Thank you, Madam Chair.
Dr. Hébert, you mentioned “collaboration for impact”. I was very excited to hear you mention that statement.
The intent of this study has always been to undertake a study on the impact that various criteria for awarding federal funding have on research excellence in Canada.
In that spirit of collaboration, I was wondering if I could go to each of the agencies so you could quickly speak to how you are moving towards funding collaborative interdisciplinary research that brings multiple groups together. One of my favourite examples of that is the microbiome of humans. From a medical perspective, we largely looked at the hundred that could kill us, but we know if we bring in soil scientists, that might be traditionally funded under NSERC, because they have different tools and techniques that could be used. Certainly, if you bring forward anthropologists and people who look at diets, that might be funded under SSHRC, and you could really start to have real discovery and catalysts for real discovery.
Could each of you speak to how you're evolving to fund that interdisciplinary science?