York U. welcomes announcement of Ontario Research Performance Fund.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-3 April 2001-YORK UNIVERSITY: York U. welcomes announcement of Ontario Research Performance Fund (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02042001 TORONTO -- York University Vice-President Research and Innovation Stan Shapson today welcomed the Ontario government`s announcement of a Research Performance Fund (RPF) to help universities pay the overhead costs of research commissioned by the government.

The fund was announced this morning by the Hon. Jim Wilson, Minister of Energy, Science and Technology. "We`re delighted with the news," said Shapson. "The Minister has recognized that there are both direct and indirect costs of conducting high-quality research and we`ll be asking the federal government to follow Ontario`s lead, and make...