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Government of Canada optimizes approaches to support the next generation of researchers

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The Canada Research Training Awards Suite will establish a one-stop-shop for scholarships and fellowships

OTTAWA, ON, March 11, 2025 /CNW/ – Canada is at the forefront of addressing global challenges through innovative research. To meet evolving needs, the government is enhancing support and expanding investments to ensure the country remains a leader in science and research.

Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced the creation of a new harmonized program to support graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The Canada Research Training Awards Suite will consolidate 11 existing scholarship and fellowship programs at the three federal granting agencies into a single suite of programs, streamlining the way Canada supports the next generation of research talent. This will reduce the administrative burden on researchers, allowing them to focus on what matters—their research—while also fostering better collaboration and coordination across the granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The three federal granting agencies have also made significant strides in enhancing coordination, expanding and strengthening their collaboration, and building their capacity to implement innovative, harmonized policies and programs that leverage the unique strengths of each organization.

Here are a few highlights:

Enhanced international coordination and engagement: The granting agencies have enhanced global partnerships, driving collaborative initiatives across artificial intelligence, quantum, and Arctic research, benefiting Canada.Targeted international interdisciplinary calls: The New Frontiers in Research Fund supports interdisciplinary research tackling global challenges, with over 800 Canadian-led projects and 783 team members from 58 countries.Open access policy: The agencies will require any peer-reviewed publications arising from agency-supported research to be freely accessible, ensuring wider reach and equity in research dissemination.Impact focus: The agencies strengthened research partnerships to maximize social, health and economic benefits for Canadians, including the Lab to Market grants for entrepreneurship and commercialization.

Combined with this harmonization of talent programs into the new awards suite, the government is increasing both the number and the value of graduate scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships. With an investment of $825 million over five years provided in Budget 2024 and an additional $199.8 million per year ongoing, the number of students and postdoctoral researchers receiving awards will grow by approximately 1,720. As well, an increase to award values came into effect in September 2024. Further details on how students and postdoctoral researchers can apply for the new awards suite will be made publicly available in the coming months.

Work is also under way to implement a new, modern and user-friendly application portal for researchers and students to apply for funding opportunities. The Tri-agency grants management solution will replace over a dozen outdated and complex application systems, streamlining them into one digital platform that will be used across the granting agencies. 

The new program and the portal are part of Canada’s ambitious plan to strengthen and modernize the federal research support system. As announced in Budget 2024, this plan aims to bring greater strategic vision and coordination to the system while preserving those features that have led to Canada’s strong record of research excellence.

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“Canada’s research ecosystem must adapt, grow and renew itself to thrive in today’s fast-paced world. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are tackling the world’s biggest challenges to help improve our quality of life and drive Canadian prosperity. Our government is committed to strengthening support for this next generation of talent, ensuring that the most talented people have the right incentives to do their groundbreaking work here in Canada.”
– The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry

“The Canada Research Training Awards Suite aims to modernize federal support for future researchers, including health research-related talent that is vital to the continued health and well-being of people in Canada. By streamlining talent programs and increasing the number and value of available awards, we make it easier for students and fellows to access funding and prepare for careers in Canada’s research ecosystem.”
– The Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health

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The creation of the Canada Research Training Awards Suite responds to the findings of the independent Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System, which found more coordination is needed to maximize the impact of federal support for research.Since 2016, the federal government has invested over $22 billion in science and research initiatives, including infrastructure and emerging talent, as well as other science and technology support measures.In addition to the investment in students and postdoctoral researchers, Budget 2024 provided $1.8 billion over five years and $748.3 million per year ongoing to the federal granting councils to increase core research grant funding and support Canadian researchers.

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Mastech Digital to Announce Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results; Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference

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PITTSBURGH, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mastech Digital, Inc. (NYSE American: MHH) (“Mastech Digital”), a leading provider of Digital Transformation IT Services, today announced the date for the release of its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, and its participation in an upcoming investor conference.

Second Quarter 2026 Earnings:

Mastech Digital will report its financial results for the second quarter 2026 before the market opens on Thursday, August 6, 2026. Management will host a live conference call and webcast at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on that day to discuss the Company’s financial performance and operating results.  The conference call will be hosted by Nirav Patel, President and CEO, and Kannan Sugantharaman, Chief Financial and Operations Officer.

Those wishing to participate via webcast should access the call through Mastech Digital’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.mastechdigital.com. Those wishing to participate via telephone may dial in at 1-800-715-9871 (USA) or 1-646-307-1963 (International) with the passcode 7506988. The replay will be available via webcast through Mastech Digital’s Investor Relations website.

Upcoming Investor Conference:

Mr. Sugantharaman will host a fireside chat at the Sidoti Micro-Cap Investor Conference on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time.

Mastech Digital management is scheduled to host virtual one-on-one and small group meetings with investors during the conference on August 19-20, 2026. Investors interested in arranging a meeting should contact their Sidoti representative or reach out to the Mastech Digital investor relations team at investors@mastechdigital.com.

About Mastech Digital, Inc.

Mastech Digital (NYSE American: MHH) is a leading provider of Digital Transformation IT Services. The Company offers Data Management, Analytics & AI Solutions, and IT Staffing Services with a digital-first approach. A minority-owned enterprise, Mastech Digital is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with offices across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and India. Visit us at www.mastechdigital.com.

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SOLAI Limited Announces Extraordinary General Meeting

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AKRON, Ohio, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SOLAI Limited (NYSE: SLAI) (“SOLAI” or the “Company”) (previously known as “BIT Mining Limited”), a technology-driven personal AI and digital infrastructure provider, today announced that it will hold its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders at 428 South Seiberling Street, Akron, Ohio, US on August 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., New York time.

Holders of record of ordinary shares and preference shares of the Company at the close of business on July 20, 2026, New York time (the “Record Date”) are entitled to receive notice of, and to attend and vote at, the extraordinary general meeting or any adjournment thereof. Holders of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company’s ADS program, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

The notice of the extraordinary general meeting, which sets forth the resolutions to be submitted to shareholder approval at the extraordinary general meeting is available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://ir.solai.com. 

About SOLAI Limited

SOLAI Limited (previously known as “BIT Mining Limited”) (NYSE: SLAI) (previously traded under “BTCM”) is a technology-driven personal AI and digital infrastructure provider. Building upon its historical legacy in digital asset mining and blockchain network operations, the Company is leveraging extensive experience in large-scale hardware deployment, data center operations, and high-performance computing to build the foundational infrastructure for personal AI computing and digital asset ecosystems globally.

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TrendAI™ Adopts Claude Opus 5 to Advance Vulnerability Prioritization and Virtual Patching

As a participant in Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program, TrendAI applies frontier reasoning to convert vulnerability intelligence into faster protection across hybrid environments

DALLAS, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TrendAI™, the enterprise AI security leader from Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), today announced it is adopting Claude Opus 5, Anthropic’s latest and most capable Opus model, to help security teams convert vulnerability intelligence into immediate protection, from prioritization to virtual patching. The move builds on TrendAI’s collaboration with Anthropic on Claude Opus 4.8, extending the same defensive focus to a model that delivers step-change gains in advanced reasoning, agentic workflows, and long-horizon analysis. As AI makes finding vulnerabilities easier than ever, the harder problem becomes protecting organizations faster than software can be permanently patched, and that is where TrendAI is putting Opus 5 to work.

As a participant in Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program, which credentials organizations for the defensive use of frontier AI models, TrendAI is positioned to apply Claude Opus 5 to defensive security as access becomes available. The model is Zero Data Retention compatible, supporting TrendAI’s governance and data-protection requirements as it scales AI across security operations.

The work extends to TrendAI Threat Research, where frontier AI models are combined with our proprietary frontier intelligence engine and human expertise to generate pre-disclosure intelligence. Those insights power TrendAI Vision One™, delivering stronger detection, deeper forensic insights, and proactive protection through virtual patching.

Rachel Jin, Chief Platform and Business Officer, Head of TrendAI™:
“With Claude Opus 5, TrendAI can move from vulnerability intelligence to action faster than ever, prioritizing what matters most by exploitability and business impact. Finding the vulnerability was always the hard part. Now the challenge is protecting organizations faster than software can be permanently patched, and frontier reasoning is what changes that equation, extending all the way to virtual patching that protects customers before a vendor fix ships. This is what it means to secure the AI age, fearlessly.”

These capabilities support TrendAI Vision One™ in helping security analysts, AppSec teams, and SOC teams prioritize exposure, map attack paths, and accelerate mitigation, including virtual patching, across hybrid environments, moving vulnerability management from a static scanning process into a faster, context-aware risk mitigation workflow.

About TrendAI™
TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk. Trusted by the largest enterprises and governments across 185 countries, TrendAI™ secures the entire organization, from identities, to infrastructure, to data. Global Fortune 500 companies rely on TrendAI™ to cut risk and stop threats up to three months earlier, powered by world-leading threat and attack intelligence. Through deep ecosystem partnerships with market leaders like NVIDIA, Anthropic, AWS, Google, and Microsoft, TrendAI™ empowers your organization to securely drive forward at the speed of AI. AI Fearlessly. Learn more: trendaisecurity.com

About Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company dedicated to building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Its Claude family of models, including Claude Opus 5, enables advanced capabilities across a wide range of applications, including code understanding and security analysis.

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