Transfer for Canada Research Chairs

The Canada Research Chairs Program is a program administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, or SSHRC, which supports university-based research.
In these Estimates, SSHRC and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, or NSERC, are transferring $340,000 to National Defence in support of this Program.
National Defence will use this funding to conduct research in a variety of areas, including:
- innovations in electromagnetics and the future of communications;
- archival research on how military coalitions function in war and peace; and
- research on how self-assembly and nanomaterials could improve sustainable energy use and provide more effective drug delivery systems.

Details

The Canada Research Chairs Program stands at the centre of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world’s top countries in research and development.
In 2000, the Government of Canada created a permanent program to establish 2,285 research professorships, Canada Research Chairs, in eligible degree-granting institutions across the country.
The Canada Research Chairs Program is a tri-agency initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. It is administered by the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat, which is housed within the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Of the total 2,285 Chairs, 2,148 are regular allocations, distributed by area of research as follows:
- 837 Chairs (39%) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- 837 Chairs (39%) Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- 474 Chairs (22%) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
The Royal Military College of Canada holds five Research Chairs.
Professors at the Royal Military College of Canada conduct research in areas such as: defence policy, cyber security, electronic warfare, space and critical infrastructure. This research is directly relevant to the needs of the CAF, and often in support of operations.

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