CEO Message

Profound Impact is thrilled to announce that we are joining forces with eVision Inc., a leading research tech company located in Montreal and known for its innovative solutions in research administration, compliance workflow and grant management. We are excited to combine our strengths as two leading research tech companies to make finding and managing research funding easier and more efficient than ever before. We’ll be announcing more details about this powerful collaboration and how it will redefine the future of research funding.

Profound Impact is proud to sponsor the CS-Can|Info-Can Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Researcher Awards. The awards will be presented at the Second CS-Can|Info-Can Conference Co-Located with CASCON, November 11-14 at York University in Toronto. In this issue of Profound Connections, you’ll meet award winners Richard Grosse, Liam Paull and Ali Ouni and learn about the research they’re conducting in areas including AI, Neural Networks, Robotics and Software Engineering.

Profound Impact team member, Adele Newton, was honoured by ACM SIGGRAPH, the global non-profit organization serving the evolution of computer graphics and interactive techniques, at the SIGGRAPH 2024 conference in Denver on July 30. Adele received the Outstanding Service Award for her forty years of outstanding service to the computer graphics community and the SIGGRAPH organization and conference. Congratulations, Adele!

Our team is working on plans for the 5th Profound Impact Day, usually held on September 14th, but this year we will be celebrating on September 16th. Profound Impact Day is a time to commemorate the world’s innovative researchers and changemakers who are leaving their mark on the global community through their research, innovation, and impact. Check out Profound Impact’s social media channels and next month’s issue of Profound Connections to learn how you can join us to celebrate these researchers and their ground-breaking achievements.

Are you ready to revolutionize your research process? To learn how you can use the power of our AI-driven platform, Research Impact, watch our demo to see how we automatically match researchers with the perfect funding opportunities, saving time and boosting success.

As always, thank you for your support and we hope that you enjoy this month’s edition of Profound Connections!

Sherry Shannon-Vanstone