UW Gazette, December 3, 1997
     
     The Conference Board of Canada and the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council have presented a
partnership award to UW and several software partners for
their achievements in innovation.
     The Canadian Strategic Software Consortium, a
contractual joint venture of seven Canadian software
companies and UW, is one of the winners in the 1997
University-Industry Synergy Research and Development Part
nerships Award Program.
     The award, announced earlier, was presented during a
conference on university-industry cooperation, held in
Richmond, British Columbia, late in October.
     Computer science professor Dr. Frank Tompa, computer
science, was the principal investigator for UW's
participation in the consortium's Text/Relational Database
Management Systems Project.
     The award includes a $10,000 research grant for UW. The
seven software partners are Fulcrum Technologies Inc.,
Systems Graftnetix Inc., EveryWare Development Inc.,
Megalith Technologies Inc., Open Text Corp., PSSoftware
Solutions Ltd. and SoftQuad Inc.
     "The annual synergy awards recognize excellence in
university research, superior management, innovation,
creativity and entrepreneurship," said Ron Duhamel, the fed
eral secretary of state for science, research and
development, in announcing the awards.
     "They underscore in a very tangible way, the exciting
opportunities that await Canadian young people who choose
careers in science and technology."