NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements 2009

Alex Brolo, Robin Hicks and Scott McIndoe

Three faculty in the Chemistry Department – Alexandre Brolo, Robin Hicks, and Scott McIndoe - have each been awarded an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement. The Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) Program provides substantial and timely resources to a small group of outstanding researchers who have a well-established research program, and who show strong potential to become international leaders in their respective area of research.  Each supplement is valued at $120,000 over three years and allows recipients to compete with the best in the world.

DAS awards are allocated based on the results of NSERC’s annual Discovery Grants competition.  Out of over 2,200 researchers who received funding in the 2009 Discovery Grants competition, 100 received DAS awards. Of the 100, only seven were given to Chemistry faculty across the country! The three chemistry recipients this year also doubles the total number of DAS supplements received at UVic over the lifetime of the DAS program (2007-present). Congratulations to Alex, Robin, Scott and their research teams for this fantastic recognition of their potential!

For the full list of results, see the NSERC web site.