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April 28, 2006

Canada Research Chairs Infrastructure Fund / 
Fonds d’infrastructure pour les Chaires de recherche du Canada

 - Provincial Cumulative Totals

Summary by Institution

April 18, 2006

OTTAWA, APRIL 18, 2006—The biggest science experiment in history is currently underway at the world-famous CERN labs in Switzerland, and Canada is poised to play a critical role in its success. Thanks to a $10.5 million investment announced today by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), an ultra-sophisticated computing facility—the ATLAS Data Centre—will be created to support the ATLAS project at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

April 12, 2006

The institutional and project progress report forms are now available on our website through the CFI Online section and must be prepared and submitted electronically. The deadline for submission is June 15, 2006.

For the 2006 analysis, we are requesting the annual institutional and project reports for all projects funded under any CFI program that were finalized:

March 27, 2006

MONTREAL, March 27, 2006—Canada’s reputation as a destination of choice for the world’s top researchers was further enhanced today when the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced the inaugural recipients of its new Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF) program. Dr. Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO of the CFI, was joined by the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, to announce the $23.6 million investment that will benefit 145 researchers at 35 institutions from coast to coast.

February 9, 2006

Ottawa, February 9, 2006 – The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is very proud to announce that it has won the prestigious Conference Board of Canada / Spencer Stuart 2006 National Awards in Governance in the Public Sector category.

January 30, 2006

The Road to Innovation: Canada’s Leadership in International Innovation

Join us at the AAAS Annual Meeting on
Friday, February 17, 2006 from 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm

America's Center, Lobby Level Washington Room C

January 26, 2006

An agreement between Industry Canada and provincial government representatives was reached last fall on the first Research Hospital Fund (RHF) competition. Part of this agreement was to have further discussion on the future of the RHF.