More than $12 million awarded to Canada Research Chairs to advance cutting-edge research
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Canada Research Chairs at 25 universities and colleges across the country will receive more than $12 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to carry out world-class research. The funding, through the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, is part of a partnership with the Canada Research Chairs Program.
More than $9 million will support 55 research projects across Canada with an additional $2.8 million devoted to operating and maintenance costs associated with the new infrastructure.
Among the list of recipients is McMaster University’s Sheila Singh, who will use the funding to establish a Brain Tumor Therapy Assessment Suite, allowing clinicians to build custom treatments for patients according to their individual cancer cells. Funding will also benefit graduate students at Memorial University of Newfoundland where a Research Storytelling Lab, led by Julia Christensen, will help raise awareness on issues of homelessness in northern communities in Canada and abroad.
“The CFI values working with the Chairs program to provide the tools researchers need to stay on the cutting edge in their fields,” says Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President and CEO of the CFI. “This ensures they are well equipped to make discoveries and develop innovations that will have a meaningful impact on Canadians.”
Quick facts:
- The CFI will support 55 projects at research institutions across Canada with a contribution of $9,353,913.
- An additional $2,806,174 will be awarded to institutions under the Infrastructure Operating Fund to help with the maintenance and operation of new infrastructure.
- The John R. Evans Leaders Fund allows universities and colleges to attract top talent in diverse fields of research by providing them with the state-of-the art infrastructure required to think big and innovate.
- The CFI and the Canada Research Chairs Secretariat partner through the JELF to provide top-notch infrastructure for research institutions across Canada.
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John R. Evans Leaders Fund / Fonds des leaders John-R.-Evans
Funding for infrastructure associated with a Canada Research Chair /
Financement de l’infrastructure liée à une Chaire de recherche du Canada
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Total 25 institutions / établissements |
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John R. Evans Leaders Fund / Fonds des leaders John-R.-Evans
Funding for infrastructure associated with a Canada Research Chair /
Financement de l’infrastructure liée à une Chaire de recherche du Canada
List of approved projects by institution / Liste des projets appuyés par établissement
Chairholder/ Chaire de recherche |
Project title / Titre du projet |
Maximum CFI contribution / |
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Vallee, Mickey |
Community, Identity, and Digital Media |
$29,010 |
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Total |
1 |
$29,010 |
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Rowe, Jason |
Determining What Makes a Planet Earth-like |
$59,593 |
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Total |
1 |
$59,593 |
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Albert, Jacques |
Nonlinear Optical Fiber Sensor Equipment |
$126,145 |
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Sun, Hongyu |
CU Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory |
$120,000 |
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Total |
2 |
$246,145 |
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Benali, Habib |
Biomedical Imaging and Anatomo-Functional Dynamical |
$189,903 |
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Eppinger, Benjamin |
Lifespan Age Differences in Learning Under Uncertainty |
$100,000 |
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Peres-Neto, Pedro |
Laboratory to Study Fish Ecology |
$139,501 |
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Total |
3 |
$429,404 |
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Colombo, Stefanie |
Finfish and Shellfish Tank Systems to Improve Nutrition in Aquaculture |
$80,000 |
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Van Limbergen, Johan |
Translational Microbiomics to Guide Nutritional Therapy in Crohn's Disease |
$82,563 |
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Total |
2 |
$162,563 |
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Patience, Gregory |
High Temperature, High Pressure Heterogenous Catalysis |
$250,000 |
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Seletskiy, Denis |
Ultrafast Quantum Photonics |
$250,000 |
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Total |
2 |
$500,000 |
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Dionne, Georges |
Infrastruture Needed for the New Research Program of the Canada Research Chair in Risk Management |
758 165 $ |
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Total |
1 |
758 165 $ |
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Peyrache, Adrien |
Neuronal Mechanisms of Cognition |
$201,587 |
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Total |
1 |
$201,587 |
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Singh, Sheila |
Brain Tumor Therapy Assessment Suite |
$800,000 |
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Total |
1 |
$800,000 |
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Christensen, Julia |
Northern Governance and Public Policy |
$16,713 |
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Sipler, Rachel |
Infrastructure to Assess the Impact of Environmental Change on Ocean Biogeochemistry |
$109,936 |
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Zhang, Baiyu |
Coastal Environmental Research Laboratory (CERL) |
$50,000 |
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Total |
3 |
$176,649 |
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Beck, Lauren |
Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture |
$67,336 |
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Total |
1 |
$67,336 |
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Rowe, R Kerry |
Long-term Performance of Geosynthetic Barrier Systems for Groundwater Protection |
$316,000 |
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Total |
1 |
$316,000 |
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Hwang, Dae Kun |
Advanced-polymeric-materials-synthesis Microscope for Microarchitecture Design |
$120,721 |
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Total |
1 |
$120,721 |
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Audas, Timothy |
Mammalian Cellular Stress-Response Core Facility |
$100,000 |
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Collard, Mark |
Infrastructure for Hominin Systematics and Evolutionary Analysis of Culture |
$120,000 |
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Crespi, Bernard |
Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Genetic, Epigenetic and Endocrine Analyses of Human Cognitive Architecture |
$150,000 |
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Total |
3 |
$370,000 |
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Power, Ian |
Experimental Geochemistry and Geobiology Laboratory for the Study of Mineral-water-microbe Interactions |
$154,293 |
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Total |
1 |
$154,293 |
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Cyr, Chantal |
Laboratoire d'études sur le développement de l'enfant et sa famille |
54 702 $ |
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Gagnon, Alain |
Bibliothèque virtuelle en études québécoises et canadiennes |
60 000 $ |
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Rei, Walter |
Laboratory of Analytics for the Stochastic Optimization of Transportation and Logistics Systems |
100 037 $ |
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Total |
3 |
214 739 $ |
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Bourbeau, Philippe |
Base de données Sécurité et Immigration: Discours, Manifestos et Pratiques |
95 616 $ |
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Total |
1 |
95 616 $ |
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Ouimet, Mireille |
Macrophage Lipophagy in Immunometabolism and Atherosclerosis |
$402,029 |
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Total |
1 |
$402,029 |
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Huang, Gordon |
Laboratory for Environmental Remediation in Energy Industry |
$99,998 |
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Leavitt, Peter |
Limnology Laboratory to Study Climate and Human Effects on Lakes |
$99,996 |
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Zilles, Sandra |
Laboratory for Computational Learning Theory |
$50,000 |
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Total |
3 |
$249,994 |
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Beaulieu, Jean Martin |
Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory |
$245,000 |
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Calarco, John |
Investigating the Role of RNA Biology in Development and Function of the Nervous System |
$216,000 |
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Claycomb, Julie |
Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Small RNA Mediated Gene Regulation |
$156,000 |
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Levin, David |
The Computational Design Workshop |
$140,000 |
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Meltzer, Jed |
Interventional Cognitive Neuroscience for Acquired Brain Disorders |
$150,497 |
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Moraes, Trevor |
Membrane Protein Isolation and Analysis |
$370,000 |
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Tuck, Eve |
Tkaranto CIRCLE Lab |
$300,000 |
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Wheeler, Aaron |
JELF for CRC in Microfluidics for Bioanalysis |
$480,000 |
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Wyatt, Haley |
Infrastructure to Elucidate the Roles and Regulation of DNA Endonucleases in Health and Disease |
$244,508 |
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Yang, Luyi |
Optical Studies of Quantum Materials |
$200,000 |
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Total |
10 |
$2,502,005 |
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Boulanger, Martin |
Chromatography System for Protein Purification |
$30,000 |
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Elvira, Katherine |
Microfluidic Laboratory for Health Applications |
$115,000 |
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Total |
2 |
$145,000 |
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Dow, Christine |
In situ Measurement of Canadian Yukon Territory Glacier Hydrology and Ice Dynamics in a Warming Climate |
$60,000 |
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Kathryn, Henne |
Law and Society Emerging Researchers Laboratory |
$30,000 |
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Ricardez Sandoval, Luis |
Multiscale Modelling Tools for Computer-aided Materials Design |
$50,000 |
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Tan, Lin |
Research Infrastructure for Improving Software Dependability |
$50,000 |
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Total |
4 |
$190,000 |
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Bitsuamlak, Girma |
Printing Adaptive Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Test Models |
$200,000 |
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Robinson, Clare |
Advanced Groundwater-coastal Water Interactions Laboratory |
$200,000 |
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Saksida, Lisa |
Connecting Brain Circuits to Cognition |
$189,324 |
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Total |
3 |
$589,324 |
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Bullock, Ryan |
Environment and Society Collaborative Laboratory (ENSO Co-Lab) |
$48,740 |
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Total |
1 |
$48,740 |
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Baumgartner, Thomas |
Sustainable Organomain Group Materials |
$275,000 |
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Caputo, Christopher |
Tools for Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Free Materials |
$125,000 |
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Kwong, Wai Man |
Infrastructure for Advanced Research in Aquatic Toxicology and Functional Genetics |
$125,000 |
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Total |
3 |
$525,000 |
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TOTAL |
55 projects / projets |
$9,353,913 |
NOTE:
As part of this announcement, an additional $2,806,174 was awarded under the Infrastructure Operating Fund, a mechanism that assists institutions with the incremental operating and maintenance costs associated with the new infrastructure.
 NOTER :
Dans le cadre de cette annonce, la FCI a attribué 2 806 174 $ additionnels à même le Fonds d’exploitation des infrastructures, un programme qui aide les établissements bénéficiaires à faire face aux coûts d’exploitation et de maintenance découlant de leurs nouvelles infrastructures.