A Decade of S&T From the RE$EARCH MONEY Archives

2000

• Upsurge in federal S&T spending (Nov 29/00)
• Initial investment by Mike Lazaridis in Perimeter Institute (Nov 3/00)
• Call for greater international S&T funding by ACST (Oct 23/00)
• Paul Martin calls for big increase in R&D and education (Oct 2/00)
• Joint task force calls for reinvestment in northern research (Oct 2/00)
• Genome Canada created with $160M in federal funding (Mar 17/00)
• Alberta launches Alberta Ingenuity
• Feds fund Sustainable Development Technology Canada (April 7/00)
• CSTA calls for urgent investment in federal S&T (April 21/00)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research officially launched (April 21/00)
• PAGSE sub-group calls for foresight capacity (May 12/00)
• CANARIE develops concept for CA*net4 high-speed research network (July 28/00)
• Atlantic Innovation Fund launched (July 28/00)
• Business schools seek research and innovation funding (Sept 1/00)

2001

• Quebec releases long-awaited S&T policy (Feb 12/01)
• NRC nanotechnology institute receives federal funding (Mar 19/01)
• Canadian industry posts record R&D increases (June 25/01)
• Government unveils skills and learning strategy (Sept 24/01)
• 9/11 attacks put pending Innovation Agenda in doubt (Sept 24/01)
• Fed and provincial S&T ministers meet for first time in since 1992 (Oct 10/01)
• University R&D entering new renaissance (Oct 24/01)
• Canada's GERD takes dramatic jump (Nov 13/01)
• ITAC and SMC to merge (Nov 13/01)
• RE$EARCH MONEY holds first annual conference (Nov 28/01)
• NCE-styled program for federal labs proposed (Nov 28/01)

2002

• DND fund to combat terrorist attacks launched (Jan 23/02)
• Perimeter Institute seeking federal and provincial funding (Jan 23/02)
• Canada Foundation for Innovation doles out $780 million (Feb 11/02)
• CRIAQ aerospace consortium formed in Quebec (Feb 11/02)
• Government releases Innovation Strategy documents (Feb 27/02)
• Venture capital turns to earlier-stage deals (Feb 27/02)
• CIHR sets guidelines for stem cell research (Mar 18/02)
• Chretien-Martin clash threatens to derail innovation agenda (June 7/02)
• Report calls for closing of science-policy divide (July 8/02)
• Venture capital investment plunges (August 30/02)
• ITAC report disputes objective of moving from 15th to 5th (Oct 21/02)
• FINE proposal for new federal research networks withdrawn (Nov 4/02)
• Group calls for $500-million investment in nanotechnology research (Nov 18/02)
• National Innovation Summit produces five-point action plan (Dec 2/02)
• ACST revived to assist Innovation Strategy development (Dec 202)

2003

• CFI receives $500 to support research hospitals (Feb 18/03)
• Research and innovation score big in federal budget (March 7/03)
• Ontario targets auto sector with $625-million R&D funding package (March 7/03)
• Single funding source for big science operations proposed (May 6/03)
• ITER Canada bid backed by Ontario Cabinet (May 22/03)
• CMC, Precarn and CANARIE lay claim to 4th pillar status (June 9/03)
• Charest government cuts back on business subsidies, granting council funding (June 23/03)
• Commercialization and clusters dominate Martin's S&T agenda (August 8/03)
• Taxes, talent and attitude key to higher GERD (Sept 16/03)
• Shire pulls plug on former BioChem Pharma research team (Sept 16/03)
• Feds pump $215 million into hydrogen economy (Oct 27/03)
• Canadian innovation network proposed by Alberta Research Council (Dec 11/03)
• Office of the National Sciences Advisor created (Dec 22/03)

2004

• McMaster Univ receives $105 million gift for healthcare research and education (Jan 28/04)
• Martin government highlights commercialization in throne speech (Feb 12/04)
• Business R&D spending slow to recover from tech and dot com meltdowns (Feb 12/04)
• Higher education R&D jumps 23% in FY01-02 (Feb 12/04)
• OCE program consolidates, seeks greater financial clout (March 3/04)
• Brunet Report recommends more private participation in Quebec VC industry (March 18/04)
• David Strangway offers parting view on Canadian research and commercialization (March 18/04)
• Auditor General hammers NRC's governance structure (April 6/04)
• Alberta unveils value-added strategy for economic growth (May 10/04)
• Technology Partnerships Canada braces for challenges under NAFTA (May 10/04)
• Denny Doyle warns of hollowing out of tech sector (May 10/04)
• Stem Cell Network attempts new IP bundling strategy (July 16/04)
• Ontario makes commercialization of S&T a top priority (July 16/04)
• Federal spending on health R&D exceeds $5 billion (July 30/04)
• ACST calls for massive increase in VC funding for seed and pre-seed (Sept 3/04)
• Canadian Light Source opens for business in Saskatoon (Sept 28/04)
• Canadian Academies of Science gets PM’s OK to proceed (Oct 12/04)
• Spending by Top-100 R&D industry performers declines by 5% in 2003 (Oct 27/04)
• Ontario commits $1.8 billion to commercialization strategy (Nov 9/04)
• NSERC head critical of cuts to granting council budgets (Nov 22/04)
• Industry minister Emerson reaffirms commitment to basic science funding (Dec 7/04)

2005

• Pratt& Whitney Canada wins largest TPC loan in history (Jan 24/05)
• National Science Advisor to seek greater authority (Jan 24/05)
• Big science policy framework circulating for consultation (Feb 22/05)
• AECL set to capitalize on renewed interest in nuclear technology (Mar 30/05)
• Alberta Ingenuity endowment set to double (April 12/05)
• Conference Board proposes quick hits to stimulate commercialization (May 3/05)
• Report calls for Canadian culture of commerce (May 18/05)
• Coulombe argues for increasing NRC’s A-base funding (June 2/05)
• NRCan releases clean coal technology roadmap (June 20/05)
• Ontario creates Ministry of Research and Innovation (July 1/05)
• Industry Canada pushing to make ICT a national priority (July 1/05)
• CHIP proposes aggressive exploitation of health care spending (July 1/05)
• NRCan moving materials research lab to Hamilton (July 22/05)
• Ontario decision to kill LSIF tax credits prompts criticism (Sept 2/05)
• Partnership lays out ideas for increasing aerospace industry's R&D intensity (Sept 20/05)
• Industry Canada scraps TPC in favour of incubator fund (Sept 20/05)
• Industry R&D up 3% in FY04 (Nov 7/05)
• Liberals pledge major S&T investments prior to election (Nov 25/05)
• CAE Inc launches major R&D project with TPC assistance (Dec 9/05)

2006

• Univ of Calgary poised to take leadership in energy research (Jan 24/06)
• Higher education posts sizable gains in 02-04 (Jan 24/06)
• Peter Nicholson chosen to head Canadian Academies of Science (Feb 14/06)
• George Bush launches Competitiveness Initiative (Feb 14/06)
• MDS and AECL resolve legal dispute over cancelled MAPLE reactor (Feb 28/06)
• Groundwork laid for national nanotechnology strategy (March 16/06)
• Think tank says Ottawa should tax consumption, not investment (March 16/06)
• Perimeter Institute and Institute for Quantum Computing receive new funding (April 14/06)
• Quebec innovation council members resign over provincial budget (April 14/06)
• Business led initiatives urged by commercialization expert panel (April 28/06)
• S&T Framework under development at Industry Canada (April 28/06)
• Few innovation measures in first Conservative Budget (May 16/06)
• Report calls for full refundability of SR&ED tax credits (July 28/06)
• Council of Canadian Academies issues major report on S&T landscape (Sept 19/06)
• Stagnant industrial R&D pulls down GERD (October 4/06)
• New indicators sought for science, technology and innovation (October 4/06)
• Plans for Canada-California research partnership gain momentum (October 18/06)
• CBAC calls for national biotech action agenda (October 18/06)
• Tories boost role of business in S&T policy decision-making (Nov 27/06)
• Tory MP proposes chief scientists for CANADA (Nov 27/06)
• Quebec launches new innovation strategy (Dec 11/06)
• TPC invests record $350 million in Pratt and Whitney Canada (Dec 22/06)

2007

• Ontario unveils new research and innovation strategy (Jan 18/07)
• Audit shows severe rust-out of Communications Research Centre infrastructure (Jan 18/06)
• $230 Eco-Energy R&D program launched (February 5/07)
• Technology Partnerships Canada program expires but announcements continue (Feb 5/07)
• Three forestry research institute combine to form FP Innovations (March 8/07
• Climate and atmospheric research seeks funding increase (March 8/07)
• Budget boosts targeted university research but commercialization measures absent (Mar 26/07)
• Government dissolves business advisory group for SR&ED (April 10/07)
• ISTPCanada launched, modeled on Canada-Israeli program (April 24/07)
• Alberta pumps $130 million into nanotechnology research (May 15/07)
• Government releases long-awaited S&T Strategy (May 31/07)
• Government asks for study of low business R&D spending (May 31/07)
• Ontario first to fund cancer stem cell consortium (June 18/07)
• Howard Alper chosen to chair Science, Technology and Innovation Council (June 18/07)
• Competition begins for new CECR program (July 3/07)
• Microsoft opens Vancouver centre to attract global talent (July 23/07)
• Big pharma research intensity hits 20-year low: PMPRB (August 13/07)
• NRC shifts to sector-based focus as part of new strategy (Sept 19/07)
• SDTC launches $500-million biofuels program (October 10/07)
• Government declines to continue funding for novel BIOCAP model (October 10/07)
• Alberta, CANARIE launch cyber-infrastructure programs (October 29/07)
• Concerns grow as corporate R&D continues slump (October 29/07)
• Ontario launches private sector-led venture fund of funds (November 28/07)
• Newfoundland R&D dispute with oil firms heads to NAFTA (December 10/07)
• Unreleased CSTA report calls for major changes to federal S&T (December 21/07)
• Rising Storm author calls for new US investment in education, basic research (December 21/07)

2008

• Government closes Office of the National Science Advisor (January 21/08)
• GERD slips again as economic growth outpaces R&D gains (January 21/08)
• MDA announces sale of space assets to US-based ATK (January 21/08)
• Canadian backers of CCSIP push ISTPCanada as delivery mechanism (February 6/08)
• College and Community Innovation program launched (February 8/08)
• CECR competition produces 11 new centres (February 25/08)
• BC Budget comes up big for green and medical research (February 25/08)
• Nature magazine blasts Tory handling of science (February 25/08)
• Federal Budget delivers modest increases to S&T (March 11/08)
• Carty tells committee he's dismayed at closure of science advisor's office (March 11/08)
• Ontario Budget boosts commitment to S&T to $2.8 billion over seven years (March 27/08)
• Budget cuts threaten StatsCan's ability to generate key S&T indicators (April 16/08)
• Ontario innovation strategy links research excellence to culture of commerce (April 30/08)
• Arthur Carty tagged to build Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology (April 30/08)
• Terry Matthews sounds alarm for future of Canada's high-tech sector (June 5/08)
• Two federal labs tagged for transfer to university sector (June 20/08)
• Overwhelming demand saps IRAP budget just two months into new FY (July 7/08)
• Big pharma R&D intensity increases after years of decline (July 7/08)
• Report says value of government labs hampered by outdated IP policies (July 28/08)
• Angel investors seeking new credit and co-investment fund (August 15/08)
• Ontario dominates long-awaited CFI competition for research hospitals (Sept 19/08)
• Industrial R&D stagnant as Ontario outlays decline (Sept 19/08)
• Economic crisis threatens S&T investments as parties prepare for election (October 7/08)
• Ontario takes lead in push for national innovation strategy (October 7/08)
• CCSIP gathers momentum, issues call for bilateral research proposals (October 29/08)
• Big R&D spenders cut back as economic crisis threatens further declines (October 29/08)
• International panel critical of government's new Arctic research plan (November 13/08)
• Gary Goodyear chosen as minister of state for S&T (November 13/08)
• Nortel decentralizes R&D, drops CTO in latest round of cuts (November 13/08)
• Economic downturn delays MaRS Phase II construction (November 30/08)
• Canada's GERD-to-GDP performance drops back to 2000 levels (December 12/08)
• NCE program enacts sweeping changes to main competition (December 12/08)
• Royal Society to open regional offices, rekindle expert panel function (December 23/08)
• Barak Obama unveils powerful S&T advisory team (December 23/08)

2009

• New tool developed to measure ROI on research investments (Jan 22/09)
• Aerospace tagged for first Business-Led NCE (Jan 22/09)
• Precarn reviews options under new leadership (Jan 22/09)
• Critics say Budget support for S&T out of balance (February 9/09)
• IRAP wins, Genome Canada loses in federal Budget (February 9/09)
• Strategic review delivers cuts to granting council budgets (February 27/09)
• Recession offers opportunities for Canadian tech firms to go global (March 16/09)
• McMaster and MDA team to develop surgical robots (March 16/089)
• Alberta announces consolidation of research and innovation programs (March 30/09)
• CAE scores $250 million from SADI program (April 16/09)
• StatsCan finds more firms doing R&D but spending less (April 16/09)
• Major new report cites lack of ambition for becoming more innovative (April 30/09)
• Bell University Labs program replaced with targeted fund (May 19/09)
• STIC report says Canadian S&T a risks being overtaken by more aggressive nations May 19/09)
• BDC funding sparks new growth-stage VC fund (June 2/09)
• Ontario wins 30% of research infrastructure funding (June 2/09)
• Preston Manning urges changes to federal S&T decision-making (June 2/09)
• Newfoundland introduces programs to simulate academic-industry R&D (June 23/09)
• Ontario unveils client-focused commercialization network (July 8/09)
• Industry committee study of key industrial sectors reveal political differences (July 8/09)
• CMC Microsystems launches next-gen research program (July 29/09)
• Industrial R&D holding steady but Ontario manufacturing hard hit (July 29/09)
• Research contracts with academia reach $1.2 billion (September 2/09)
• Pharma R&D declines to lowest level in 20 years: PMPRB (September 2/09)
• Microelectronics innovation centre links Canada to major research corridor (September 22/09)
• TRIUMF seeks more funding to expand research focus (October 8/09)
• Science media centre hopes to be operational next year (October 8/09)
• Perimeter Institute plans major expansion (October 26/09)
• Federal S&T spending hits new high of $10.7 billion: StatsCan (October 26/09)
• Martin Godbout abruptly resigns as head of Genome Canada (October 26/09)
• Science policy conference hears of need for enhanced decision-making process (November 9/09)
• Canada's medal hopes enhanced by Top Secret Olympic R&D program (November 23/09)
• Tech transfer community seeks new models for boosting commercialization (November 23/09)
• Coulombe assesses NRC tenure as term winds down (December 9/09)
• Canada's GERD falls to lowest level in 10 years (December 21/09)
• Reports make case for replacing AECL's aging NRU reactor (December 23/09)