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FFF Ralph Vincent Memorial Business Scholarship recipient receives more accolades [April 2025]
Nathan Young was awarded the 2021-22 FFF Ralph Vincent Memorial Business Scholarship and is a FFF Alumni Network member. He is one of eight business students across Atlantic Canada to win a $45,000 Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies this year. The award recognizes entrepreneurial students for their academic achievements and university and community leadership. A Torbay native, Nathan will graduate with joint degrees of commerce (co-operative) and arts in economics this spring. Read more about Nathan Young in Highest Heights.
Myovine Honoured with FFF Award at the 2025 Mel Woodward Cup [March 2025]
Myovine, a Newfoundland-based biotech startup, has been honoured with the Fry Family Foundation Award for Women or Non-Binary Leadership at the 2025 Mel Woodward Cup! Founded by Memorial University engineering students, Myovine is transforming physiotherapy with technology that tracks patient progress, enhancing recovery and treatment compliance. "Their commitment to leveraging technology for social good aligns with the Fry Family Foundation’s mission to support leadership that drives positive change." Learn more about Myovine's innovative impact at Myovine honoured with Fry Family Foundation Award at the 2025 Mel Woodward Cup.
FFF presents MUN MCE awards to increase participation of women/non-binary students [March 2025]
All teams in the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship (MCE) 2025 Mel Woodward Cup showed remarkable innovation and vision and the judges had a tough decision. Student-led startups offering solutions to health-care problems were the big winners at the ninth annual Mel Woodward Cup. .The 2025 Champion is Kierep Enterprise and Runner-up is NutraForge. Winners of the Fry Family Foundation awards were Myovine - awarded the Entrepreneurship Award for Women/ Non-Binary Leadership; and BracedMind Wellness - awarded the Entrepreneurship Award for an Early-stage Idea. Many of the students and companies involved in this competition are also supported through FFF sponsored entrepreneurial work terms at MCE and programs at Genesis. Read more in Inspiring Innovations.
Dr. Kshama Roy named to Memorial University's Centennial 100 [March 2025]
The Centennial 100 celebrates students, alumni, faculty, staff and supporters who have made a world of difference at Memorial University and who have helped the university make a difference in the world. A huge congratulations to FFF Alumni Dr. Kshama Roy on being named in the Champion category for the athletes, supporters and activists who have led the charge! Dr. Roy is the only person to ever receive the Chancellor’s Graduate Award and the FFF Graduate Leadership Award twice, in 2013 and 2018. Read more at Leading the way. Dr. Roy was also the recipient of the 2023 Canadian Geotechnical Society Early Achievement Award! Watch the video about this award. He also recived the Gulf Energy Excellence Award for Most Promising Engineer - Midstream. Learn more about this award at 2023 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Award winners honoured at live Houston gala. Read how this engineering alumnus has gone on to earn a prestigious position at a world-renowned organization in Beyond his wildest dreams.
Marine Institute Nautical Science Students put their offshore skills to the test [February 2025]
Nautical Science and Marine Engineering students participated in the 13th Annual Nautical Skills Competition at the Marine Institute. This event challenges students to tackle high-pressure real life scenarios at sea. Three FFF Alumni volunteered at this event. It was a great opportunity for future maritime leaders to showcase their skills, decision-making, and teamwork in real-time simulations. Events like this help bridge the gap between classroom learning and the realities of a career at sea, preparing students for the challenges ahead. Watch the CBC news clip. Read how students navigate simulated sea emergencies at nautical skills competition .
Genesis Evolution Finalists compete in Pitch & Pick Competition [November 2024]
Congratulations to the six companies that competed at the 2024 Pitch & Pick Competition. First place was awarded to Weeva and Runner Up was Hadamard AI. The Fry Family Foundation Belonging Award went to Beena Founders Ayush Neupane and Dikson Rajbanshi for their resilience and dedication to the Genesis core values of community, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The six finalists were chosen from a shortlist of 26 companies..Read about all of the competitors in 2nd Annual Genesis Pitch & Pick Invitational Recap.
FFF Supports the Oxen Pond Environmental Education & Recreation Program at MUN Botanical Garden [August 2024]
This initiative promises to be a cornerstone for community programming at the Botanical Garden in the years to come. The program is designed to intertwine kayaking and environmental stewardship, creating unique experiences for young minds to thrive in the beauty of nature. FFF commitment ensures startup funding for the program from the pilot programming this past summer to the continual development and expansion through 2026. Read more in Gifts in action/Fry Family Foundation.
FFF Graduate Leadership Award recipient receives more accolades [June and February 2024]
Dr. Christie Costello is the 2023-24 recipient of the Chancellor’s Graduate Award and the Fry Family Foundation Graduate Leadership Award. Learn more about Christie's many awards and accolades in Academic Excellence. Her most recent paper, published in Rheumatology (Oxford) in May 2023, was named to Arthritis Society Canada's Top 10 Research Advances of 2023. Learn more about Christie's arthritis research in Fight the fire.
FFF Undergraduate Leadership Award recipient is the 2024 NL Rhodes Scholar [May 2024]
Katherine Dibbon is the 2023-24 recipient of the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Award and the Fry Family Foundation Undergraduate Leadership Award. Read more about Katherine as the 2024 Rhodes Scholar for Newfoundland and Labrador in Off to Oxford.
FFF Undergraduate Leadership Award recipient raises $28.6 million in Series 'B' Funding [May 2024]
Newfoundland’s CoLab Software has raised $28.6 million CAD ($21 million USD) in Series B funding as it looks to expand its team and incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into its engineering design collaboration and communications platform. CoLab was founded by Memorial University Engineering graduates, Adam Keating and Jeremy Andrews. Adam Keating received the 2016-17 Chancellor's Undergraduate Award/ Fry Family Foundation Undergraduate Leadership Award. Read more at CoLab raises 28.6m.
FFF Scholarship recipient named prestigious National Award Recipient [May 2024]
Nicholas Qiu received the 2022-23 FFF Hugh J. Anderson Chemistry Scholarship at Memorial University and was just named a 3M National Student Fellow! Nicholas is also a member of Shallaway Youth Choir and volunteers with the FFF supported Neuro-diverse Lauda Ensemble. Read more about Nicholas in Born-leader - 'Exceptional' Science student named national 3M award recipient
FFF Scholarship recipient wins National competition [April 2024]
In March, a team of four business students won the John Molson School of Business Van Berkom Small-cap Case Competition. The Van Berkom team members are undergraduate business students Aryan Falke, Russell Noseworthy, Nathan Young and Pedro Gruner. Nathan Young was awarded the 2021-22 FFF Ralph Vincent Memorial Business Scholarship. Read more about how some amazing MUN Business students are winning National and International Competitions in Our programs are working.
FFF presents 6 Leadership Awards to Marine Institute Students at the 2024 Winter Award Ceremony [March 2024]
The Winter Scholarship and Awards Ceremony was held at Marine Institute on March 7, 2024. FFF Leadership Awards were given to Avery Decker, Hannah Steele, Carina Korchoski, Jenna Ryan, Eugenie Jacobsen and Aiden Parsons. Read more about the Awards ceremony, which includes a special profile on multi-award recipient Jenna Ryan in MI, Donors Honor Exceptional Students.
Enactus Memorial team co-president and FFF Leadership Award recipient wins regional competition [March 2024]
Congratulations to the interdisciplinary and very talented Enactus Memorial team on their success at the Atlantic competition in Halifax! We’re especially proud of co-president Sarah Moore, our 2023-24 recipient of the FFF Deans Leadership Award in Business at Memorial University. We wish the team all the best at the national competition in Toronto! Read about these Regional Champs with two projects and two titles!
FFF MI Leadership Award recipient creates Marine Institute podcast [January and March 2024]
Eugenie Jacobsen is a PhD student in Fisheries Science and this year's recipient of the Fry Family Foundation Graduate Leadership Award at Marine Institute. In September 2023, they started the WaveCast podcast at the Marine Institute. The aim of the podcast was to share stories, offer advice, and share program offerings at the school. Through the biweekly episodes, they have been able to create a strong sense of community echoing through the school. Faculty, students, and staff have been keen to chat with them about their research, their student experiences, and their roles at the school. Eugenie also received this prestigious Award in 2021-22 when she was completing a Master of Science in Fisheries Science and Technology. Learn more about Eugenie and WaveCast in Wave Sounds: Doctoral student's podcast a deep dive into all things Marie Institute. Read about Eugenie in On top of the world.
Recipient of the FFF Entrepreneurship Award for Women named Best University Startup in the World [November 2022, March 2023, May 2024]
Congratulations to PragmaClin Research Inc. on being named the overall winner for early-stage startups at the global finals of the University Startup World Cup 2022. Startup companies were pitching and competing against hundreds of startups from more than 50 different countries world wide. In March of 2022, PragmaClin Research were awarded the FFF Entrepreneurship Award for Women and Non-binary Leadership and the top prize in the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship's 2022 Mel Woodward Cup Competition. Co-founders Bronwyn Bridges and Gord Genge developed and designed a remote patient monitoring system for Parkinson’s disease. Read about this Memorial University of Newfoundland startup company in Meet the World's Best University Startups 2022. Read more about Bronwyn in How one Phd student introduced a new approach to Parkinsons care and found community support and in Meet the founder who wants to expedite Parkinsons patient care with her Tech.