Investments in research infrastructure will support top Canadian talent
[SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC] — Today, the Government of Canada announced nearly $86 million through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support 316 research infrastructure projects at 47 institutions across the country.
This contribution, made through the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), will help institutions in Canada attract and retain the very best of today’s researchers.
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of National Revenue, made the announcement at the Université de Sherbrooke, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health.
Projects being funded through the JELF include:
Predicting sea level rise: As the world's glaciers and icesheets rapidly change, predicting sea-level rise becomes more challenging, especially since our knowledge of how ice interacts with the ocean is limited. This is partly because calving events, where large chunks of ice collapse into the water, make the ocean-ice environment dangerous to study. Researchers at the University of Manitoba are looking to change that with a CFI-funded autonomous ocean surface vehicle that can take measurements including ocean and atmospheric temperature, as well as ice thickness and structure. The first measurements will be of a glacier on southern Ellesmere Island in northern Nunavut and will be taken in collaboration with the nearby Inuit community of Aujuittuq (Grise Fiord).
Streamlining cheese production: The dairy industry is a major socioeconomic pillar for the Canadian food sector, with more than 200,000 people employed and more than $18 billion a year in sales. To keep the industry globally competitive, a project at Université Laval in the city of Québec is looking to optimize production of mozzarella and similar cheeses. CFI funding will provide the Centre de recherche en science et technologie du lait (STELA) with extruder equipment to pilot more streamlined manufacturing. The project will also support the specialized training of 25 students. Each year, Canada produces more than 155,000 tonnes of mozzarella.
Examining gene mutation’s role in mental illness: Genes that control sleep-wake cycles in the brain also ensure that different parts of the brain work in sync. Evidence suggests that some people with mental illness have mutations in these genes that may cause disruptions in several areas of the brain. Researchers at the University of Alberta plan to study this phenomenon in fruit flies, using CFI-funded specialized detectors and a microscope to take hundreds of measurements at once. They will look at gene activity in different areas of the brain and ways to force these areas of the brain to cycle together. The research will provide insight into the role of genetics in some mental illnesses and possible avenues for treatment.
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“The infrastructure projects funded by the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund support researchers who are pushing boundaries of knowledge while driving economic prosperity. In the global race for talent, the CFI’s support helps institutions train, attract and retain these talented researchers and ensures all Canadians benefit from their innovations.”
– Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President and CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation
Quick facts
These infrastructure investments are part of a $502 million Government of Canada funding announcement that supports science, researchers and students. Read about what else is being announced here.
Projects supported through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) will also receive additional funding through the CFI’s Infrastructure Operating Fund (IOF) to cover the costs of operating the research infrastructure. The total investment of $85,895,698 million includes $19,822,084 million from the IOF.
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About the Canada Foundation for Innovation
With a bold, future-looking mandate, the Canada Foundation for Innovation equips researchers to be global leaders in their field and to respond to emerging challenges. Our investments in state-of-the-art tools, instruments and facilities at universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions underpin both curiosity- and mission-driven research that cuts across disciplines and bridges all sectors. The research infrastructure we fund mobilizes knowledge, spurs innovation and commercialization, and empowers the talented minds of a new generation.
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Project Title | Maximum CFI Contribution |
| Integrative Approaches to Disentangle Network Structure in Territorial Songbirds | $32,040 |
| Infrastructure to support the Multi-stressor Conservation Physiology Laboratory | $74,998 |
| 2 projects | $107,038 |
| Bridging the Gap: Advancing Rural Health Research through a Health Research Van in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia | $123,040 |
| 1 project | $123,040 |
| Identification and Quantification of Organic Molecules from Microbial Ecosystems | $75,001 |
| The Audience Experience Lab: Transforming Digital Media Production for Film and Games | $76,500 |
| Urban Aeroconservation for Regionally Migrating Bats | $75,001 |
| Accessible Automated Construction Site Studio (AACeSS Lab) | $98,000 |
| Sulfate Through Time | $110,000 |
| Advanced Vision Integration for Road Safety (AVIRS) | $99,694 |
| 6 projects | $534,196 |
| Synthetic Methods for Stabilization of Peptide Nanotube Architecture | $170,000 |
| Breathing Innovation into Diagnostic Test for Lung Disease | $80,000 |
| Infrastructure for Food Proteins and Bioactive Peptides Lab | $82,000 |
| Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration Analytical Suite | $125,000 |
| Fuel for Survival | $275,000 |
| Terrestrial Biogeochemical Modelling in Canada (TBM-CaN) Laboratory | $121,995 |
| 6 projects | $853,995 |
| MID - Music Intelligence Database | $103,410 |
| 1 project | $103,410 |
| Uncertainty Quantification and Reduction via Expert Knowledge Integration in AI-based Clinical Decision Support Tools | $80,315 |
| Innovative Nutrition and Lifestyle Interventions for Health Improvement and Management of Diabetes, Aging and Cancer | $447,848 |
| The Marmoset as a Preclinical Model for Studying Sensory and Social Mechanisms Linked to Autism Spectral Disorders | $95,528 |
| Understanding Cellular Dynamics of Skin Health and Disease | $160,000 |
| Precise, Comprehensive and Practical Musculoskeletal Measurements to Prevent Age-, Sex- and Disease-specific Bone Loss | $162,342 |
| Laboratory for Soil and Water Resource Protection | $499,724 |
| Investigation of the Survival and Transmission of Emerging Zoonotic Human Pathogens using Super-resolution Microscopy | $553,482 |
| Understanding T Cell Development and Function to Improve the Efficacy of Cancer Immunotherapies | $276,393 |
| Extreme Temperature Carbothermal Manufacturing of Sustainable Graphitic Carbon Materials | $374,138 |
| Brain and Metabolism Initiative | $799,999 |
| Ex Vivo Assessment of the Aging Brain and its Disorders | $97,776 |
| Long Term Effects of Mild-traumatic Brain Injury | $187,486 |
| * TRANSFORM: Engaging with Young People for Social Change | $95,879 |
| Timeseries Anomaly Detection | $140,459 |
| Microvascular and Endothelial Health in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy | $294,252 |
| Bio-inspired Supramolecular Microreactors for Synthetic Chemistry | $280,934 |
| Architectures that Mediate Bacteria-host Interactions: Towards an Anti-adhesion Strategy to Treat Microbial Infections | $150,000 |
| Integrated Microbial Culture Facility for Near-realtime Evolutionary Analysis | $435,381 |
| Distributed Neural Representations for Efficient Learning and Inference | $273,722 |
| Microwave Sensing for Accessible, Personalized Health Screening and Monitoring | $100,000 |
| 20 projects | $5,505,658 |
* Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with SSHRC Research Support
| The Indigenous Digital Dialogue Lab | $75,000 |
| Characterizing Mechanisms of Thrombosis and Hemostasis using Multiphoton Intravital Microscopy | $479,927 |
| Innovative Avian Mobile Laboratory to Study the Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change and Pollution on Birds | $150,000 |
| Brain Mechanisms of Rhythm Perception: New Methods to Understand the Impact of the Motor System on Auditory Perception | $220,000 |
| Advancing Energy Systems for use in Unsteady and Turbulent Environments | $150,000 |
| Laboratory for the Development and Deployment of Magnetically Actuated Soft Robots for Medical Applications | $250,000 |
| Space-time Mechanisms of Pattern Control during Vertebrate Embryo Segmentation | $200,000 |
| Infrastructure to Enable High-dimensional Genomic and Epigenomic Analyses to Understand Placental Dysfunction | $92,415 |
| Single photon counting confocal microscope for time-resolved fluorescence studies of gene transcription | $345,860 |
| Laboratory for Advanced Nano-Optical Biosensing | $773,924 |
| Development of the Bio-Resources Engineering Laboratory | $146,263 |
| 11 projects | $2,883,389 |
Memorial University of Newfoundland
| Micro-Computed Tomography Imaging Suite for in vivo and ex vivo Sample Visualization | $300,000 |
| 1 project | $300,000 |
| Expanding Taxonomic Understanding of Animal Energetics in Ecology | $125,000 |
| 1 project | $125,000 |
Mount Saint Vincent University
| Temperature Effects on Physiology and Behaviour of Economically Important Native and Invasive Insects | $313,886 |
| 1 project | $313,886 |
Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD University)
| Completing Next Generation Holographic Technology and XR Research | $50,636 |
| 1 project | $50,636 |
| Multifrequency Ultrasound Platform for the Process Intensification of the Chemical Industry | 149 999 $ |
| Système d'analyse ampérométrique pour la nanochimie et la neurochimie | 91 393 $ |
| AROGULA: A Random Optical Grating fabrication system using UV of FS LAsers | 149 998 $ |
| 3 projets | 391,390 $ |
| Permafrost Hydrogeology in a Changing Climate | $90,000 |
| The Fractured Rock and Cryo-hydrogeology Lab | $100,000 |
| Nanobubble-aided Advanced Photocatalytic Treatment for Emerging Contaminant Removal | $100,000 |
| Diverse, Perceptive and Intelligent Wireless Infrastructure for 6G and Beyond | $220,000 |
| Magnetic Micromanipulation System for Mechanical Measurement and Stimulation of Brain Tumor | $120,000 |
| ** Impact of Radiation in Energy and Advanced Technologies | $800,000 |
| *** Integrated Photonics for Massive Entanglement Generation | $402,000 |
| ** Imaging Immunity in Chronic Disease and Cancer | $800,000 |
| Technologies for Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders | $144,000 |
| Cardiac Macrophage Subset Maintenance and Expansion in the Healthy and Injured Heart | $175,000 |
| Developing and Analytical Imaging Laboratory for Cultural Heritage Science | $100,000 |
| 11 projects | $3,051,000 |
** Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with CERC Research Support
*** Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with NSERC Research Support
| Advancing Plant Functional Ecology Research through Stable Isotope Infrastructure | $179,970 |
| 1 project | $179,970 |
| Infrastructure for the Laboratory of Brain Resilience | $300,000 |
| Unravelling the Heterogeneity of Neurocognitive Aging with Portable and Wearable Technology | $164,000 |
| Research Space for Complex Social Problems | $186,568 |
| Laboratory for Advanced Research and Innovation in Modern Distribution Grids | $100,000 |
| Infrastructure for the Exercise Physiology and Performance Laboratory | $100,000 |
| Integrated Watershed Sciences Research Laboratory | $323,906 |
| Machine Learning for Agile Motor Skills | $125,000 |
| Imaginative Methods Lab: New Methods and Tools for Participatory Futures Literacy and Practices | $124,948 |
| Infrastructure for Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying DNA Repair Pathway Choice | $300,000 |
| Remote Sensing for Investigation of Ecosystem Complexes under Environmental Change | $185,000 |
| 10 projects | $1,909,422 |
| The Ecology and Genomics of Sexual Conflict: Research through the StFX Centre for Insect Evolution and Ecology | $74,875 |
| Reconstruction of Ancient Climate Trends and Ocean Chemistry | $23,121 |
| 2 projects | $97,996 |
| Understanding the Consequences of Urbanization and Climate Change on Terrestrial Wildlife | $199,760 |
| 1 project | $199,760 |
Toronto Metropolitan University
| Cardiovascular Biomechanics Measurement Facility for Blood Flow and Biomechanical Testing | $78,000 |
| Studying Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Aging in Budding Yeast with Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting | $95,000 |
| 2 projects | $173,000 |
| Implication of Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles in Disease Progression | $149,999 |
| Exploring the Brain Complexity | $16,919 |
| 2 projects | $166,918 |
| Studying the Interplay of Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Retina Pathologies | $246,314 |
| Molecular Events Controlling CD8+ T Cell Response to Infection and Cancer | $514,760 |
| Eco-Evo-Patho of Microbes in Nature | $200,001 |
| Monitoring cérébral pour comprendre les mécanismes physiologiques du délirium et rehausser sa détection en cardiologie | $100,344 |
| Targeting Tumor Metabolism to Improve Cancer Therapy with Oncolytic Viruses | $100,000 |
| The Study of Islet Vascular Niche in Healthy and Pathogenic Beta Cell Development, and Developing Therapies for Diabetes | $165,820 |
| A Robotic Neurophysiology Platform for the Study of Sensorimotor Control in Ethologically-relevant Behaviors | $120,000 |
| The Effect of Fibroblasts on Dysplastic Stem Cell Fate in Pancreatic Tumors | $162,722 |
| * LAVIA: un laboratoire vivant sur l'innovation et l'apprentissage en enseignement supérieur | $591,086 |
| * Revue3.0 : Écrire, Transmettre, Découvrir | $223,270 |
| ** Light-Matter Interactions in Photonic Materials | $514,945 |
| NEUROsciences and Cortical ORganoid (NEUROCOR) Lab | $250,000 |
| CELLENGINE: A Scalable Genome Engineering Platform to Understand Biological Complexity and Disease | $360,153 |
| Cardiometabolic Health in At-risk Pediatric Populations | $180,000 |
| 14 projects | $3,729,415 |
* Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with SSHRC Research Support
** Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with CERC Research Support
| Structural Investigation of Membrane Proteins from an Atomic to a Molecular Complex Perspectives | $336,448 |
| Laboratoire - Environnements Arctiques et Pergélisol (LEAP) | $166,413 |
| Brain Stimulation Platform of Université de Sherbrooke | $177,050 |
| STEMUS: Stem Cell and Tissue-engineering Platform for Understanding Brain Development and Aging | $380,192 |
| Infrastructure pour le développement d’un ciment micro-ondes sans émission CO2 dans l’atmosphère | $121,551 |
| *** Machines de caractérisation mécanique multi-axes | $90,000 |
| 6 projects | $1,271,654 |
*** Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with NSERC Research Support
Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure
| Cutting-edge Technology for Non-invasive Characterisation of Aquifers and Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Ground | $164,888 |
| Biomaterials and Biofabrication Laboratory | $100,000 |
| Infrastructure pour le développement d’enceintes de production végétale intérieure à haute efficacité énergétique | $160,000 |
| Digital Twin for Efficient Management of Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks | $99,998 |
| Contrôle de la Pollution Atmosphérique : Applications aux Procédés de Recyclage, de Traitement et aux Matériaux | $100,000 |
| 5 projects | $624,886 |
Université du Québec - Institut national de la recherche scientifique
| Ultrafast Quantum Imaging | $150,000 |
| Unraveling Myeloid Cell Diversity in Difficult-to-treat Cancers for Rational Therapeutic Targeting | $299,712 |
| 2 projects | $449,712 |
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
| Optimisation énergétique et réduction de l’empreinte environnementale des procédés et systèmes | $100,000 |
| Plateforme de génomique pour le suivi des environnements aquatiques | $100,000 |
| 2 projects | $200,000 |
Université du Québec à Montréal
| The Creation of the Canadian Bariatric Behavioural Intervention Research Platform | $150,000 |
| Microbial-mediated and Abiotic Contaminant Transformations in Aquifer Ecosystems | $303,584 |
| Laboratoire 1P1. Laboratoire d’expérimentation en réalité étendue | $221,283 |
| EnJeuLab - Infrastructure de recherche sur la pratique et l'évaluation de l'activité physique chez les jeunes | $350,000 |
| 4 projects | $1,024,867 |
Université du Québec à Rimouski
| Laboratory for Acoustics and Vibration Analysis (LAVA): Eco-Friendly and Silent Ship Design | $139,694 |
| 1 project | $139,694 |
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
| Confocal Microscopy Platform | $298,363 |
| 1 project | $298,363 |
| Création d’une plateforme pilote de production fromagère | $78,120 |
| A Neuro-computational Approach to Understand and Quantify Pain Perception | $120,529 |
| Real-time Imaging of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in Fresh Horticultural Produce | $91,749 |
| Infrastructure pour la caractérisation des propriétés hydromécaniques des sols marginalement gelés | $124,850 |
| Étude des problématiques associées à la sous-DÉCLARaration dEs événements indésirables (DECLARE) | $119,204 |
| Comprehensive Utilization of Natural Resources for Critical Metal Recovery and CO2 Mineralization | $122,898 |
| Conception et performance des infrastructures de transport en région froide | $115,237 |
| Neurobiology of Opioid Abuse | $120,000 |
| Plateforme d'analyses en santé des sols | $83,341 |
| Laboratoire de télédétection appliquée à l'adaptation de la sylviculture au changement climatique | $91,791 |
| Determining how Microbes and Nutrients Modify Gut Health and Metabolic Homeostasis | $120,000 |
| Innovations in Wheelchair Mobility Evaluation and Training Traversing Virtual Reality to the Real World | $120,000 |
| Infrastructure de recherche sur les panneaux composites à base de bois de nouvelle génération | $113,820 |
| Plateforme d’imagerie hyperspectrale IR pour la numérisation sensorielle et le contrôle de la qualité des aliments | $99,978 |
| Recherche clinique sur l’endométriose et les facteurs affectant la qualité de vie des individus atteints | $120,000 |
| Impact of Interventions Targeting Cardiometabolic Health on the Brain | $80,065 |
| 16 projects | $1,721,582 |
| Modelling Retinal Degeneration in African Clawed Frog | $251,220 |
| Functional Analysis of Cellular Mechanisms using Live cell Time-lapse Confocal Microscopy | $260,615 |
| Advanced Behavioural and Production Management Research in the Built Environment using Digital and Robotic Technology | $118,175 |
| Advancing Health Equity and Reducing Drug-related Harm through Health Systems Innovation Research | $82,209 |
| Integrated Quadruped Robotic Sensing System (IQRSS) for Efficient Monitoring and Management of Critical Infrastructure | $179,958 |
| Smart Radio Environments based on IoT, 5G and Beyond (B5G) | $160,000 |
| DARC Natural Language Processing for Precision Health | $290,945 |
| Infrastructure for Advancing Bio-robotics: Towards Robotic Motor Function Assessment and Optimal Personalized Therapy | $151,357 |
| Infrastructure to Measure Behaviour and Track Brain Transcription Activity in Drosophila | $211,174 |
| Innovation in Multimodal Imaging to Interrogate Blood Flow, Function, and Metabolism in the Nervous System | $663,058 |
| ISERF – Induced Seismic Experimental Research Facility | $134,329 |
| Portable Photosynthesis and Gas Analysis System for Innovative Plant-soil-microbial Research | $116,478 |
| Infrastructure for Renewable and Sustainable Biomaterials | $318,082 |
| 13 projects | $2,937,600 |
University of British Columbia (The)
| Psychology, Health, and Sexuality (PHaSe) Laboratory | $103,640 |
| Wild Animal Microbiomes & Stress (WAMS) | $133,230 |
| Tissue Microprocessing Platform: Technologies to Unravel Heterogeneous Interactions in Cancer | $380,000 |
| Overcoming Therapy Resistance in Leukemia | $700,000 |
| Computational Sensorimotor Learning Lab | $102,518 |
| Functional Food Colloids Laboratory | $147,884 |
| A Toolkit to Ensure EDI during Software Development Processes | $150,000 |
| Single Cell Analysis of Chromosomal Instability in Cancer using Machine Learning | $147,374 |
| Advanced RNA Translatome Profiling Facility to Identify Therapeutic Targets and Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer (ART-PC) | $120,376 |
| Emotionally Intelligent Construction Robots | $135,485 |
| Advancing Redox Flow Battery Technology and Electrochemical Carbon Capture: A Parallel Development Approach | $150,000 |
| Identifying Disease Drivers of Lethal Brain Cancer | $150,000 |
| Microscopy Suite for High-throughput and High-resolution Analysis of Microbe-interfacing Nanomaterials | $320,000 |
| Advancing DNA-based Nanoswitches using Single Molecule Fluorescence Methods: Towards Precision Detection and Delivery | $150,000 |
| An Autonomous Robotic Platform for Process Chemical Manufacturing and Development | $400,000 |
| Preparation and Characterization of Advanced Materials for Optoelectronics | $146,000 |
| Development of River Survey Capability for Assessment of Fluxes of Sediment and Organic-carbon Across Watersheds | $110,772 |
| Safe Cooperation and Co-existence for Multi-agent Robotic Systems | $144,264 |
| Nutrition and Microbiome Precision Health (N&M Precision) Lab | $150,000 |
| Enhancing Reproductive Population Health Research through Novel Database Development: Building Big Data Infrastructure | $150,000 |
| Implantable Smart Biomaterials and Sensors | $136,912 |
| Hardware and Storage for Natural Language Processing Research with Large Language Models | $116,458 |
| Engineering Solar-driven Industrial Chemical Processes for the Net Zero Economy | $147,214 |
| Synthesis, Simulation, and Validation of an Advanced Macro-mini Robotic System | $128,914 |
| Advanced Raman and Optical Imaging Platforms for Agrifood Safety and Sustainability | $150,000 |
| Multispecies Archaeology Laboratory (MSAL) | $150,000 |
| Stable isotope laboratory for carbon cycle and climate research | $400,000 |
| Request for High-resolution, Low-irradiation in Vivo MicroCT Scanner | $200,000 |
| Developing Laminated Engineered Wood Products using Recycled Wood | $150,000 |
| Multi-omic Analysis of Treatment Resistance and Cancer Heterogeneity (MATCH) | $600,000 |
| Immune Suppression-Free Xenotransplantation | $137,398 |
| Tackling Antibiotic Resistance Generation and Establishing Test Surveillance for TB (TARGETS for TB) | $320,000 |
| Facility for Neurology Fluid Biomarker Innovation | $300,000 |
| Establishing the Fire Resilience and Wood Ignition Safety Evaluation (FIREWISE) Laboratory | $151,422 |
| Computational Social Science at SLIME-Lab | $27,464 |
| 35 projects | $7,107,325 |
| Resilient and Innovative Materials and Structures (RIMS) for Sustainable Infrastructure | $150,000 |
| Designing and Evaluating Novel eXtended Reality User Interfaces for Effective Multi-user Social Interactions | $150,000 |
| The Role of Secretory Autophagy in Age-related Chronic Respiratory Disease | $250,000 |
| Novel Biplane Fluoroscopy Methods to Advance Knowledge on How Joint Motion and Loads Affect Musculoskeletal Disease | $270,669 |
| Evaluation of Phenotypes Towards Elucidating Clinical Stability and Acute Pulmonary Exacerbations in Bronchiectasis | $263,500 |
| Effect of Different Types of Exercise on Brain Health: Role of Biological Sex and Age | $75,001 |
| Ultra High Resolution Multiplex Imaging of the Breast Tumor Microenvironment at the Single Cell Level | $470,986 |
| The Impact of Early Life Events on Longterm Imprinting of Humoral Immune Homeostasis | $250,000 |
| Intravital Imaging of Bacterial Pathogenesis | $467,600 |
| Investigating Links Between Physical Activity and Health Among Small-scale Subsistence Societies | $174,908 |
| Integrating Synthetic Microbiology and Materials Engineering to Redefine Biocompatibility at the Host-microbe Interface | $120,000 |
| Cells to Behaviours: An Integrated Platform for Preclinical Research on Neurodevelopmental Conditions | $84,000 |
| Building Diamond-based Quantum Devices for Sensing and Communication | $400,000 |
| Indigenous Interdisciplinary Land-based Research | $449,916 |
| Research hub for Allogeneic Cell Therapy | $300,000 |
| Intelligent Navigation and Mapping System for Autonomous Driving | $150,000 |
| 16 projects | $4,026,580 |
| Investigating Glial-mediated Purinergic Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders | $79,429 |
| Gaining a Deeper Understanding of Emotional Processing Deficits in Two High-risk Samples of Youth | $45,096 |
| Minimizing Environmental Emissions from Livestock Species in Canada | $100,000 |
| Automated Microbioreactor Platform for Accelerated and Scalable Bioprocessing of Agri-food Residues | $126,837 |
| Highly Sensitive High-throughput Biosensors for Early Cancer Diagnostics and Food Safety Applications | $102,000 |
| The Effect of Grazing Intensity and Fertilization on Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Grasslands | $114,492 |
| Establishing the Growth Eating & Appetite Together (GrEAT) Laboratory to study infant and child growth and development | $141,693 |
| Infrastructure for Building Environmental Monitoring | $75,058 |
| Understanding the Interactions between Hypertension and Huntington's Disease | $79,429 |
| Environmental Sentinel Surveillance and Forecasting of Climate-sensitive Waterborne and Vector-borne Zoonotic Diseases | $150,000 |
| The role of Nitrogen and Carbon Quality in Greenhouse Gas Production following Permafrost Thaw in Northern Peatlands | $112,000 |
| Infrastructure to Establish Lab in Plant Systematics and Evolution of Wild Crop Relatives | $84,000 |
| The Effects of Temperature on Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics | $84,000 |
| Functional Characterization of Neural Circuits Underlying the Perception of Control During Stress | $80,000 |
| Developing Novel Immunotherapies for Brain Cancers | $82,000 |
| 15 projects | $1,456,034 |
| Imaging Inaccessible Ice: Glacier Monitoring at the Ice-ocean Interface | $158,883 |
| Optimizing Soil Fertility Management for Better Grain Nutritional Quality | $160,000 |
| Functional Integration of Neurogenetics in Development & Disease. | $345,000 |
| Microvascular Physiology, Exercise, and Muscle Research Facility for Studying Critical Illness | $156,670 |
| Platform Maximizing the Value of Co-products from Plant-protein Processing | $157,258 |
| Promoting Equitable Access to Safe Water in First Nations and Urban Communities by Assessing Water Safety and Security | $114,578 |
| The Immersive Cognition Laboratory | $160,000 |
| The Heart: Multiple Pathways to Indigenous Heritage Rematriation | $332,514 |
| 8 projects | $1,584,903 |
| Prenatal and Postnatal Exposures on Adiposity Development in infantS (PEADS) Laboratory | $150,000 |
| 1 project | $150,000 |
| Laboratory for Low-carbon Energy Infrastructure | $540,275 |
| NMR Tools to Enable Innovative Molecule, Material, and Process Design | $416,750 |
| Bioenergy & Value-added Products from Non-conventional Organic Wastes, Toward Circular Economy/Climate Change Adaptation | $391,264 |
| In vivo Two-photon Imaging and Manipulation of Different Movement-related Ensembles in 3D in Awake Mice | $585,000 |
| Behavioral and Experimental Macroeconomics | $139,848 |
| Deciphering Targetable Molecular Communication Between Muscle Stem Cells and their Niche Environment to Improve Health | $228,000 |
| Stable Isotopes to Study Changing Northern Environments | $601,848 |
| ** Attosecond X-ray Photonics | $800,000 |
| Designing, creating, and testing hPSC-based endothelial cell therapeutics for liver disease | $338,000 |
| Ultrafast Multidimensional Infrared Spectrometer for Catalysis and Quantum Materials | $340,000 |
| Analytical Tools for Lignin Biology and Engineering | $110,000 |
| Shedding New Light on Photosynthesis with Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy | $340,000 |
| 12 projects | $4,830,985 |
** Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with CERC Research Support
University of Prince Edward Island
| Establishing Illumina Miseq Based Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) facility at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI | $90,086 |
| 1 project | $90,086 |
| The Infrastructure of Health, Economics, and Power | $33,482 |
| BMO Soil Analytical Laboratory | $761,727 |
| Saskatchewan Marine Invertebrate Lab for Embryology | $145,604 |
| 3 projects | $940,813 |
University of the Fraser Valley
| Investigation of Luminescence Signals from Minerals for Sediment Tracking | $63,238 |
| 1 project | $63,238 |
| Impacts of Environmental Change on Organismal Movement | $212,000 |
| 21st Century Challenge for Dentistry: Breaking the Cycle of Irreversible Dental Tissue Loss | $370,645 |
| Sex and Sex-specific Factors Influencing Brain Health Across the Lifespan | $800,000 |
| Structural and Functional Assessments of Diabetic Skin Microvasculature using Photoacoustic Imaging | $102,936 |
| Biointerfacing Materials for Drug Delivery Lab | $150,000 |
| An Advanced Laboratory to Enable Novel Radio Telescopes for Cosmology and Time-domain Astrophysics | $400,000 |
| Machine Learning for Nanoporous Materials Design | $100,000 |
| Heterochromatin Regulation in Development and Inheritance | $160,000 |
| Sarcopenia and Musculoskeletal Interactions (SaMI) Collaborative Hub | $275,080 |
| Targeting Translation for Tissue Regeneration and Repair | $515,757 |
| HFE Visual Design Studio | $94,021 |
| Advancing Neuromodulation for Pediatric Rehabilitation | $238,995 |
| Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology Laboratory – Individual Differences in Oxygen Delivery During Physical Activity | $281,936 |
| Infrastructure to Identify New Targets and Therapies for Neovascular Eye Diseases | $380,000 |
| Universal Filters for Storage Engines | $112,800 |
| Dissecting Mechanisms of Cancer Development using Genetically Engineered Mouse Models | $270,054 |
| Scalable Discrete Integration Engines | $110,000 |
| A Collaboratorium to Improve Problem Framing in Engineering Design | $93,092 |
| Molecular Regulation of Clonal Propagation and Dissemination in Human Breast Cancer | $131,537 |
| Next-generation Vibrational Imaging Platform for Biomedical Research and Applications | $630,000 |
| Development of a High-resolution Imaging Spectrograph. | $280,000 |
| Mechanisms Regulating the Stem Cell Niche in Tissue Regeneration and Aging at Single Cell and Spatial Resolution | $225,000 |
| Advanced Imaging and Manipulation of Hippocampal Activity Patterns Linking Memories Across Time | $733,941 |
| The Open Virome - Infrastructure for Planetary-Scale Virus Surveillance | $80,000 |
| Anticipating and Buffering Stress: From Synapse to Behaviour | $785,715 |
| Innovative Strategies and Simulation Technologies for Sensory-cognitive Health of the Aging Population | $251,241 |
| Advancing Fall Prevention Research | $270,121 |
| Effects of Climate Change, Migratory Plasticity, and Habitat Modification on Monarch Butterfly Migration | $200,000 |
| Enabling Precision Diagnostics/Image-Guided Therapy: Advanced Computational Infrastructure for Musculoskeletal Health | $155,000 |
| Upgrade Glacios-2 200 keV Cryo-electron Microscope | $800,000 |
| Mechanisms of Beta Cell Dysfunction in Diabetes | $260,000 |
| Interrogating Cellular Pathways with Pathogenic Effectors | $250,000 |
| Molecular Logic and Functions of Transcriptional Adaptation | $475,000 |
| Large Memory Compute Nodes for Generation of Quantum Machine Learning Data | $500,000 |
| 34 projects | $10,694,871 |
| Efficient Computing Equipment for Modeling in Quantum Physics | $90,800 |
| The Geomorphology and Chronology Research (GCR) Lab: A Facility for Quantifying Glacial Geomorphic Change | $132,273 |
| Multi-scale Multi-material Additive Manufacturing for Advanced Materials Development | $290,000 |
| 3 projects | $513,073 |
| Scalable Biomanufacturing for a Net-zero Economy | $84,721 |
| Developing Synthetic Symbiotic Bacterial Consortia for Mixed Plastic Upcycling | $80,000 |
| Uncertainty-aware Structural Identification Testbed for Bridge Infrastructure | $110,000 |
| Injectable Filamentous Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine | $92,689 |
| Developing Next Generation of Green Pavement Technologies | $105,000 |
| Translational Approaches to Studying Chronic Pain | $100,000 |
| Social Robots for Supporting Older Adults and Children | $95,000 |
| Integrating Behavioural Science and Digital Health Approaches to Predict and Promote Physical Activity | $100,000 |
| Creation and Validation of the Waterloo Dress Database to Support Impression Formation Research | $22,000 |
| Developing a High-throughput Genome-wide Screening System to Study Stress Defense Mechanisms in Clostridioides Difficile | $150,000 |
| CPU-GPU Accelerated Optimal Process Design and Control to Rigorously Model Space-time | $80,000 |
| 11 projects | $1,019,410 |
University of Western Ontario (The)
| Western X-ray Diffraction Unit | $800,000 |
| Console for 15.2 T preclinical MRI | $800,000 |
| Next-generation Operation and Management of Urban Mobility | $200,000 |
| The Plant Stress Biology Facility | $209,461 |
| Robotic Joint Mechanics Simulator with Dynamic Imaging | $184,830 |
| Portal to Humanistic Immersive Experiences | $104,211 |
| 6 projects | $2,298,502 |
| Automation of Functional Genomics | $75,001 |
| The Cell-type-specific Regulation of mRNA Translation in Health and Disease | $75,001 |
| Understanding Reaction Mechanism and Properties of Low-carbon Cements/Concretes | $75,001 |
| High-precision infrastructure for temperature and dynamic stability testing of micro sensors | $165,045 |
| Integrative Cerebrovascular Function | $75,159 |
| Facility for Research on Sustainable and Smart Pavement Materials | $75,001 |
| Acoustic Monitoring for Long-term Biodiversity and Conservation Research | $75,001 |
| STRIVE: Sustainable Transportation Research - Integrated Vehicular Electronics | $75,001 |
| 8 projects | $690,210 |
| Planetary Surface Exploration Using Multispectral Imagery | $14,288 |
| Thin Film Coatings for Fundamental Physics with Ultracold Neutrons | $25,000 |
| Expanding Pulmonary Function Testing Infrastructure in the Integrative Exercise and Respiratory Physiology Laboratory | $35,970 |
| The University of Winnipeg Child and Community Research and Innovation Commons | $39,837 |
| 4 projects | $115,095 |
| Biomarkers and Treatments to Improve the Care of Brain Injury in Underserved Populations | $42,036 |
| 1 project | $42,036 |
| Comparative Analysis of Chemosensing Mechanisms by Vertebrate Neuroepithelial Cells | $77,215 |
| Mechanisms of Social Behavior in Snakes | $84,909 |
| Deepen our Understanding on Plant-pathogen Interactions in Adapt to Climate Change | $75,648 |
| 3 projects | $237,772 |
| Persistence of Recent Experiences in Memory via Spontaneous Thought | $90,376 |
| Curating Reconciliation through XR Immersive Technologies | $83,308 |
| Establishment of an AI-guided Personalized Medicine Discovery Facility | $140,000 |
| Data Analytics in SErvices (DAISE) | $76,520 |
| Methods to Create Mutations in Cells to Understand and Treat Disease | $100,000 |
| Marginal MediaWorks | $100,000 |
| An Advanced Platform for Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy | $155,000 |
| 7 projects | $745,204 |
NOTE:
As part of this announcement, an additional $19,822,084 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.