Innovation and technology transfer: 2021 Parex Resources Innovation Fellows announced

Six UCalgary scholars granted fellowships for research into quality of life for older adults, treatment of chronic pain, parallel reservoir simulators, and more Currently in its third year, the fellowship program aims to enable researchers to focus on innovation and technology-transfer activities. The Innovation Fellows are researchers in various stages of their careers from across the university who are immersed in academic research and community partnerships leading to startups or technology advancement based on new discoveries, insights, and innovation. "These fellowships provide researchers and students resources to focus on the entrepreneurial aspects of their science that will positively impact society. Each of the Fellows has demonstrated research excellence often in trans-disciplinary teams and a history of innovation and technology transfer," says Dr. Bernhard Mayer, Faculty of Science interim dean. "It is very exciting to see that the 2021 Fellows are investigating some of the world's most complex challenges." University innovation, knowledge engagement and commercialization deliver tangible impact that includes job and new venture creation, product and service sales, and new research opportunities. It creates economic impact through social and technical advances that lead to new technologies, policies and behaviours, and healthier societies. In Canada, research universities are responsible for 83 per cent of all contracted private-sector research.