Oshawa, Ont. – Durham College announced today that it has been approved for up to $750,000 in funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) under the agency’s Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative (ARC). The funding will enable the college to pursue additional research partnerships and agreements with local small- and medium-sized businesses in the areas of media design and production, green and renewable energy and health sciences.
“On behalf of Durham College, I would like to thank the federal government and Minister Gary Goodyear for recognizing our growing research agenda with its approval of this funding,” said Don Lovisa, president, Durham College. “The government is providing the financial means necessary to ensure our applied research initiatives with local businesses are successful. Initiatives such as the recent agreement between our Office of Research Services and Innovation and A.B.D. Solar Power Pool Tools to develop a pool debris skimmer/extraction device prototype, a project that was successfully completed this past September.”
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