Government of Canada honours exceptional scientists and engineers
Today, Professor Alejandro Adem, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announced the recipients of this year's NSERC Prizes .
- Today, Professor Alejandro Adem, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announced the recipients of this year's NSERC Prizes .
- Twenty-two of Canada's world-leading scientists and engineers and six of their industry partners received awards recognizing their exceptional work and contributions to research and training in a range of fields.
- Yoshua Bengio has been awarded Canada's most prestigious science prize, the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering , worth up to $1 million.
- This year's awards ceremony honours 28 recipients (22 researchers and 6 industry partners) with six different 2023 NSERC prizes totaling $4.05 million.