Winnipeg, MB – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has announced $53 million in funding for projects across the country.
“CFI investments provide vital infrastructure in communities across the country and create opportunities for leveraging the work being undertaken by our enterprising researchers,” said Dr Gilles G Patry, the organization’s president and chief executive officer. “Cutting-edge research facilities are magnets that attract the best talent from around the world, allowing them to work with business and train a new generation of Canadian researchers and innovators.”
The funding, made under the Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF), will support 207 projects at 42 Canadian research institutions across Canada.
The full list of projects follows:
Project Title / Titre du projet |
Maximum CFI Contribution / Contribution maximale de la FCI |
Infrastructure for the Study of Soil Microbial and Plant Ecology in the Context of Exotic Biological Invasions |
$133,249 |
1 project / projet |
$133,249 |
Multimedia Object Research Platform Host for Adaptive and Mobile Learning |
$357,539 |
1 project / projet |
$357,539 |
Ground-Based LIDAR Data for Modeling, Mapping and Assessment of Natural and Man-Made Structures |
$75,896 |
1 project / projet |
$75,896 |
A High Performance Swimming Respirometer |
$30,271 |
1 project / projet |
$30,271 |
Centre for Multiliteracies |
$47,005 |
1 project / projet |
$47,005 |
Environmental Facility for Investigating Transient Dynamics of Wind Turbines |
$500,000 |
Facility for Nanostructures, Surfaces, and Sensor Interfaces (FANSSI) |
$761,054 |
The Carleton Research and Innovation in Sustainable Energy (C-RISE) House |
$582,242 |
Development of a Novel Luminescence Detector for Measurements in Proton Therapy Beams |
$100,000 |
4 projects / projets |
$1,943,296 |
The Impact of Oceanic Microbial Communities on Marine Biogeochemistry, Now and in the Future |
$712,409 |
Child Health and Perioperative Care Laboratory |
$124,870 |
Establishment of the Cardiovascular Neuroscience and Exercise Physiology Laboratory at Dalhousie University |
$125,000 |
Infrastructure to Examine Basic and Applied Neurophysiology and Rehabilitation Post-Stroke |
$125,000 |
Inorganic Polyphosphate of Mammalian Mitochondria: Its Metabolism and Role in Regulation of Cell Death |
$125,000 |
5 projects / projets |
$1,212,279 |
*Hydrodynamic Modelling of Multiphase Processes at Extreme Conditions |
399 373 $ |
Contrôle de qualité des composites à haute performance pour l’aéronautique |
399 993 $ |
2 projets / projects |
799 366 $ |
* Financement de l’infrastructure liée à une Chaire industrielle du CRSNG / Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with a NSERC Industrial Chair
Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic |
$87,256 |
1 project / projet |
$87,256 |
*Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with a SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative / Financement de l’infrastructure liée aux Grands travaux de recherche concertée du CRSH
Completion of the Growth Chamber Facility at the Vale Living with Lakes Centre to Support Restoration Ecology and Climate Change Research |
$41,060 |
CryoVent – Low or Zero Carbon Cryogenic Ventilation for Deep Mines |
$42,903 |
Sample Preparation and Screening Study for Fundamental Studies in Analytical Toxicology and Molecular Genetics |
$55,360 |
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) for Mineral Processing Applications |
$60,182 |
4 projects / projets |
$199,505 |
McGill Automated Plant Phenomics Platform (MAPPP) |
797 980 $ |
Chemical Vapor Deposition Infrastructure for the Metal-Catalyzed Growth of Semiconductors |
250 800 $ |
Deregulation of Epigenetic Regulatory Pathways in Breast Cancer |
60 000 $ |
Development of Cerebellar Circuits |
220 000 $ |
Development of New Methods to Investigate and Predict Urban Heat Island Effects on Water Resources Using Remote Sensing and GIS |
110 000 $ |
Drosophila Lab to Elucidate the Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases |
60 000 $ |
Family and Community Medicine Research |
39 947 $ |
Identification and Characteriztion of Novel Cellular and Molecular Pathways Controlling Chronic Lung Diseases Caused by Cigarette Smoke |
100 000 $ |
Infrastructure for a Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics Laboratory |
100 000 $ |
Integrated Soil Sensing Technology for Optimized Management of Land Resources |
100 000 $ |
Interaction Capture Laboratory |
59 742 $ |
Laboratory for Clean Water Nanotechnologies |
233 200 $ |
Laboratory for Electrochemical Reactive Imaging and Detection for Biological Systems |
395 421 $ |
Laboratory for Ultrafast Terahertz Photonics |
379 794 $ |
Laser Laboratory for Material Processing and Micromachining |
196 992 $ |
Mechanisms Underlying the Learning, Production and Perception of Social Communication Signals |
397 662 $ |
Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms of Hearing and Balance |
60 000 $ |
Neurophysiological Basis and Remediation of Age-Related Cognitive Decline |
120 000 $ |
Synaptic Plasticity of Neocortical Circuits |
209 102 $ |
19 projets / projects |
3 890 640 $ |
Laboratory Support for Model Driven Engineering of Software for Automotive Applications |
$400,000 |
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Microbiome Research in Health and Disease |
$727,419 |
Characterization and Testing of Smart Hydrogel Materials for Biomedicine |
$119,611 |
Infrastructure for Pediatric Exercise and Environmental Testing and Flow Cytometry Suite |
$350,975 |
Laboratory for Rare Stable Isotope Research |
$240,000 |
5 projects / projets |
$1,838,005 |
Interactions Between the Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and the Efficiency of Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Cardiac Output, Muscle Oxygen Consumption, and Heart Rate Variability During Exercise in Humans |
$39,386 |
1 project / projet |
$39,386 |
Accelerated Solvent Extraction to Analyze Organic Contaminants from Land Applied Municipal Biosolids |
$34,059 |
1 project / projet |
$34,059 |
Chemically-Induced Ventricular Septation Defects; Mechanisms and Long-Term Health Consequences |
$120,000 |
Cooperative Mining Machines Research Test-Bed |
$150,000 |
Miniaturized Power Sources for MEMS Applications: Novel Microfluidic Rechargeable Batteries |
$128,000 |
Parametric Imaging Program: 3D Strain and Stress for the Detection of Cardiovascular Disease |
$128,402 |
4 projects / projets |
$526,402 |
Equipment for Isotopic Measurement and Visual Characterization of Solid Environmental Samples |
$92,559 |
Research Equipment for the Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Antimicrobial Natural Products |
$176,128 |
2 projects / projets |
$268,687 |
*Enabling Photonic Innovations for Information and Communication |
800 000 $ |
Effets moléculaires des rayons ultraviolets du soleil sur l’oeil |
109 330 $ |
Infrastructure pour l’étude de l’écologie des mammifères marins polaires : Influence des paramètres individuels et environnementaux sur le statut des populations et leurs écosystèmes |
92 240 $ |
Instrumentation d’un laboratoire d’hydrologie isotopique adapté au contexte d’études scientifiques en milieux forestiers éloignés |
56 798 $ |
Laboratory in Knowledge Translation Research in Primary Care (Phase II) |
153 456 $ |
Laboratoire d’enquête ethnologique et mu |
39 991 $ |
Laboratoire de recherche en virologie appliquée à l’ingénierie des procédés de culture de cellules animales |
155 250 $ |
Plateforme de caractérisation du micro-environnement prostatique pour diagnostic, pronostic et suivi d’intervention de prévention du cancer |
124 092 $ |
Research Platform in Cardiometabolic Imaging: Resolving the Determinants and Consequences of Vulnerable Atherosclerosis |
132 000 $ |
Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory |
225 266 $ |
Équipement pour l’isolement des constituants des extraits forestiers : chromatographie liquide haute performance semi-préparative |
52 648 $ |
Étude du rôle des plaquettes et microparticules dans les maladies inflammatoires et immunitaires |
152 079 $ |
12 projets / projects |
2 093 150 $ |
* Financement de l’infrastructure liée à une Chaire d’excellence du CERC / Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with a CERC Excellence Chair
Outils de contrôle et d’optimisation de la déposition par jet moléculaire assistée par laser de revêtements destinés à des applications industrielles |
$51,505 |
1 projet / project |
$51,505 |
High Performance Mass Spectrometry Platform for Protein Modification Profiling and De Novo Peptide Sequencing |
694 235 $ |
*Infrastructure logicielle du Laboratoire sur la cyberjustice |
116 887 $ |
Biophotonics: from Fundamental Research to Clinical Application in the Visual System |
203 041 $ |
Establishment of Dr B Wilhelm’s Lab to Discover Novel and Recurrent Mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
120 000 $ |
Genetics of Developmental Disorders |
352 088 $ |
Identification and Functional Dissection of Novel Proteins in Centrosome Biology |
113 982 $ |
Infrastructure for Imaging and Genetic Analysis for Studies on Vaso-Proliferative Ocular Disease |
139 756 $ |
Infrastructure for the Establishment of an Ribonucleoprotein Biochemistry and Proteomics Laboratory |
212 515 $ |
Investigation of Novel Methods of Telomere Maintenance in Cellular Senescence, Aging, and Cancer |
240 000 $ |
Laboratoire de neuroimagerie du cycle éveil-sommeil, de l’apprentissage moteur et de l’activité physique dans le vieillissement normal et pathologique |
239 509 $ |
Laboratoire sur les interactions toxicologiques dans les mélanges de xénobiotiques |
173 122 $ |
Molecular Cell Biology of Proprotein Convertases in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Targets |
157 940 $ |
Molecular Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Malignancy |
123 069 $ |
The Role of Ecto-Nucleotidases in Cancer: Validating Novel Therapeutic Targets |
100 000 $ |
Une infrastructure novatrice pour l’étude du remodelage pulmonaire asthmatique et de sa réversibilité à l’aide d’un modèle équin d’asthme chronique |
190 759 $ |
Évaluation de l’efficacité de corrections orthognatiques chez les adolescents souffrant de troubles respiratoires du sommeil, de somnolence diurne et de céphalées |
203 672 $ |
16 projets / projects |
3 380 575 $ |
*Financement de l’infrastructure liée aux Grands travaux de recherche concertée du CRSH / Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with a SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative
Establishment of Molecular Genetics Laboratory on Telomere Protection and Genome Stability |
99 922 $ |
Infrastructure for Advanced Non-Intrusive Tomographic Investigation of Complex Flows |
320 000 $ |
Laboratoire de contrôle de qualité de procédés industriels |
81 551 $ |
Laboratory for Integrative Research in Ecology, Genetics, and Conservation Laboratoire de recherche intégrant l’écologie, la génétique et la conservation |
59 836 $ |
Platform for Nanomaterials Excitation and In-Situ Diagnostics |
107 336 $ |
Rheological Characterization of Bioplastics |
100 000 $ |
Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry for Open-Channel Flow and Ecohydraulic Studies |
90 000 $ |
Étude de la thixotropie et de la rhéologie des bétons à haute performance (BHP) pour améliorer la performance et la durabilité des infrastructures routières |
87 599 $ |
8 projets / projects |
946 244 $ |
Équipements pour la caractérisation de revêtements glaciophobes |
393 801 $ |
1 projet / project |
393 801 $ |
Infrastructure for the Micro-Fabrication and Characterization of Wireless Microelectromechanical Integrated Sensing Systems |
206 018 $ |
MIMO Cognitive-Radio Wireless Mesh Network test-bed (McMesh) |
160 281 $ |
2 projets / projects |
366 299 $ |
A Portable and Towable Acoustic System for Coastal Oceanographic Measurements |
56 480 $ |
1 projet / project |
56 480 $ |
Elemental Dynamics in the Environment |
$99,419 |
Neural Organization of Long-Term Memories |
$96,676 |
2 projects / projets |
$196,095 |
400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer and Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization – Time-of-Flight – Mass Spectrometer for an Advanced Analytical Laboratory |
$398,251 |
1 project / projet |
$398,251 |
Soil, Water, Air, Manure, Plant (SWAMP) Lab: Analytical Infrastructure for Studying Trace Element Cycling at Interfaces |
$800,000 |
*Holocene Archaeology of Northeast Asia |
$793,932 |
A Prion Imaging Laboratory |
$80,000 |
Advanced Analytical Facility for Environmental Soil Research |
$216,458 |
An Ultra-Sensitive Device for Measuring and Imaging Trace Radioactive Impurities in Materials for Dark Matter Searches |
$120,000 |
Creation of a Laboratory to Study the Role of the Hsp90 Chaperone in Cancer |
$333,232 |
Defining New Roles for Bcl-2 Family Members in Breast Cancer: Implications for Improved Treatment Options and Novel Therapies |
$192,573 |
Infrastructure for Telerobotic & Biorobotic Systems Laboratory (TBSL) |
$170,000 |
Infrastructure for the Environmental Surface Research Laboratory |
$105,000 |
Innate and Adaptive Killer Lymphocyte Responses |
$388,594 |
Innovative Research Infrastructure to Propel Implementation and Evaluation of Comprehensive School Health |
$175,399 |
Laboratory for Investigation of Spatiotemporal Molecular Gradients in Biological Systems: Screening Infrastructure for Dynamic Molecular Tools, Materials, and Synthetic Extracellular Environments |
$228,958 |
Laboratory for Monitoring the Pathogenic Potential of Environmental Bacterial Populations |
$100,000 |
Lipid Metabolic Disorders |
$396,157 |
Preterm Birth: Prediction, Prevention and Technology Commercialization |
$291,641 |
Research Infrastructure for the Characterization of Interfacial Properties, Intermolecular and Surface Interactions in Soft Materials, Nanomaterials and Biological Systems |
$100,000 |
Super-Resolution Imaging of Virus-Host Interactions |
$400,000 |
The Role and Discovery of Bioactive Small Molecules from Marine Microbial Communities |
$100,000 |
18 projects / projets |
$4,991,944 |
*Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with a SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative / Financement de l’infrastructure liée aux Grands travaux de recherche concertée du CRSH
A Computational Platform for Web Application Testing, Energy-Efficiency, Reliability and Security (WATERS) |
$130,591 |
Centre for Seaweed Ecophysiology and Biomechanics (CSEB) |
$125,108 |
Crystallography of Biosynthetic Enzymes Laboratory |
$200,000 |
Establishment of a Laboratory for the Biomechanics and Neuromuscular Control of Animal Flight |
$127,685 |
Facilities for Electrochemical Studies Related to Energy and Environment Research |
$60,000 |
Hybrid MicroPET/SPECT and CT Preclinical Imaging |
$398,600 |
Infrastructure for a Motion Analysis and Biofeedback Laboratory |
$126,551 |
Instrumentation for Monitoring Low-Temperature and Ultrafine Aerosols |
$159,334 |
Integrative Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory |
$125,127 |
Large-Scale Drivers of Ecosystem Perturbation and Field Tests of their Effects on Freshwater Systems |
$52,661 |
Living Laboratory for Research on Cognitive Development |
$27,704 |
Mechanistic Understanding of Physical Activity in Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship |
$84,946 |
Microfluidics Technologies for Studying Cell Biomechanics |
$123,790 |
Research Laboratory for the Study of Climate and the Cryosphere: Field Equipment and Computing Laboratory for Assessing the Impact of Clima |
$138,963 |
Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory (SMSL) for Innovative Civil Infrastructure |
$389,316 |
Soil Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory |
$122,167 |
Test Equipment for Characterizing High Efficiency RF Switch-Mode Power Amplifiers |
$70,280 |
The Centre for Culture and Technology |
$124,292 |
The Power Electronics Laboratory for High Efficiency Electric Vehicle Battery Charging |
$125,000 |
UBC(3)D – The University of British Columbia Centre for Catalyst Development |
$203,880 |
20 projects / projets |
$2,915,995 |
Active Traffic Management (ATM) Research Laboratory |
$258,159 |
Experimental Facilities for the New Unsteady Fluid Mechanics Laboratory |
$119,872 |
Fluid-Flow Characterization of Unconventional Reservoirs |
$126,422 |
Generation of an Environmental Genomics System to Study the Evolutionary Consequences of Environmental Change in Canadian Freshwater Fish |
$229,854 |
Haskayne School of Business Behavioural Research Laboratory |
$121,415 |
Infrastructure Resources to Allow the Application of Zebrafish Genetics to Understand Neural and Vascular Development |
$281,719 |
Instrumentation for Prospective Identification, Single-Cell Sorting and High-Resolution Imaging of Multipotent Dermal Stem Cells |
$294,649 |
Microscopy Tools for the Study of Uterine Smooth Muscle Function in Human Pre-Term Labour |
$109,994 |
Quantum Nanophotonics Laboratory (QNL) |
$290,058 |
9 Projects / Projets |
$1,832,142 |
Advanced Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Process Lab for Wastewater Treatment, Reuse, and Energy Recovery |
$124,681 |
Characterizing Flavours in Foods |
$124,307 |
Innovations and Advances in Youth Mental Health |
$64,268 |
Integrative & Innovative Biodiversity Analysis from the Tundra to the Tropics |
$374,919 |
4 projects / projets |
$688,175 |
Preparative Biochemistry Suite for the Study of the Ribosome as a Biomolecular Nanomachine |
$149,766 |
1 project / projet |
$149,766 |
Infrastructure for Metabolic Profiling of Flavour Formation of Functional Foods |
$159,974 |
Infrastructure for a Nutritional Immunology Laboratory |
$140,816 |
Mobile Atmospheric Research System (MARS) for Surface-Atmosphere and Severe Weather Research |
$399,757 |
3 projects / projets |
$700,547 |
Infrastructure for Molecular Research in Plastid Evolution and Algal Diversity |
$169,069 |
1 project / projet |
$169,069 |
*Laboratoire des français d’Amérique |
$154,859 |
Brain Plasticity, Neuronal and Metabolic Adaptations |
$350,156 |
Innovative Cancer Therapies Targetting the Perioperative Period – A Translational Research Program |
$62,150 |
Laboratory for Applied Single-Molecule Biophysics |
$160,871 |
Laboratory for Interactive Research on Environmental and Policy Change |
$115,941 |
Magneto-Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry Laboratory |
$384,524 |
Sensorimotor Neuroscience: Examining Sensory Plasticity Associated with Motor Adaptation |
$199,352 |
Surface Nanoengineering of Implantable Metals to Guide Cell Activity and Fate |
$327,547 |
Tools for Sustainable Polymerization: Polymer Synthesis, Molecular Weight Measurement and In-line Reaction Monitoring |
$273,970 |
9 projects / projets |
$2,029,370 |
*Funding for Research Infrastructure Associated with a SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative / Financement de l’infrastructure liée aux Grands travaux de recherche concertée du CRSH
Development of Nickel Based Catalyst for the Production of Renewable Hydrogen by Autothermal Reforming of Crude Glycerol |
$40,803 |
Infrastructure for Advanced Studies in Host Specificity and Virulence |
$96,074 |
Measurements of Thermophysical Propert |
$60,000 |
3 projects / projets |
$196,877 |
Development of Spectral Imaging Instrumentation for Space-Based Atmospheric Remote Sensing |
$74,380 |
Electrophysiology and Molecular Neuroscience Research Laboratory |
$139,143 |
Experimental Decision Laboratory (EDL) at the University of Saskatchewan: A Facility for the Study of Decision-Making in Complex, Uncertain Situations |
$154,137 |
Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation Facility for Power System Control and Protection Studies |
$62,995 |
Microstructural Crystal-Fabric Analyser |
$63,605 |
Multiplex System for Assessment of (Immuno) Pathogenesis Caused by Viral Infection, and Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immune Responses Induced by Vaccination |
$47,928 |
Realizing the Diagnostic Potential of Metagenomics for Animal, Human and Environmental Health |
$70,486 |
VideoTherapy Analysis Lab (ViTAL) |
$66,857 |
Whole Animal Imaging to Understand Disease and Develop Therapeutics |
$104,737 |
9 projects / projets |
$784,268 |
Advanced Imaging Platforms for Basic Cancer Research |
$617,700 |
Structural Biology Facility for New Generation Cancer Research |
$795,562 |
Animal Resources to Support Cardiovascular and Cancer Research |
$396,670 |
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Stroke in Diabetes and its Potential Therapeutic Treatments |
$120,000 |
Characterization of Cement-Based Materials Using a MicroXRF for Durable Concrete Infrastructure |
$100,000 |
Combined in Vitro/in Vivo Bioimaging Approach for Translational Research in Lung Injury and Repair |
$389,428 |
Control Mechanisms Regulating Human Memory B Cell Responses and Biomarker Discovery Using Novel Lamprey VLR Monoclonal Antibodies |
$115,515 |
Features of Activation and Antigen Recognition by Invariant Natural Killer T Cells |
$116,769 |
High Resolution Real-Time 3D Imaging of Bacterial Infection in Living Hosts: Investigation of Blood-Borne Dissemination Mechanisms of the Lyme Disease Pathogen |
$249,294 |
Identifying Hippocampal Neural Circuits Underlying Anxiety |
$200,000 |
Infrastructure for Advanced Analysis of Genome Organization and Stability |
$119,965 |
Laboratory for Structural Immunovirology- Integrated Infrastructure for Mammalian Protein Expression and Microfluidic Crystallization Screening |
$140,214 |
Laboratory for the Study of Adaptive Development and Emotions in Children and Youth |
$23,716 |
Laboratory for the Study of Optimal and Thriving Relationships |
$30,421 |
Laboratory of Complex Fluids |
$125,215 |
Multidisciplinary Laboratory for Innovative Catalytic Science |
$191,136 |
New Generation Biosensors for the Discovery of Effective Therapeutics Targeting Alzheimer’s Disease |
$160,400 |
17 projects / projets |
$3,892,005 |
Causes and Consequences of Arctic Environmental Change: A Multiscale Approach |
$69,472 |
Distributed Optimization and Control for Multi-Agent Systems (DOC-MAS) Laboratory |
$90,000 |
GFSD – Global Financial Systems Database |
$60,000 |
Laboratory for Stem Cell Based Tissue Engineering |
$121,909 |
Live and Fixed Cell Neuro-Imaging Facility |
$150,000 |
5 projects / projets |
$491,381 |
Experimental Channel for River Hydraulics |
$50,000 |
Facility for Emerging Energy Research |
$50,000 |
Mechanical and Spectroscopic Properties of Nanoscale Soft Materials |
$100,000 |
3 projects / projets |
$200,000 |
Earth and Planetary Materials Imaging and Analysis Laboratory |
$787,069 |
Infrastructure for the Characterization of Proteins and their Modifications |
$624,788 |
Design and Test Laboratory for Implantable Integrated Circuits |
$202,400 |
Groundwater-Coastal Water Interactions Laboratory |
$222,982 |
Peptide-Based Molecular Imaging Agents |
$281,183 |
5 projects / projets |
$2,118,422 |
Arctic Mechanistic Research System for Studying the Integrated Effects of Physiological State and Environmental Variation on Reproductive Decisions in Birds |
$199,997 |
1 project / projet |
$199,997 |
Centre for Inner-City Research, Community Learning, and Engagement (CIRCLE) |
$77,138 |
1 project / projet |
$77,138 |
High-Resolution NMR Spectrometer |
$196,533 |
1 project / projet |
$196,533 |
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