"As Prime Minister of Canada, it is my pleasure to congratulate the Canada Foundation for Innovation on its 10th anniversary as a formidable force in supporting scientific and technological achievement in our country to bring new ideas and innovations to the world.

I consider that one of the Foundation's most important contributions is having given Canadian researchers the possibility to leave their mark through discoveries that have a positive impact on the lives of thousands of Canadians, while also contributing to the economic development of this country.

The Government of Canada looks forward to working with CFI to continue support for research excellence and building a standard of living and quality of life that are second to none in the world."

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada

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"The creation of the CFI in the late 90s was a master stroke for Canadian science. It has become a real Canadian success story and a model which is the envy of many other countries."

Arthur J. Carty, National Science Advisor

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"The CFI has been the catalyst of Canada's research renaissance."

Peter J. Nicholson, President, The Council of Canadian Academies

"The CFI’s participation has been a major factor in the Canada Research Chairs program’s success at retaining and recruiting world-class researchers in every field of study."

John ApSimon, Executive Director of the Canada Research Chairs Program

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"From new buildings to essential pieces of equipment, to start up funds to help new young investigators kick-start their programs of research, the CFI has been an essential ingredient in the investment in health research over the past 10 years. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the CFI share many common objectives and values, including developing a strong health research enterprise, and thereby, improving the health of Canadians and building Canada’s knowledge economy."

Alan Bernstein, President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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"Evidence of CFI’s success lies not just in the state-of-the-art infrastructure found throughout Canada, but in the outstanding discoveries and innovations made by the researchers who use that infrastructure. NSERC’s relationship with CFI is characterized by collaboration, with our complementary focuses on people and infrastructure enabling us to help make Canada a country of discoverers and innovators for the benefit of all Canadians."

Suzanne Fortier, President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

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"The 10th anniversary of the CFI offers an opportunity to remind ourselves that steadily rising public investments in advancing knowledge and developing talent are an essential part of what has made Canada one of the world’s most successful societies."

Chad Gaffield, President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

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"The CFI and Genome Canada compliment one another and solidify our country’s place at the forefront of genomics and proteomics research and innovation."

Martin Godbout, President and CEO, Genome Canada

"By focusing its funding on areas of demonstrated international strength, the CFI has brought researchers together from disparite disciplines and institutions to collaborate on creating knowledge and solving problems that truly matter to Canadians."

Paul Davenport, President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Ontario

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"Before the CFI, the university research enterprise was in very bad state. The CFI re-energized university research in Canada. It brought hope and support. It attracted researchers to Canada and retained Canada's best and brightest. It encouraged state of the art investments in research infrastructure, and Canadian researchers became the envy of researchers from many countries around the world. CFI was the start of a revolution in research funding by the Canadian Government."

Robert Giroux, Past President & CEO, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

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"In 10 short years, the CFI has sent the signal to the world that Canada is serious about science, and about the talent that performs and applies scientific research. This is the competitive message of the 21st century, and those societies that best understand it, will best advance the prosperity and civic health of their communities."

David Johnston, President, University of Waterloo

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"You can watch research and development or you can participate in it. CFI investments have been essential in making Canada a participant, and have given us an opportunity to be among global leaders in research and development."

Peter MacKinnon, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Saskatchewan

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"Investments in university research infrastructure through the CFI will continue to generate benefits in areas of key strategic importance to Canada as we strive to compete in a global, knowledge-based economy."

Claire M. Morris, President & CEO, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

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"The Canada Foundation for Innovation has had a powerful impact on Canadian research institutions and on Canada itself. CFI investment has enabled investigators to develop and use infrastructure of the highest international calibre. As such, the CFI has helped Canada keep world-class investigators and graduate students in a stunning breadth of disciplines and recruit new scholars who are attracted by the resources, facilities and technologies made possible through CFI support. The CFI is also a key strategic element in the suite of federal programs that support research. A strong CFI is therefore essential to the future of research and innovation in Canada."

David Naylor, President, the University of Toronto

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"Through the CFI’s programs, Canadian universities have created critical masses of excellence to recruit and repatriate experts who are contributing to research and the quality of post-secondary education."

Robert L. Papineau, Director General, École Polytechnique de Montréal

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"The CFI has not only been transformational in the impact it has had on research infrastructure at universities but it has also had a significant effect on leveraging private investment as well as the recruitment of intellectual capital to our country."

Bonnie M. Patterson, President & Vice-Chancellor, Trent University

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“Canadian universities have an important partner in the CFI. Over the past 10 years, we have seen an acceleration in research that can be attributed to the Foundation’s strategic activities. By supporting thousands of projects in all areas of activity—from health and education, to the environment and advanced technology—the CFI helps us acquire the means to pursue our ultimate objectives of social progress and improving the quality of life of our fellow citizens.”

Michel Pigeon, Rector, Université Laval

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"The contributions CFI has made to research excellence within all Canadian universities, small and large, are unprecedented in the history of this country. All Canadians have benefited from the investment CFI has made in research discovery."

Martha C. Piper, Former Vice Chancellor and President, University of British Columbia

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“CFI is a national treasure”.

John C. Polanyi, Faculty Member, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto; Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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"The CFI's investments in research infrastructure have helped bring back superb scientists to Canada. It's had an enormous and national impact."

Robert Roberts, President & CEO & CSO, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

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"CFI funding has enabled organizations to address critical research needs by acquiring state-of-the-art equipment, space, and related infrastructure - a key recruitment, retention, and research operations tool."

Janet Rossant, Senior Scientist and Chief of Research, Lombard Chair in Paediatric Research Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children

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"CFI programs have provided the cutting-edge environment for the training of the next generation of highly-qualified personnel, thereby paving the way for future innovation and successes."

Indira V. Samarasekera, President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Alberta

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“The investment by CFI over the last decade to assist universities to recruit and retain the intellectual resource represented by these scientists is clearly bearing fruit in terms of raising Canada’s profile in science at a global level.”

Patricia Schulte, President, Canadian Society of Zoology, University of British Columbia

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"The CFI is no longer an experiment. This is a proven and successful model envied around the world."

David W. Strangway, President & CEO, Quest University Canada

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"CFI investments have led to renewed confidence in the research community that Canadian scholars once again could count on being globally competitive and being able to contribute some of the solutions to the pressing problems of our age."

Tom Traves, President, Dalhousie University

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"The CFI’s support over the past decade has played a significant role in shaping the face of our campus.”

Luc Vinet, Rector, Université de Montréal

"The CFI plays a pivotal role - one not covered by other organizations - in making possible key research that contributes directly to the quality of life of Canadians and to the future of Canada."

Ron Colman, Executive Director, Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPIAtlantic)

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"The CFI provides the valuable tools necessary that allow the Canadian forest sector to maintain its global competitiveness."

Ian de la Roche, Ph.D., President & CEO, FPInnovations

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"We must uphold the value we place, not only on basic discovery science, but on curiosity and discovery-based research, because innovation comes not always from direct problems and solutions—sometimes it’s just curiosity and chance that lead to incredible discoveries."

Rick Hansen, President & CEO, Rick Hansen Man In Motion Foundation

"We value the CFI's commitment to innovation, which will contribute to the prosperity of the Canadian economy and of Canadians across the country."

Alain M. Bellemare, President, Pratt & Whitney Canada

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"To have successful commercialization in Canada, we need to continue and even augment our investment in basic research, through organizations such as the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Why is it absolutely crucial that we have the best-funded research institutions right here in Canada? Because they attract the very best researchers from around the world and once here, they can prepare Canada’s next generations of graduates, Masters and PhD students, and post-doctorate fellows, including the finest foreign students. All else flows from this."

Mike Lazaridis, Founder, President & Co-CEO, Research In Motion

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“Whether you call it an investment or a gamble, there's an undeniable element of risk in any great innovation. You have to know which ideas are most likely to bear fruit, and you have to be willing to invest the time and money in developing them. In both regards, the CFI plays an invaluable role in Canadian research and business: its list of projects funded shows a real propensity for supporting worthy visions, and its near-$4 billion tally to date is all the proof you need that when it comes to innovation, Canada is not lacking in the boldness required to bring its visions to life.”

Jim Lotimer, President & CEO, Lotek Wireless Inc.

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"The CFI has been a catalyst for moving basic research into the real world, and its investments in state-of-the-art infrastructure not only strengthens our health care system, but also builds a leading-edge economy and creates jobs for Canadians."

Paul N. Lucas, President & CEO, GlaxoSmithKline

"What could be better than to be a scientist and participate in the pursuit of the unknown? It sounds ideal, exciting, even adventurous, but the reality can fall far short without the tools necessary for that exploration. That's where the CFI comes in, by providing the infrastructure that makes the realization of imagination and creativity possible."

Jay Ingram, Host and Producer, Discovery Channel

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"Something big is happening in Canada-a massive increase in Canada's ability to do good science. But Canada's not alone in this race, and if we drop the ball, others won't."

Paul Wells, Senior Political Columnist, Maclean's magazine