Link the world's best investigators

Many challenges facing humanity, from chronic disease to climate change, demand a multidisciplinary perspective and fresh thinking - as well as a global approach. The obstacles are even greater for young scientists, whose creativity is constrained within large teams dominated by senior investigators, and whose prospects for funding and positions are dwindling As I approach the end of my first year as president of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), I have been reflecting on how best to support transformative advances in science.