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    research, funding

    Research funding in Canada, and all over the world, has made and is making dramatic changes over the last two decades. The traditional free funding for elites/aristocrats are long go. One reason, I hypothesize, is that the return period for research funding is getting longer. It is hard to see the return on researches in the short term planning. Of cause, other reasons due to global social-economic-political changes may have being the more visible causes.

    In Canada, research funding is often linked to direct support from the industry (among many other categories) and is more likely favoring strategic directions.

    An example of old research attitude: " Leroy Stevens (stem cells) stumbed on his mouse while working at an establishment that gave its scientists the freedom to pursue whaever they bumped into. 'Ifelt perfectly free to do anything I wannted, and didn't have to account to anybody," -- The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise, Ann B. Parson, 2004.

    Quotes

    "It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young." -- Konrad Lorenz.

    "Any breakthroughs must come through dedication and good will, luck and occasional funding." -- W.B. Rose

    Funding agencies

    This link was checked on Dec. 2006OOR - Concordia Office of Research

    This link was checked on Dec. 2006NSERC - National Science and Engineering Research Canada

    This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006FCAR, NATEQ

    This link was checked on Dec. 2006Canadian Institutes of Health Researc

    CMHC - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation



    Web Links (19): Notes
      This link was checked on Dec. 2006CIHR - Canadian Institutes of Health Researc
      "1. Canada's premier health research funding agency 2. Funds over 8,500 researchers in universities, teaching hospitals, and research institutes across Canada бн"

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006CMHC- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
      "the federal government's housing agency, is responsible for administering the National Housing", formerly the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Concordia University
      "Real Education for the Real People" (How about that!)

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006Construction information
      well organized links to resources (university, government, org. std. journal, material) related to construction, for all countries

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006COST -- European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research
      "an intergovernmental framework for European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research, allowing the co-ordination of nationally funded research on a European level. COST Actions cover basic and pre-competitive research as well as activities of public utility."

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006CRD - Collaborative Research and Development Grants
      Research program. "to give companies operating from a Canadian base access to the special knowledge, expertise and educational resources at Canadian postsecondary institutions and to offer opportunities for mutually beneficial collaborations that result in industrial or economic benefits to Canada. "

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Danish National Research Database
      "database with Danish research - publications, projects and institutions: Literature - Published research. References to periodical articles, books, chapters in books, reports, conferences; Projects - Research projects; and, Profiles - General descriptions of research carried out at institutes, laboratories or departments'

      This link has not been checked.ENR-Engineering News-Record
      " business and technical news needed by anyone who makes a living in or from the construction industry."

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006FCAR, NATEQ
      http://www.fcar.qc.ca/nateq/fonds.htm

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Industry Canada
      "to promote the growth and increased competitiveness of the Canadian environment industry. Ensuring that Canada remains productive and competitive, Industry Canada supports technology innovations and voluntary initiatives to achieve environmental objectives. The EcoSmart Project has the potential to enhance the competitiveness of both the concrete and the rapidly emerging "green building" design industries."

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006Laboratory of Building Physics, Leuven, Belgium
      "...research and educational activities in the field of heat and mass transfer in building materials, building parts and buildings, the energy use in buildings, building installations and building acoustics. Also research in urban physics is part of our activities.

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006NATEQ
      LE FONDS NATURE ET TECHNOLOGIES, formerly FCAR, Quebec university funding agency

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006NSERC - National Science and Engineering Research Canada
      Funding agency " NSERC's role is to make investments in people, discovery and innovation for the benefit of all Canadians. "

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006Office of Research
      "to providing the professional services required to support and encourage the development, evolution and expansion of funded research and scholarly activities at Concordia University"

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006OOR - Concordia Office of Research
      "research administration office accessible to and serving Concordia University's research community...provides promotional and administrative support .. By managing resources and information ... to maximize the University's research capacity and achieve continued success in funded research."

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006research institutes in building technology
      "links to research institutes in building technology and other engineering sciences. Most of them are selected onto this list because of their R&D on Construction IT"

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Rethinking Construction, UK
      ".. the construction industry, its clients and the government are working together to improve UK construction performance. .. aim to showcase innovations in both products and performance through Demonstration Projects and highlight best practice available within the industry."

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
      "promotes and supports university-based research and training in the social sciences and humanities."

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006The Canadian society for engineering in agricultural, food and biological systems
      also some well organized links to university research

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    Benefits from wood engineering research, by LeVan, S. L., 1998
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    Building envelopes are part of a whole: reconsidering traditional approaches , by Hendriks, L. and Lindenb, K.V.D, 2002
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    Changing more than R&D: responding to the Fairclough Review , by Seaden, G., 2002
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    Contribution of basic research to the Irish national innovation system, by Thuriaux, B., 2001
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    Past, present and future plans of the International Building Performance Simulation Association -- IBPSA, by Hensen, J., 0
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    Research and development in The Netherlands in the area of Building Performance Simulation, by Plokker, W. and Hensen, J., 2000
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    Research and Development Needs for Structural Performance of Light-frame Residential Construction - Workshop Report, by Affordable Housing Research and Technology, 2002
    an interesting view on research
    Research futures for healthy indoor air, by Spengler, J.D, 2002
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    Rethinking construction innovation and research, a review of government R&D policies and practices, by Fairclough, J., 2002
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    Rethinking construction: the report of the construction task force, by Egan, J., 1998
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    Summary of Research Contributions Related to Moisture Management of Exterior Wall System (MEWS)-- Modeling, Experiments and Benchmarking, by Maref, W., 2002
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    The building stock as a research object, by Kohler, N. and Hassler, U., 2002
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    The future of national construction research organizations--scenarios for the changing roles, functions, research agendas and funding, by Seaden, G., 1997
    new research paradiam at work in PATH program
    The partnership for advancing technology in housing: year 2000 progress assessment of the PATH Program, by NRC, 2000
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    The two faces of PhD students: management of early careers of French PhDs in life sciences, by Robin, S., 2003
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    Who should set the research agenda? Reflections on the Fairclough Review, by Lansley, P., 2002


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