The NCE Secretariat is pleased to announce the results of the 2005 Networks of Centres of Excellence – New Initiatives Competition. The successful applications, which shall receive funding as new NCE-NI Networks, are as follows (in alphabetical order):

Canadian Design Research Network - CDRN
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (2005-2007)

Canadian Obesity Network – CON
University of Alberta and Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta ($1.6 million 2005-2009)

Emerging Dynamic Global Economies - EDGE
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario (2005-2007)

National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly – NICE
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario ($1.76 million 2005-2009)

Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network – PREVNet
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and York University, Toronto, Ontario ($1.6 million 2005-2009)

Should you have any questions or inquiries regarding NCE-NI Network Competitions, please contact: info@nce-rce.gc.ca