Media Releases

Largest single research grant in the history of the University of Toronto

July 27, 2015

TORONTO, ON – Tomor­row at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to, Pres­i­dent Mer­ic Gertler wel­comes Min­is­ter of State (Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy) Ed Hold­er, who will announce the first recip­i­ent of the inau­gur­al com­pe­ti­tion of the Cana­da First Research Excel­lence Fund dur­ing an offi­cial cer­e­mo­ny.

This will be the largest sin­gle research grant in the his­to­ry of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to.

Before the announce­ment, Min­is­ter Hold­er will join Dr. Peter Zand­stra on a tour of his lab in the Don­nel­ly Cen­tre for Cel­lu­lar and Bio­mol­e­c­u­lar Research. Mem­bers of the media are invit­ed to attend. Please arrive 15 min­utes ear­ly to sign in at the recep­tion desk.

There will be media avail­abil­i­ty and pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties after the announce­ment.

DATE:  

Tues­day, July 28, 2015

TIME: 

Media arrival — 9:45 a.m. (east­ern)

Lab tour — 10:00 a.m. (east­ern)

Announce­ment — 10:30 a.m. (east­ern)

LOCATION:

C. David Nay­lor Stu­dent Com­mons
Med­ical Sci­ences Build­ing, Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to
1 King’s Col­lege Cir­cle
Toron­to

Media con­tacts:

Michael Kennedy, Media Rela­tions Offi­cer: (416) 946‑5025

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Media Line: (416) 978‑0100