Media Advisory: Research & Development Corporation to Announce Significant Funding for Ocean Sciences Research

Executive Council
Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
September 28, 2010
The following is being issued at the request of the Research & Development Corporation:

Media Advisory: Research & Development Corporation to Announce
Significant Funding for Ocean Sciences Research

The Honourable Shawn Skinner, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development will join Glenn Janes, Chief Executive Officer of the Research & Development Corporation, and Dr. Christopher Loomis, Vice-President (Research) of Memorial University of Newfoundland, to make an announcement about significant funding for ocean sciences research at Memorial University.

A news conference will take place tomorrow (Wednesday, September 29) at 10:00 a.m., in the Challenger Room, second floor of Memorial University's Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC), located in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove.

Parking is available in the OSC parking lot.

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Media contacts:

Libby Carew Director, Marketing Research & Development Corporation 709-758-0973, 728-6852 libbycarew@researchnl.com	Meaghan Whelan Communications Co-ordinator Office of the Vice-President (Research) Memorial University of Newfoundland 709-864-4073, 687-9243 mcwhelan@mun.ca
Kelly Foss Communications Co-ordinator Faculty of Science Memorial University of Newfoundland 709-864-2019, 699-3788 kfoss@researchnl.com	Scott Barfoot Director of Communications Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development 709-729-4570, 690-6290 scottbarfoot@gov.nl.ca

2010 09 28 1:40 p.m.

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