The initial focus of the Centre will be on commercializing new technology discoveries related to the environment, natural resources and energy; health and related life sciences; and digital media.
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Ottawa-based research funding company Precarn Inc., the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement and the Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc. are partnering to fund R&D by small- and medium-sized environmental companies in Ontario.
London, ON-based Medtrode Inc. received the 2006 Gold Electrode Award as the most promising start-up firm in the neurotechnology industry at this year's Neurotech Leaders Forum held in San Francisco on September 28-29, 2006.
The McGuinty government is funding the creation and expansion of angel investor networks that will help Ontario's leading-edge start-up companies grow and succeed, Premier and Minister of Research and Innovation Dalton McGuinty announced today.
The Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) has unveiled a new uniform program structure across its five research centres and has been given an enhanced mandate to help deliver the provincial government's new $46-million Market Readiness Program (MRP).
Dr. Brian Wilson (University of Toronto), a long-long OCE researcher, has been recognized for his extraordinary pioneering contributions to the translation of optical technologies from blackboard to benchtop to bedside with a Life Time Achievement Award at the fifth Inter-Institute Workshop on Diagnostic Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy on September 25th.
A Canadian company whose financial backers include the federal government and energy giant EnCana Corp. is on a quest to develop the world's best light bulb.
The Ministry of Research and Innovation recently announced a new fund designed to help innovative companies develop cutting-edge technologies that will strengthen Ontario's economic advantage and provide high-value jobs for the future.
Through its Advance Materials Initiative, the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) is looking for new material - literally. OSC has put out the call for advanced materials that will inspire their visitors and provoke inquiry and experimentation.
The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc. hosted the release of the Sustainable Water Well Infrastructure (SWWI) Expert Panel report entitled: "Water Well Sustainability in Ontario".
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