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Canada’s top researchers have the tools they need to stay ahead

Investments in infrastructure help universities attract and retain the brightest minds

OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Canada’s leading researchers need top-notch, high-performance tools and innovative research spaces to tackle social, environmental and economic issues that are important to Canadians. The Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
is giving more than $96 million in funding to support 377 new research infrastructure projects at 55 institutions from coast to coast. This total includes more than $22 million under the CFI’s Infrastructure Operating Fund to assist institutions with the incremental operating and maintenance costs associated with the new infrastructure.

This funding—made through the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)—helps universities attract and retain top research talent from around the world by providing researchers with the highly specialized infrastructure they need to be leaders in their field. “Support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation ensures researchers are equipped for success at every stage of their career,” said Roseann O’Reilly Runte, the CFI’s President and CEO. “The John R. Evans Leaders Fund helps Canadian universities, institutes and research hospitals create the conditions necessary for their talented researchers to excel.”

Here are some of the projects the CFI is supporting with research infrastructure funding:

  • Researchers at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., want to understand how marine heatwaves affect the health of fish and shellfish on Canada’s West Coast. These heatwaves are occurring more frequently due to climate change and harm marine life and as a result, the social and economic outcomes for First Nations and coastal communities.
  • A project at McGill University in Montréal, Que., will focus on the ill-defined relationship between bacteria in the human gut, metabolism and the immune system. The research will help design new, more effective drugs to treat inflammatory bowel diseases, obesity, asthma and other chronic diseases.
  • Researchers at Cape Breton University in Sydney, N.S., will produce interactive, historical tours to highlight how the island’s communities are adapting to the departure of their coal and steel industries. The tours aim to preserve the history of the island’s bygone industries and increase our understanding of how communities at large adapt to their absence.
  • A University of Calgary team will develop a new way to measure the health of restored wetlands in the Alberta oil sands, helping the oil and gas industry restore the health and biodiversity of former industrial landscapes.
  • Researchers at the University of Ottawa will advance their pioneering work on rare, genetic diseases that affect children to identify better treatments with fewer side effects.
  • The University of Winnipeg will be home to an Indigenous research centre of community learning and engagement for Indigenous youth. The centre’s digital media labs, studio and collaborative workspace will enhance art practices, foster mentorship of emerging artists, students and scholars, and will provide opportunities for technology-based skills training and development for Indigenous, new Canadian and non-Indigenous populations.
  • At the University of Toronto, researchers will study how certain neural circuits in the brain affect decision-making to understand why mental illness, which frequently appears early on in life, can often lead to poor decision-making. This project could create new mental health treatments earlier in life to mitigate disease progression, reduce mental healthcare costs and improve the quality of life of millions of Canadians struggling with mental illness.

In related news, the CFI also made a John R. Evans Leaders Fund-Canada Research Chairs Program funding announcement on August 14.

REGIONAL BACKGROUNDERS 

 

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Alberta

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British Columbia

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Manitoba

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New Brunswick

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Newfoundland & Labrador

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Nova Scotia

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Ontario

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Prince Edward Island

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Quebec

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Saskatchewan

Institution / Établissement

Projects Approved / Projets appuyés

Acadia University

1

Athabasca University

1

Cape Breton University

2

Carleton University

7

Concordia University

1

Dalhousie University

12

École Polytechnique de Montréal

1

HEC Montréal

2

Lakehead University

1

Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne

1

McGill University

37

McMaster University

10

Memorial University of Newfoundland

4

Mount Allison University

2

Mount Royal University

2

Mount Saint Vincent University

2

Ontario College of Art and Design University

2

Queen’s University

15

Ryerson University

5

Saint Mary’s University

2

Simon Fraser University

17

St. Francis Xavier University

4

Thompson Rivers University

2

Trent University

4

Université de Montréal

22

Université de Sherbrooke

6

Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure

1

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

2

Université du Québec à Montréal

6

Université du Québec à Rimouski

1

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

1

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

2

Université Laval

14

University of Alberta

16

University of British Columbia (The)

41

University of Calgary

8

University of Guelph

5

University of Lethbridge

1

University of Manitoba

16

University of New Brunswick

2

University of Northern British Columbia

1

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

1

University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa

6

University of Prince Edward Island

1

University of Regina

2

University of Saskatchewan

7

University of Toronto

33

University of Victoria

4

University of Waterloo

12

University of Western Ontario (The)

10

University of Windsor

3

University of Winnipeg (The)

3

Vancouver Island University

3

Wilfrid Laurier University

4

York University

6

Total Institutions / des établissements                    55

377

 

John R. Evans Leaders Fund / Fonds des leaders John-R.-Evans

Project Title / Titre du projet

Maximum CFI Contribution /
Contribution maximale
de la FCI

Acadia University


Acadia University Centre for Neuroscience and Cognitive Health

$371,012

1 project / projet

$371,012

Athabasca University


Academic Analytics Infrastructure

$74,779

1 project / projet

$74,779

Cape Breton University


Expanding Capacity: Digital Humanities Approaches to Understanding Post-industrial Communities

$89,895

Research Infrastructure to Support Molecular and Imaging Applications

$74,997

2 projects / projets

$164,892

Carleton University


Monitoring of Emerging Water Pollutants and Development of Next-generation Sensors

$254,395

Water and Ice Research Lab, the sequel: A whole new WIRL

$109,999

A Hardware-in-the-loop Test Facility for Space Robotics

$75,001

Interactive Animal Flight and Dynamic Behaviour Laboratory

$146,000

LC-TOF MS for Enhanced Chemical Contaminant Risk Characterization

$125,000

Digital Tools for Documentation and Renewal of Global Endangered Languages

$64,000

Design and Development of Machine Learning Aided 5G & Beyond-5G Wireless Networks using Software Defined Radio Nodes

$150,000

7 projects / projets

$924,395

Concordia University


*Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time

136 353 $

1 projet / project

136 353 $

 

* Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with SSHRC Research Support
Financement de l’infrastructure liée au soutien à la recherche du CRSH

 

 

Dalhousie University

Research Infrastructure for Food Nanotechnology and Material Science Lab

$75,001

Infrastructure for a Soil-landscape Analysis & Modelling Lab

$75,001

Immuno-metabolomics for the Next Generation of Cancer Immunotherapies

$503,394

Health Care System Optimization and Analytics

$75,001

Univenture: A Substance use Prevention Intervention for University Students

$147,997

Establishment of a Laboratory for Seismic Monitoring and Imaging

$140,000

Assessing Future Disease Risks for Commercial Crustacean Fisheries in Canada

$75,001

Transforming Community-led Indigenous Health Research in Atlantic Canada

$115,001

Underwater Anechoic Tank Facility

$105,000

Enhancing Ocean Observation Capacity with Lab-on-a-chip Sensors

$75,001

Sexual Health And Gender (SHAG) Research Program

$113,251

Hybrid Simulation of Self-repairing Concrete Structures

$100,000

12 projects / projets

$1,599,648

École Polytechnique de Montréal


Système d'acquisition sismique autonome de haute résolution

125 000 $

1 projet / project

125 000 $

HEC Montréal


Modelling Complex User Preferences for Recommendations using Deep Learning

141 243 $

High-efficiency Computing for Behavioural Economic Analyses of Large Proprietary Microdata Sets

40 000 $

2 projets / projects

40% 243 $

Lakehead University


Design and Development of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drug Candidates

$98,655

1 project / projet

$98,655

Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne


Environmental Geophysical Infrastructure for Understanding Permafrost Change and Biogeochemical Feed-backs

$255,835

1 project / projet

$255,835

McGill University


Creation of a Multidisciplinary Sleep Laboratory at the Neuro

254 296 $

Harnessing Microbiota Metabolism for Human Health Benefits

352 778 $

Multi-scale in Vivo Imaging of Biological Systems

271 990 $

MAP-PRO: An Electronic Database and Learning Hub for Canadian Early Psychosis Services

80 000 $

McGill Soil Biogeochemistry and Ecology Laboratory

150 000 $

Subsurface Hydrogeochemistry and Fluid Flow

475 360 $

Combined Microreactor Mass Spectrometry Infrastructure for Catalyst Characterization

120 000 $

Fast Scalable Deep Learning for Sensitive Big Data in Healthcare and Social Contexts

120 000 $

Click Chemistry for Precision Medicine

285 000 $

Conformational Dynamics of Complex Proteins in Health and Diseases

592 636 $

Antagonistic Inter-bacterial Interactions

143 180 $

Blood-based Biomarkers for Ageing-related Brain Diseases

417 175 $

Infrastructure for Advanced Arctic and Urban Climate Modelling in Support of Climate-resilient Engineering Systems

135 180 $

CoDEx: Computational Design Exploratory

78 807 $

Metabolism of Stress-regulated Genes in Health and Disease using Single Molecule Imaging

200 000 $

Drivers of Breast Cancer Progression Identified within Arm-level Somatic Copy Number Alterations

109 179 $

Development of Biodegradable Functional Materials from Low-value Biomass for Food and Agricultural Applications

 121 500 $

The Role of Lipoma Preferred Partner (LPP) in Regulating Breast Cancer Progression

744 304 $

Muscle Stem Cell Biology in Health and Disease

149 582 $

NIR Imaging Platform for Biophotonic Technologies Relying on New Dormant Sensors/Sensitizers

172 875 $

A Path to Anti-aging Drugs

179 196 $

Markers to Market: A Platform to Translate Quantitative Genomics Data into Field-ready, Value-added Commodity Cultivars

152 062 $

Mechanism and Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders Associated with Copy Number Variants

169 634 $

Development of Strategies to Better Understand and Control the Long-term Side Effects of Radiotherapy

87 579 $

4D Immersive Scene Capture and Processing

78 020 $

Mapping Dopamine Circuits in the Healthy and Diseased Brain

294 592 $

UHPLC-MS to Develop Technologies to Control the Presence and Fate of Contaminants in Natural & Engineered Water Systems

 406 300 $

Integrated Facility for Research on Large Animals Species

800 000 $

Exercise and Nutrition to Support Skeletal Muscle Heath Across the Lifespan

344 957 $

Neuroecology of Spatial Behaviour Lab

165 000 $

Biotechnological Production of High-value Compounds

140 000 $

Atomic Layer Deposition of Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices

260 101 $

High Throughput Monitoring of Cell Metabolism using a Modernized Tissue Culture Facility

234 500 $

Anishinaabe Stories Database

46 961 $

New Computational Techniques for Modeling of Disordered Molecular Systems for Applications in Nano- and Bio- engineering

80 000 $

Circulating Immune Cells and Interactions in the Nervous System

141 863 $

   

233 308 $

37 projets / projects

8 787 915 $

McMaster University


Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Research Laboratory to Target Acute Myeloid Leukemia

$250,000

Optical and Wearable Motion Capture System for Precision Medicine Solutions in Osteoarthritis.

$80,000

Cerebrovascular Hemodynamics in Health and Disease

$160,000

Optical Imaging in the Pre-clinical Setting

$467,800

Dynamic Nanoimaging of DNA Damage and Repair in Neurodegenerative Diseases

$800,000

AI-enhanced Mobility Lab

$102,579

Structural Biology Platform for Infectious Disease Research

$736,800

Diet-microbiota Lab for the Treatment and Prevention of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Food Sensitivities

$230,000

Tallos 120C Transmission Electron Microscope for Advanced Steel Metallurgy

$430,000

Laboratory of High-content Bioimaging for Organ-on-a-chip Systems

$150,000

10 projects / projets

$3,407,179

Memorial University of Newfoundland


A Comprehensive Metabolic Monitoring System for Laboratory Animals

$132,818

Seahorse XFe24 Analyzer for Real Time Measurement of Metabolism in Live Cells

$101,073

North Atlantic Archaeology at Risk

$130,224

Applications of Live-cell and Super Resolution Confocal Microscopy for BioMedical and Biochemistry Studies

$247,728

4 projects / projets

$611,843

Mount Allison University


The Ecological Role and Biotechnological Potential of Phytoplankton Storage Compounds

$121,394

Fundamental Knowledge of Mitochondrial Physiology for Applied Research in Aquaculture

$117,584

2 projects / projets

$238,978

Mount Royal University


Forensics of Wildfire Debris using GCxGC TOF-MS

$217,478

Digital Dialogues: Podcasting for Knowledge Mobilization and Community Building

$29,939

2 projects / projets

$247,417

Mount Saint Vincent University


EEG System and Recording Chambers

$40%,324

Computational Investigations of Molecular Evolutionary Quantum Biochemistry and Mitochondrial Biophysics

$30,638

2 projects / projets

$159,962

Ontario College of Art and Design


kinādās: Walking About on the Land

$29,500

Digital Non-fiction Research Cluster

$29,500

2 projects / projets

$59,000

Queen’s University


Evolutionary Genetics of Plant Reproductive Strategies

$130,000

Advancing Detection Limits and In Situ Isotopic Chemical Chromatography for Astroparticle and Geochemical Research

$200,000

Stress-mediated Trophoblast Proliferation: Adaptation or Pathology?

$100,000

The Northern Environmental Geoscience Laboratory

$100,000

Membrane Remodelling by Positive-sense RNA Viruses: Molecular Mechanisms and Cellular Responses

$150,000

Characterization of Immunological Mechanisms Underlying Evasion of Checkpoint Blockade in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

$200,000

Elucidating the Evolutionary Enhancement of Enzymatic Efficiency

$144,000

Nano-materials-based Wearable Sensors and Electronics:  Achieving Superior Performance and Visual Imperceptibility

$100,000

Research Center to Study Cancer with Single Cell Resolution

$240,000

Visualizing Soft Surfaces using Scanning Probe Microscopy

$180,000

Source to Sink Transport Dynamics: Exploring Evolution of Deltaic and Deepwater Systems through Physical Modelling

$75,001

A Secure and Privacy-preserving Edge Caching Framework in Next-generation Mobile Networks

$125,000

Intelligent Mining Systems and Mine Automation

$125,000

Advancing Edge, Cyber-physical, and Autonomous Systems for Smart Infrastructure

$400,000

Investigating Representational Reorganization in Memory

$100,000

15 projects / projets

$2,369,001

Ryerson University


Advanced Design and Measurement Facility for Adaptive Metamaterials

$78,000

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Smarter IoT

$75,477

Protein Crystallization and Molecular Characterization Platform

$78,000

Advanced Graphene Oxide-based Porous Materials for Water Treatment

$76,000

Isotopic Water Sampling and Analyzer Systems for Tracing Water Movement through Urban Landscapes

$82,876

5 projects / projets

$390,353

Saint Mary’s University


Characterizing Alteration Footprints of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits using Super Light Element Micro-X-Ray Fluorescence

$228,745

Global Change Impacts on Soil Invertebrates

$168,633

2 projects / projets

$397,378

Simon Fraser University


Shaping the Future of Non-destructive Analysis of Biologically- and Culturally- sensitive Human Skeletal Remains

$52,000

Digital Democracies Laboratory

$300,000

Mathematics, Genomics and Prediction in Infection and Evolution (MAGPIE) Laboratory

$200,000

Sustainable Energy Engineering Smart Grid Test Bed

$100,000

Laboratory for Scanning Electron Microscopy Coupled with an Energy Dispersive Spectrometer in Archaeology

$86,000

A Comprehensive Experimental Laboratory for Hematology and Stem Cell Research

$100,000

Infrastructure for Characterization of Next-generation Micro-/Nano- systems and Advanced Materials

$128,000

Artificial Intelligence Engineering and Visualization Laboratory

$200,000

Human-centred Autonomous Agents through Data Collection and Generation Augmentation

$300,000

Single-molecule Microscopy Instrumentation for Force Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Imaging

$230,000

Next-generation Smart Building

$192,779

Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry for Substances of Emerging Concern

$76,000

An Experimental Suite for Exploring Mechanisms, Biological Roles, and Evolution of Genome-mutating Enzymes

$199,948

SQUID Magnetometer to Enable the Exploratory Synthesis of Quantum Materials

$400,000

Novel Wearable Technologies in Support of Active Aging and Mobility Health

$120,000

Mechanics of Human Injury Test Lab

$125,000

Interactive Learning of Language in 3D Environments

$100,000

17 projects / projets

$2,909,727

St. Francis Xavier University


Comparative and Environmental Physiology Facility (CEPF)

$74,065

Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids - A New Green Technique to Prepare Electrocatalysts

$74,984

Laser Scanning Confocal Microsope for Cellular Studies of Biofouling, Neuroanatomy, Symbiosis and Freeze Tolerance

$200,000

Optimizing the Measurement and Management of Infant Pain: A Translational Clinical Program of Research

$62,566

4 projects / projets

$411,615

Thompson Rivers University


Multidisciplinary Microanalysis and Micro-imaging Lab

$234,990

A Mobil Brain Imaging Laboratory (MoBIL) to Link Brain and Behaviour in Development, Aging and Disease

$115,095

2 projects / projets

$350,085

Trent University


Infrastructure to Study the Movement Ecology of Declining Avian Taxa

$62,950

Molecular and Biochemical Studies of Giardia Intestinalis

$69,845

The Trent Social Relations, Attitudes and Diversity Lab

$196,679

The Integrative Fish Ecology Laboratory

$74,944

4 projects / projets

$404,418

Université de Montréal


Overcoming Multi-drug Resistance in Cancer

275 278 $

Spectral CT Mass Spectrometry with MARS

281 124 $

3D Imaging Platform for the Study of the Visual System

239 324 $

To Uncover, Understand and Exploit the Estrogen-oncolytic Virus Crosstalk to Improve Therapy

109 484 $

Infrastructure for Advanced Chemical Glycomics

179 549 $

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-host Interactions: From Mechanisms of Viral Persistence to Infection Control

169 747 $

The Angiogenesis & Vascular Bioreactor Platform: Endothelium-pericyte Interaction in Development and Vascular Diseases

144 241 $

Modulation of Cancer Metabolism by Multiple Layers of Gene Expression

180 124 $

Interplay of Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration in Chronic CNS Diseases

111 200 $

Development of an Anti-infectives Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacokinetic Program

112 408 $

Identifying Gut Microbiota Composition by Culturomics to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy

110 000 $

Metabolic and Epigenetic Interplay in Drug Resistant Cancers

165 284 $

Créer et expérimenter des dispositifs didactiques adaptant les jeux vidéos d'histoire commerciaux: laboratoire mobile

124 710 $

Impact of NADPH Oxidase 2 (NOX2) Defects on the Microbiota and Intestinal Barrier Function

152 064 $

Multi-omics Data Analyses in Cardiovascular Research

99 536 $

Laboratory of Multi-scale Biomechanics and Advanced Imaging

198 876 $

Pharmacotherapy of Ketone Body Metabolism in Obesity

160 430 $

Host-parasite Interactions in a Changing World

205 290 $

A New Generation of Preclinical Models of Stroke

234 348 $

The NECS Lab : An Infrastructure to Move Forward the Study of Social Decision-making

174 547 $

A Mechanistic Investigation into the Establishment and Loss of Functional Cell Identity

211 408 $

Electrocatalyst Development and In Situ Spectroscopy for Renewable Energy Applications

179 040 $

22 projets / projects

3 818 012 $

Université de Sherbrooke


Infrastructure for Microbial Systems Biology

100 788 $

Advanced Tissue Engineering Systems to Study the Functionality of Glial Cells in Engineered Anisotropic Biomaterials

86 636 $

Functional Investigation of Locomotor Circuits from Cell to Behaviour

320 502 $

Human Rights In Trade / Les droits humains dans les traités économiques

98 934 $

Translational Platform for Human Movement Signature Assessment

118 948 $

Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) System for Thermal Flow Studies in Buildings

95 000 $

6 projets / projects

820 808 $

Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure


Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Contact-free Affective Computing

188 300 $

1 projet / project

188 300 $

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi


Mise à jour de l'infrastructure pour le diagnostic de l'appareillage de puissance

94 007 $

Infrastructure spécialisée dédiée à la caractérisation des fluides contaminés, de la neige et la glace atmosphérique

102 703 $

2 projets / projects

196 710 $

Université du Québec à Montréal


Sapientia

118 500 $

A Biological Interaction Research Platform

148 200 $

Development of New Macromolecular Systems for Biomedical Applications

105 000 $

Modélisation du climat passé à futur et téléconnexions dans le système climatique global à régional

227 458 $

Critical Infrastructure Upgrade to the U-Pb Geochronology Platform

86 594 $

Projet Encodage: prototype de plateforme d’interrogation et d’accélérateur de pistes interprétatives sur le contemporain

90 765 $

6 projets / projects

776 517 $

Université du Québec à Rimouski


Laboratoire d’ingénierie des bioprocédés et technologies vertes de transformation

116 000 $

1 projet / project

116 000 $

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières


Techniques de spectroscopie Raman avancées pour la détection de traces en criminalistique

80 167 $

1 projet / project

80 167 $

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue


Laboratoire intersectoriel d'impression 3D

102 652 $

Retraitement des rejets miniers

203 597 $

2 projets / projects

306 249 $

Université Laval


Carbon Pool Fingerprinting Along Gradients (Carpool)

95 149 $

Microscope bi-photonique développable pour la mesure du temps de vie de fluorescence et de phosphorescence

100 000 $

A Central Role for Neurovascular Health in Emotional Memory Encoding and Stress Responses

120 000 $

A Bottom-up Approach for Engineering Green Concretes with Locally Available Alternative Cementitious Materials

40% 932 $

Identification of New Targets to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

116 668 $

Laboratoire de synthèse et caractérisation lié à la Chaire de Recherche en Catalyse Verte et Procédés sans Métaux

270 745 $

The Molecular Neurobiology of Mood Disorders

120 000 $

Integrative Genomics in Cardiometabolic Diseases

120 000 $

Laboratory on Green Process Engineering and Biorefineries (BioEngine)

100 172 $

Chaire de recherche, in genomics and metabolomics of the symbiosis between tropical plants and microbes

93 057 $

Enhancing Cognitive Functions in Health and Disease with Information-based Neuromodulation

40% 986 $

Neurocognition des émotions et du trauma

97 925 $

Plateforme analytique pour l’étude des interactions entre les composantes alimentaires

75 250 $

Infrastructures pour la recherche en sciences apicoles

96 345 $

14 projets / projects

1 665 229 $

University of Alberta


Infrastructure for Emerging Priority in AI and Computational Psychiatry

$257,962

An All-optical Platform for the Investigation of Animal Models of Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disease

$217,010

Terawatt Laser Facility for Advanced Applications

$516,326

Forecasting Community Reassembly in Changing Seascapes: Cross-scale Science to Uncover Patterns, Processes, Consequences

$147,539

Additive Manufacturing using a Direct Energy Laser System for the Resource Sector

$194,773

Defining the Role of Proteases in Health and Diseases using Innovative Systems Biology Approaches

$130,000

The Human Explanted Heart Program: A Translational Bridge for Cardiovascular Medicine and Drug Development

$217,050

Field Lab for the Investigation of Altitude Related Population Adaptation and Health

$235,651

The RAS–MAPK–Capicua Axis, a Converging Molecular Highway in Neurological Disorders and Leukemia

$158,972

Projected Media in Live Performances 

$97,810

High Speed Confocal Microscopic System for Interfacial Science

$233,743

Avian Behaviour, Ecology and Energetics

$170,000

Laboratory for Sound Art, Sound Health, and Sound Communities (Sound3 Lab)

$210,586

Development and Magnetometric Application of Powerful Ultraviolet Frequency Comb Lasers

$110,539

Chemistry at the Interfaces: Devices for Capturing and Storing Renewable Energy

$226,995

Advanced Structural Response Characterization System for Civil Infrastructure

$268,675

16 projects / projets

$3,393,631

University of British Columbia (The)


Establishment of the Mucin Glycobiology Laboratory at UBC

$154,000

Biodiversity in a Changing World: Linking Theory and Experiments Across Scales

$125,000

BioFactorial: Enabling High-throughput Applications for Systems Biology and Enzyme Discovery

$175,000

Infrastructure for Developing Pharmacologic Approaches to Modulating Fibrinolysis and Controlling Bleeding Disorders

$78,000

Stem Cell and Genome Editing Lab

$439,603

Community Hub for Arts-based Research and Innovation in Knowledge Translation

$77,352

Exploring Mitochondria Function as Therapeutic Target in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma

$125,000

Electron Microscope for Imaging Soft Materials

$800,000

Predicting Impacts of Cumulative Threats to Inform Conservation Decisions Under Global Change

$125,000

Exercise, Nutrition and Muscle Metabolism Laboratory

$125,000

Hapscreen-RD: A Platform for Large-scale Screening of Human Haploid Cells for Rare Disease Research

$777,128

Innovation in Mobility and Balance Rehabilitation

$125,000

Centre for Community Engaged Documentation and Research

$277,477

Microbial Biosynthesis of Natural Products

$168,000

Facilities for the Geospatial Ecology of Landscapes Laboratory

$125,000

Establishing an Ancient DNA and Protein (ADαPT) Facility at UBC

$125,000

Cryo-EM of Metabolic Enzymes for Drug Discovery

$800,000

High-performance Atomic Force Microscopy to Elucidate Structure-property Relationships in Nanocellulose Materials

$240,000

Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy to Study Food Proteins and Enzymes

$125,000

Nanospectroscopy Laboratory for Polaritonic Materials Discovery

$800,000

High Resolution Automated Mineralogy for Carbon Mineralization

$800,000

Center for Transportation and Land Use Research (CeTLUR)

$106,729

Infrastructure to Advance Extracellular Vesicle Biology & Technology

$800,000

Integrated Greenhouse Gas Research and Observations in Wetlands (iGROW)

$125,000

The Neurobiology and Genetics of Taste in Disease-vectoring Mosquitoes

$192,850

The Stroke Management and eHealth Innovation Laboratory

$85,534

The Origins of Patterns in Speech Lab

$116,900

Solution-processed Thin Film Semiconductors for Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Applications

$160,000

Reactor for Atmospheric Chemical Transformations (ReACTr) to Track the Fate of Outdoor and Indoor Air Molecules

$191,000

Deciphering DNA-encoded Gene-regulatory Logic with Genome-scale Synthetic DNA

$125,000

Complex Human-based Organ (Disease) Models for Basic and Preclinical Research with a Focus on Human Epithelia

$101,408

Working to Restore Connectivity and Sustainability (WoRCS) research program

$400,000

Enabling Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with Calibration, Monitoring, and Characterization of the LIGO Detectors

$220,000

(Re)Media Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure and Program

$122,165

Laboratory for Human-animal Interaction and Companion Animal Welfare

$125,300

Plant-pollinator and Global Change Lab

$123,454

Field and Laboratory Characterization of the Climate and Landscape Response to Surface Elevation Change

$125,000

VELOSITY: Bringing the Benefits of VLSI to System Software

$453,594

Investigating How Mitochondrial Stress Signaling Maintains Organelle Homeostasis in Health and Disease

$125,000

Investigating the Neurophysiological Effects and Accumulation of Subconcussive Sports Head Impacts

$125,000

*Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World

$199,969

41 projects / projets

$10,610,463

* Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with SSHRC Research Support
Financement de l’infrastructure liée au soutien à la recherche du CRSH

University of Calgary


Investigating Electrokinetic Transport Phenomena at the Microscale using Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy

$93,136

Multiple Sensing Instruments - A Transformational Methodology to Assess Effectiveness of Oil Sands Wetland Reclamation

$335,000

Integrated Microneedle and Microelectrode Arrays for Biomedical Applications

$270,000

Acquisition of an X-ray Diffractometer for Structural Characterization of Electronic Materials for Energy Applications

$363,454

Neuro-vascular Function in Health and Chronic Conditions

$130,000

Sunlight Driven Reforming of Biomass for Sustainable Production of Hydrogen and Value-added Products

$149,400

Structure-function Tissue Interactions in Arthritis

$147,430

High-resolution Topographic Mapping of the Earth's Surface

$240,000

8 projects / projets

$1,728,420

University of Guelph


Versatile Platform for Measuring Molecular Structure and Conformation of Linear and Branched Biopolymers

$124,586

Integrated Soil Sensing and Mapping for Optimized Management of Land Resources

$209,957

Graphite Furnace for Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biocarbon from Waste Biomass: Engineering Biographite for Biocomposite Uses

$214,174

Microorganisms in a Changing Climate: Fate and Flux of Thawing Permafrost Carbon

$90,000

Application of Metabolomics and Proteomics in Environmental Toxicology

$102,000

5 projects / projets

$740,717

University of Lethbridge


Cryogenic Test Facility for the Development of New Instrument Concepts for Future Space Astronomy Missions

$250,000

1 project / projet

$250,000

University of Manitoba


Investigating Plant-associated Microbiomes

$159,990

Biomaterials Discovery Platform

$159,139

High-throughput Genotypic and Phenotypic Fungal Analysis Research Facility

$239,631

Evolutionary Ecology of Prairie Pollinators

$206,558

High-throughput Examination of Stress in Fish

$150,250

Breaking the Link Between Environmental Exposures and Health: Lessons from Epigenetics

$159,261

Infrastructure for Development of Advanced Condition Monitoring Techniques for Gears and Bearings

$159,603

Enhancing Resilience Among Rural 2SLGBTQ Youth: Research at the Intersection of Gender

$43,535

Deep Learning on Graph-structured Data for Predicting Protein-ligand Interactions

$160,000

The Hearts and Minds Lab; Leveraging Translational Neuroscience to Support Intergenerational Well-being

$240,000

Environmental Nano-geoscience Facility

$238,498

An Integrative Approach to Understanding Shoulder Movement Across the Lifespan

$156,891

Multi-modal Monitoring of Cerebral Autoregulation in Cranial Neurotrauma

$155,600

An L-band Radar Remote Sensing System for Arctic Applications

$160,000

Next-generation Intelligent Robotic Machining and Inspection Technology

$227,007

Quantitative Electroanalytical Facility for the Investigation of Biological Systems

$102,697

16 projects / projets

$2,718,660

University of New Brunswick


Thermomechanical Simulator for Alloy Design Research Activities

$150,000

Marine and Coastal Organismal Responses to Environmental Change Laboratory

$150,000

2 projects / projets

$300,000

University of Northern British Columbia


Infrastructure for Research on Thermal Ecology in the Freshwater Fish Ecology Laboratory at UNBC

$199,630

1 project / projet

$199,630

University of Ontario Institute of Technology


Climatic Human Factors & Performance Laboratory

$160,061

1 project / projet

$160,061

University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa


Development and Application of Isotope Tracers for Geolocation and Surface Hydrology

$331,360

Zebrafish as a Preclinical Platform for Modeling Childhood Cancers and Rare Genetic Disorders

$464,952

Elucidating the Basis of Photosynthetic Adaptations to Extreme Conditions

$202,060

Ottawa Pre-clinical PET/CT Imaging Core

$784,439

Ecological Evolutionary Developmental Genetics: Flies and Ants as Model and Supermodel Organisms

$187,437

AI-backed Internet of Vehicles Laboratory: An Open Access Innovation Facility

$293,164

6 projects / projets

$2,263,412

University of Prince Edward Island


Valourization of Waste Biomass to High Value Bioproducts

$112,608

1 project / projet

$112,608

University of Regina


Improving Cannabis-related Health and Safety

$315,000

Cold Region Erosion and Flooding Research Laboratory

$93,000

2 projects / projets

$408,000

University of Saskatchewan


Development of Controlled Facilities for Insect Research

$285,376

High-performance Computing for the Dynamic Simulation of Next-generation Quantum Materials

$195,249

Biofabrication Lab for Tissue Engineering Innovation

$147,000

Advancing Element Tracing Through Agroecosystems with Compound Specific Isotope Analysis

$219,565

Synthesis and Characterization of Ultrasound Microbubbles for Detection and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Inflammation

$79,749

A Multiplex High-content Analysis Platform for Drug Discovery and Toxin Screening

$154,000

*Infrastructure for Carbon and Phosphorus Metabolite Characterization in Soil Remediation and Food Security

$125,000

7 projects / projets

$1,205,939

*Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with an NSERC Industrial Chair
Financement de l’infrastructure liée à une Chaire industrielle du CRSNG

University of Toronto


Chemspeed Automated Chemical Synthesis System

$480,000

DNA Nanotechnology for Spatially-programmed Immune Receptor Activation

$100,000

Mass Transport In Earth’s Lithosphere, Revealed by In-situ LA-ICP-MS Micro-analyses

$200,000

Infrastructure for Canadian National Caries Network

$148,089

Advanced Scanning Electron Microscope for In Situ and Liquid-phase Electron Microscopy Study

$200,000

Neural Circuit Changes in Decision-making Across the Lifespan - Relevance to Mental Health Disorders

$180,000

Recovery and Recuperation: Mobilizing the Next Generation of GRASAC

$76,40%

Extracellular Vesicle and Patient Avatar Technology Cores for Translational and Clinical Research

$449,355

Charting Diversity in Brain Maturation

$161,556

Defining Cancer and Immune Landscapes in Multiple Myeloma using Single Cell Transcriptomics and Ultradeep DNA Sequencing

$763,136

Sleep and Human Evolution Lab (SHEL): Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses in a Clinical, Controlled Space

$151,714

Computer Systems Support for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

$120,000

Autonomous Mobile Manipulation in Human Environments:  Learning Algorithms and Robot Systems

$176,000

Autonomous Docking and Active Perception for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

$150,000

Next Generation Polymeric Microparticles for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis

$175,722

Psychosis Research Lab: Assessment of Biological, Psychological, and Behavioural Factors Associated with Psychosis

$133,500

Immersive Interaction and Morphological Control for Continuum Robot Systems

$300,000

Linking Neural and Vascular Aging in the Brain: From Biophysics to Cognition

$156,353

Detector Prototype Units for Long-lived Particle Searches

$200,000

A Non Invasive Approach to Visualizing Tumour Growth in Vivo through Space and Time

$469,907

Sensory-cognitive Listening Assessment to Transform Hearing Loss Outcomes

$192,376

Readout The Answers

$218,986

Robotics Infrastructure for Smart Manufacturing (RISM)

$60%,474

In-depth 2D and Whole Tissue 3D Detection of Tissue Fibro-inflammation in Metabolic Diseases

$757,242

Cardiac Regeneration and in vitro Disease Modeling

$246,923

A Research Program to Study the Role of Fibroblasts in the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

$300,000

A Shift in Paradigm: Novel Stratification System for Critical Illness

$383,311

Tracking Down Neurodegeneration in the Human Brain: From Functional Systems to the Subcellular Level

$383,550

Trustworthy Machine Learning

$100,000

Microplastic Sources, Fate and Effects Research Laboratory

$169,612

Advanced Imaging of Mouse Development: Early Adversity and Brain Health

$435,895

Active Learning Research Labs

$800,000

Mapping Genotypes to Phenotypes and Phenotypes to Fitness

$320,000

33 projects / projets

$9,539,830

University of Victoria


Transforming Forest Modelling for Climate Change Adaptation

$75,002

A Multimodal Exploration of Mitochondrial Function in Eukaryotic Microbes

$290,000

Facility for Orthopaedic Technologies & Biomechanics Research

$115,000

Low-temperature Thermochronology Laboratory for Tectonic and Landscape Evolution Research

$160,000

4 projects / projets

$640,002

University of Waterloo


Transmission Electron Microscope

$800,000

Infrastructure for Large-scale Integration and Processing of Structured and Graph Data

$85,000

Neural Substrates of Cognitive Influence over Sensory-motor Control: Implications for Learning and Stroke Rehabilitation

$100,000

Security Evaluation and Synthesis for Smart Devices

$88,492

Enabling Toughening and Damage Tolerance in Adhesive Bonding of Multi-material Lightweight Structures

$100,000

Physics-based Visual Computing Infrastructure

$84,000

A Dynamic Force and Motion Simulator for Characterizing Spine Biomechanics Under Complex Loading

$160,000

Plant Phenomics: Understanding Trait Covariation Across Scales

$160,000

Integrated Device-driven Approaches for Automated, Real-time Tracking

$160,000

The StoryBoard Lab

$101,368

Supporting Sustainable Aviation through Pilot Training and Visual Standard Innovations using a Flight Simulation Device

$150,000

Analysis of PFAS by Combustion Ion Chromatography: Investigation of PFAS Occurrence, Fate, and Mitigation strategies

$80,000

12 projects / projets

$2,068,860

University of Western Ontario (The)


600 MHz NMR Spectrometer

$732,466

Mobile LiDAR System for Geologic Applications

$193,946

Mechanics of Active Fluids and Bacterial Physics Laboratory

$204,282

Engineering Materials: Advancing in-Situ Electron Diffraction and Imaging Techniques (Engine-Tec)

$249,135

Nanostructured Membrane Fabrication and Characterization Facility

$200,000

Decision Making Laboratory

$232,171

Characterising Sound and Vibration-based Communication Systems

$219,491

In Vivo Neurochemistry Laboratory

$219,218

Equipment for Advanced UAV-based Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

$157,278

Infrastructure for the Characterization of Proteins and their Modifications in Health and Diseases

$800,000

10 projects / projets

$3,207,987

University of Windsor


Attosecond Nanoscopy

$77,760

Confocal Imaging Infrastructure for Cell Biology and Biochemistry

$140,660

Real-time Traffic Monitoring System for Studying Traffic at Canada's Busiest Land Border Crossing

$75,001

3 projects / projets

$293,421

University of Winnipeg (The)


Water Quality Analysis Lab

$100,000

Movement, Interaction, Resilience, Adaptation (MIRA): Integrated Laboratory for the Study of Human-environment Interacti

$75,000

Indigenous Digital New Media Lab and Collaborative Space: Aabijijiwan

$225,000

3 projects / projets

$400,000

Vancouver Island University


High Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Direct Bio-analytical and Environmental Diagnostics

$243,691

Macroanalysis/Big Data Machine Reading Tools and Microanalysis/Digital Text Analysis Tools for Open Access Research

$74,950

Canada's Marine Life is in Hot Water: Laboratory for Investigating Heatwaves and Aquatic Animal Health

$219,335

3 projects / projets

$537,976

Wilfrid Laurier University


Haven: The Asylum Lab

$68,427

Environmentally Controlled Growth System and Molecular Phenotyping Platform for Plant Immunity Research

$71,976

From Dish to Fish: Supporting Farmed Fish Health in Canada

$91,343

Individually Ventilated Caging Systems to Support Animal Research

$199,000

4 projects / projets

$430,746

York University


Integrative Sociobiology and Pollinator Health: Wild Bee Ecology, Evolution and Genomics

$100,000

Flux Measurements of Atmospheric Nitrous Acid (HONO) by Time-of-Flight Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (ToF-CIMS)

$160,000

Infrastructure to Research and Engineer Specialized Metabolism in Plants

$75,010

Hemispheric Encounters: Developing Transborder Research-creation Practices

$103,050

CineMobilia

$191,000

Wild Garden Media Centre for Interdisciplinary and Multimedia Research Support

$100,000

6 projects / projets

$729,060

 

NOTE:
As part of this announcement, an additional $22,375,229 was awarded under the Infrastructure Operating Fund (IOF), a mechanism that assists institutions with the incremental operating and maintenance costs associated with the new infrastructure.