June 4, 2015, Ottawa, Ontario—Chairs Secretariat
The arms-length Selection Board will ensure that the Fund supports initiatives on the basis of the highest international standards of research excellence, and that funding decisions take into account areas of strength, opportunity and relevance to Canada.
The Chair of the Selection Board will be Ken Knox, a former president and CEO of the Innovation Institute of Ontario and the Ontario Innovation Trust. He has also served as Ontario’s deputy minister of energy, science and technology.
The other members of the international, eight-person board are:
- Maura Davies, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Donald Bruce Dingwell, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
- Myron Gutmann, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
- Bob McCulloch, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Fred Morley, Halifax Partnership
- Henri-Paul Rousseau, Power Corporation of Canada
- Deborah Smith, Pro-vice-chancellor for research University of York, United Kingdom
Scott French
Director of Communications and Parliamentary Affairs
Office of the Honourable Ed Holder
Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Tel.: 343-291-2700
Michael Adams
Communications Advisor
Canada First Research Excellence Fund
Tel.: 613-944-1758
Cell: 613-219-7523