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$1.25M INVESTED IN CANADA-INDIA ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
June 20, 2007

Economic relations between British Columbia and India will strengthen due to a $1.25-million investment from the Province for a new regional research chair at the University College of the Fraser Valley. Read more >>

PACIFIC CENTURY SCHOLARSHIPS TO DRAW TOP GRAD STUDENTS
June 12, 2007

Government is investing $10 million to create the province’s first-ever graduate scholarship program to attract the best and brightest students to B.C.’s four research universities. Read more >>

$10M TRIPLES GRADUATE STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
June 5, 2007

The Province is providing $10 million to triple the size of an internship program where graduate students will work with B.C. businesses to help increase the province’s competitiveness. Read more >>

NEW SEA FLOOR LAB WILL HELP STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE
May 05, 2007

The Province is providing close to $1 million for a sea floor laboratory that will help researchers study important environmental issues such as climate change, earthquakes, fish conservation and energy. Read more >>

B.C. INVESTS $1.2M IN TECHNOLOGY TO STUDY NEW GALAXIES
May 04, 2007

The Province is providing close to $1.2 million towards improving camera technology that will study how new stars and galaxies are formed, contributing to research about the origins of the universe. Read more >>

PROVINCE FUNDS BIGGEST SCIENCE EXPERIMENT IN HISTORY
April 30, 2007

The Province is providing $4 million towards the world's largest scientific experiment, designed to unlock the origins of the universe. Read more >>

PROVINCE PROVIDES $8M FOR GREEN SCIENCE BUILDING
April 30, 2007

The Province is investing $8 million in a green science building at Simon Fraser University that will house researchers working on low-cost sources of energy and new treatments for illness, Advanced Education. Read more >>

PROVINCIAL FUNDING TO ADVANCE NEW MEDICINES
April 18, 2007

VANCOUVER – The Province is providing $25 million to the Centre for Drug Research and Development to advance new drug therapies and medicines from the discovery stage to commercialization, Premier Gordon Campbell. Read more >>

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