In its first year, the RISE program received 16 applications from students at the five host universities initially involved in the programme. The five 1996 RISE scholars are listed below, along with their home universities and the universities at which they took up their awards.

The Photochemistry of Guest Molecules in Calixarenes and ß-Cyclodextrins

with Dr. Monica Barra, Waterloo University

with Dr. W.J. Leigh, McMaster University

with Dr. J.C. Scaiano, University of Ottawa

with Dr. Fran Cozens, Dalhousie University

with Dr. Cornelia Bohne, University of Victoria