/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Minister of Science and Sport, Kirsty Duncan, to announce the first recipients of the New Frontiers in Research Fund/

SUDBURY, ON, May 10, 2019 /CNW/ - The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, will announce the first recipients of the New Frontiers in Research Fund. The fund helps researchers pursue fast-breaking, high-risk and interdisciplinary research, leading to discoveries that will help change the world and better the lives of Canadians.

The Minister will be joined by members of the Canada Research Coordinating Committee(CRCC), parliamentarians, as well as Canadian and international stakeholders.

After the announcement, the Minister will host a fireside chat with Tammy Eger, Professor of Human Kinetics and Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety with the Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health at Laurentian University, and a Homeward Bound participant.

     
     
     Announcement




          Date:        
     May 13, 2019




          Time:        
     9:00 a.m. (eastern time)




          Location:                              Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre




                       
     Laurentian University


                       
     935 Ramsey Lake Road


                       
     Sudbury, Ontario





     
     
     Fireside chat




          Time:        
     12:15 p.m. (eastern time)




          Location:                 Jim Fielding Innovation and Commercialization
                                     Space


                                    Cliff Fielding Research, Innovation and
                                     Engineering Building