Canada commits money for human genome research
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Canada's government plans to devote 22 million in Canadian dollars (C$), or $18 million in US dollars, on efforts to map and sequence the human genome between 1992 and 1997. The government will provide C$17 million, of which the Industry, Science and Technology Department will spend C$12 million and the Medical Research Council of Canada will spend C$5 million. The private National Cancer Institute of Canada will provide the rest of the project's funding. The government's commitment to the genome project crowns the success of biomedical scientists who have long argued for government support.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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Budget 'windfall' may tempt Canadian researchers back home
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The Canadian government will establish Canada Foundation for Innovation to improve research facilities in the country. Funding for the project will come from the government's unexpected budget surplus that resulted from its stringent fiscal policy. The foundation, to be headed by Allelix Chmn. and CEO John Evans, will have an annual budget of US$133 million for the modernization of research infrastructure at universities and research hospitals. The government is hoping that the program will convince Canadian researchers overseas to go back home.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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NATO science programme feels the heat over funds and goals
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Scientists fear that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will not fund its research programme in 1998. Representative members of the organization in Canada and elsewhere are opposed to the continued funding of the thirty-one year-old programme because they dispute its objectives. About forty million US dollars per annum are spent on research projects in NATO countries. Alliance parties will hold discussions in an attempt to obtain continued funding for the programme.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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