RDC Supports Ocean Industries Research

RDC Supports Ocean Industries Research

The Research & Development Corporation (RDC)  announces an investment of approximately $890,000 in support of 15 graduate and doctoral researchers at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

The awards are granted under RDC’s Ocean Industries Student Research Awards program.

Oceans-related research is a priority for our government, and we are pleased to support students and researchers who undertake collaborative research and development projects that are relevant to Newfoundland and Labrador’s ocean industries,” said the Honourable Keith Hutchings, Minister Responsible for RDC.

By supporting strong alliances between academic institutions and industry, we are ensuring our investments make a positive contribution to industry and to our economy.

The Ocean Industries Student Research Awards program supports qualified science, engineering and technology students at post-secondary institutions in Newfoundland and Labrador. This year’s program will fund six doctoral candidates and nine master’s candidates from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, the Faculty of Science and the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation. Awards range from up to $20,000 per year for master’s candidates and up to $30,000 per year for doctoral candidates.

The Research Awards program is designed to develop highly skilled students with expertise and an interest in our ocean-based industries,” said Glenn Janes, CEO, RDC.These students have great potential and their projects could help the province enhance its leadership role in offshore technologies. I congratulate each of these recipients, and wish them the best of luck with their work.”

Past recipients from all four years of the program will be celebrating their successes at a reception at Memorial University this evening. Students receiving funding awards in 2013 are listed in the backgrounder below.

I would like to commend the Research & Development Corporation for creating this program in support of student researchers,” said Dr. Gary Kachanoski, President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University.

Memorial University prepares its students so that as graduates, they can help this province and the world into a future marked by economic growth, sustainable development and an abiding respect for society. This would be impossible without the support we receive from like-minded partners like RDC and the government of Newfoundland and Labrador.”

The Research & Development Corporation is a provincial Crown corporation responsible for improving Newfoundland and Labrador’s research and development performance.

RDC works with research and development stakeholders including business, academia and government agencies and departments to make strategic research and development related investments in people, research opportunities and infrastructure.

Press Release, October 15, 2013