Over $1.9 M From CFI For Atlantic Research Infrastructure
January 09th, 2014
In Atlantic Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Leaders Fund has awarded over $1.9 million to support 14 projects. The funding is for cutting-edge research equipment, laboratories and tools for researchers. The CFI funds facilities and equipment in Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions. In turn, this enables universities to remain internationally competitive in areas of research and technology development. Here is the collated list of projects funded in Atlantic Canada:
New Brunswick
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Board of Directors approved a contribution of $852,708 to support 5 infrastructure projects in the province.
Project Title – Maximum CFI Contribution
Mount Allison University
Nanotoxicology Research Facility, $80,995
University of New Brunswick (4 projects – total $771,713)
Materials Characterization Laboratory: Equipment and Renovations, $165,392
Pilot Scaled Infrastructure for Green Fuel Upgrading and Characterization, $273,570
SINLAB Expansion and Innovation: Using Stable Isotopes for Aquatic Research, $185,418
Manycore Infrastructure for High Performance Time Dependent Simulation, $147,333
Nova Scotia
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Board of Directors approved a contribution of $1,084,183 to support 9 infrastructure projects in the province.
Acadia University
Infrastructure to Enhance the Cognitive Neuroscience of Reading and Speech Processing Lab, $41,348
Dalhousie University (7 projects – total $865,609)
Repurposing Pharmaceutical Agents for Cancer Therapy and Post-Oncologic Reconstruction, $125,001
Physiological Ecology and Telemetry Research System for the Analysis of Migratory and Reproductive Success of Canadian Bird and Fish Species, $125,000
Elucidating Mechanisms of Epithelial Drug Transport in the Eye and its Impact on Pharmacokinetics, $117,868
Renewable Energy Storage Laboratory, $125,000
Joint Action Research Laboratory: A Biomechanical Approach to Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, $123,373
Families Overcoming Risk and Building Opportunities for Well-Being, $125,000
NSERC-Cooke Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture, $124,367 (Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with a NSERC Industrial Chair)
Mount Saint Vincent University
Physiological Plant Ecology Laboratory, $177,226