/mssi/taxonomy/term/1525/all en /mssi/article/mssi-funding/supporting-next-generation-sustainability-researchers <p>The <a href="/mssi/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative</a> (MSSI) Fellowship is an opportunity for interdisciplinary teams of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to work on co-designed sustainability research projects while cultivating a shared learning experience. The five funded teams will work on their projects over a nine-month period, meeting monthly to share progress, challenges and provide feedback.  </p> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:31:48 +0000 The 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 8241 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/mssi-innovation-fund-recipients-announced-2023 <p>Every year, the MSSI Innovation Fund provides support to 91ÉçÇø faculty members to accelerate the development of an idea or a technology toward widespread societal adoption by funding research that informs policy or moves an innovation toward commercialization. This year’s fund will distribute $100,000 to two projects that have the potential to make electric vehicle batteries and groundwater management more sustainable.</p> <p>Read more about the funded projects below.</p> Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:32:31 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 7951 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/mssi-social-sciences-and-humanities-ssh-ideas-fund-recipients-announced-2023 <p>MSSI has announced the results of its latest Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Ideas Fund competition. The SSH Ideas Fund awards seed funding to explore bold projects and novel ideas drawn specifically from humanities, arts, and social sciences research with the potential to illuminate or solve sustainability-related challenges.</p> <p>Read more about the funded projects below.</p> <p><strong>Preferences over Sustainable Trade Policies: Building Sustainability Coalitions in Canada</strong></p> <p><i>Leonardo Baccini (Political Science)</i></p> Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:11:40 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 7952 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/mssi-launches-2022-ideas-fund-competition <p>The 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative is now accepting applications for its 2022 Ideas Fund — five awards of up to $40,000 in seed funding for research that explores bold and novel ideas with the potential to significantly impact a sustainability-related challenge.</p> Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:16:23 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 4032 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/mssi-innovation-fund-recipients-announced-2022 <p>Every year, the MSSI Innovation Fund provides support to 91ÉçÇø faculty members to accelerate the development of an idea or a technology toward widespread societal adoption by funding research that informs policy or moves an innovation toward commercialization. This year’s fund will distribute $90,000 to two projects that have the potential to make electric vehicle batteries safer and create a fully recyclable and highly reusable cellulose-based packaging material.</p> Fri, 13 May 2022 13:38:06 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 3872 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/2022-mssi-ideas-fund-recipients <p>Each year, the MSSI Ideas Fund provides seed funding to 91ÉçÇø researchers pursuing bold projects and novel ideas in sustainability research. This year's fund distributes $200 000 to projects exploring carbon capture and aerosol detection technologies, new materials for renewable energy, and more sustainable food production. Read more about these projects below.</p> Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:13:01 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 3665 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/2021-mssi-innovation-fund-recipients <p>Each year, the MSSI Innovation Fund provides support to 91ÉçÇø faculty members to accelerate the development of innovations or processes in the field of sustainability research. This year's projects from the faculties of Engineering and Medicine were selected for their potential-for-impact on sustainability challenges. Read more about this year’s projects below.</p> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:02:41 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 3401 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/research-spotlight-mssi-innovation-fund <p>In order to have real-world impact, innovations for sustainability need to move from the idea phase to commercialization or uptake. Since 2018, the 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative’s Innovation Fund has been providing 91ÉçÇø Faculty with the support needed to move their projects forward to the next stage of development.</p> <p><b>Closing the Phosphorus Loop</b></p> Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:19:20 +0000 Larissa Jarvis 3298 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/2021-mssi-ideas-fund-recipients <p>Each year, the MSSI Ideas Fund provides seed funding to 91ÉçÇø researchers pursuing bold projects and novel ideas in sustainability research. This year's fund provided $200 000 to projects exploring new processes — such as green ammonia production and post-harvest technologies for seaweed cultivation — and new materials — from faster-charging Lithium-ion batteries, to tougher biodegradable plastics, and unraveling the mysteries of promising solar energy materials. Read more about this year’s projects below.</p> Fri, 09 Apr 2021 19:12:56 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 3244 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funding/2020-mssi-ssh-ideas-fund-recipients <p>The three recipients of the first MSSI SSH-Ideas Fund have been announced. This new fund was developed to support bold projects and novel ideas in sustainability research drawn specifically from the social sciences and humanities.</p> <p>The projects are lead by researchers in economics, education and geography and cover topics of collaborative learning, clean energy systems for poverty reduction and alternative food systems in small cities of the Global South. More information on MSSI funding is available <a href="http://node/730">here</a>.</p> <p>This year's SSH-Ideas projects:</p> Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:59:14 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 3230 at /mssi /mssi/article/mssi-funds/2020-mssi-ideas-fund-recipients <div></div> Thu, 13 Aug 2020 17:11:42 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 3229 at /mssi /mssi/article/2020-mssi-innovation-fund-recipients <p>The MSSI Innovation Fund provides support to 91ÉçÇø faculty members to accelerate the development of innovations or processes in the field of sustainability research. This year's projects from Law, Science and Engineering were selected for their potential-for-impact on sustainability challenges. The recipients of this year’s funding, our third to date, are below. You can see projects funded through previous calls <a href="/mssi/research/funded-projects">here</a>. The next call for proposals is planned for Fall 2020.</p> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:36:34 +0000 91ÉçÇø Sustainability Systems Initiative 3210 at /mssi