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2003 CFI Awards

On March 4, 2003, Carmen Charette, Senior Vice-president of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) was joined by Allan Rock, Minister of Industry, to announce over $17.7 million in New Opportunities Awards to 97 of the nation's emerging research leaders at 26 Canadian Universities.

Two proposals from the Ryerson Electrical and Computer Engineering Department won this prestigious award in the competition.

The New Opportunities fund enables eligible universities to provide world-class infrastructure for newly-recruited faculty members to undertake leading-edge research in their first full-time academic appointment.

To date, the E&CE Department has performed exceptionally well in CFI competitions. The previous CFI award winners include:


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