NSERC CREATE in Green Chemistry

化学品及其潜在的危害是人们关注和争论的焦点。减少或消除这些危害的努力正在推动我国经济物质基础的根本转变。绿色化学是一个相对较新的领域，它致力于用“设计上无害”的替代品来取代目前污染严重的化学原料、反应、工艺和产品。由于我们使用的所有产品（从纸张到电子设备再到食品）中有超过97%的产品都涉及化学工艺，因此全球化学企业的“绿色”所需的创新范围是巨大的。然而，由于研究化学家、化学品对健康和环境影响方面的专家以及商业决策者之间存在的培训差距，绿色化学研究进展的实施速度正在放缓。GreenChem-CREATE通过支持商业、化学和环境工程领域的本科生和研究生研究人员的津贴以及创新的增值培训计划，直接解决了这一跨学科培训缺口。计划内容包括在工业研究/开发实验室和商业/政策中心实习，国际学生交流，研讨会（毒理学，商业计划开发，新的实验室技术），专业技能建设（道德，科学写作，媒体管理），以及全球化学企业的分析，包括商业化案例研究，监管框架的作用和创新中的知识产权。GreenChem-CREATE计划的主要目的是培养能够在加拿大向清洁技术经济过渡的过程中担任领导角色的学员。该计划的毕业生，在化学，化学工程和管理/战略工作，将配备实用技能，现实世界的经验和跨学科的知识，他们需要成为有效的清洁技术变革的推动者。

Chemicals and their potential for hazard are the focus of much concern and controversy. Efforts to reduce or eliminate these hazards are now driving a foundational shift in the material basis of our economy. Green Chemistry is the relatively new field that strives to replace current polluting chemical feedstocks, reactions, processes and products with alternatives that are "benign by design". Because there is a chemical process involved in the manufacture of >97% of all the products we use (everything from paper to electronics devices to food) the scope of innovation required for the 'greening' of the global chemical enterprise is vast. The implementation of research advances made in Green Chemistry is being slowed however, by the training gap that exists between research chemists, specialists in the health and environmental impacts of chemicals, and business decision-makers. GreenChem-CREATE is directly addressing this interdisciplinary training gap by supporting undergraduate and graduate researchers' stipends in business, chemistry, and environmental engineering plus an innovative program of value-added training. Program elements include internships in industrial research/development laboratories and business/policy centres, international student exchanges, workshops (toxicology, business plan development, new laboratory techniques), professional skills building (ethics, scientific writing, media management), and an analysis of the global chemical enterprise including commercialization case studies, the role of regulatory frameworks, and intellectual property in innovation. The GreenChem-CREATE program broadly aims to produce trainees who will be capable of assuming leadership roles in Canada's transition to a clean technology-based economy. Graduates of the program, working in chemistry, chemical engineering, and management/strategy, will be equipped with the practical skills, real-world experience and interdisciplinary knowledge they need to become effective clean technology change agents.