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Researchers at Canadian universities to receive $12.1 million in infrastructure funding
March 13, 2001
Ottawa, March 13, 2001…Dr. David Strangway, President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) today announced an investment of $12.1 million to provide world-class research facilities for researchers at 23 Canadian universities.
"This funding is aimed at ensuring that Canadian researchers have access to world-class facilities, and that they receive the support they need to compete globally in the knowledge-based economy," said Dr. Strangway. "The CFI's goal is to strengthen Canada's university research and training environment through partnerships with the research institutions, the provinces, other levels of government, as well as the private and voluntary sectors."
"Today's announcement by the Canada Foundation for Innovation recognizes the outstanding contribution of researchers whose work will be of direct benefit to Canadians in a wide range of fields, added the Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry. "By investing in organizations such as the CFI, the Government of Canada is fully engaged in making Canada one of the most innovative societies in the world."
Under the New Opportunities Fund, the CFI Board of Directors approved an investment of $11.1 million to support 67 projects. The projects will enable 86 new researchers in Canadian universities to have access to a wide range of advanced equipment and installations, including:
- a preventive medicine facility at the University of British Columbia that will enable a multidisciplinary approach to bone health research in the elderly;
- a research and development facility at the University of Manitoba for the renewal of public infrastructure in Northern regions;
- a centre at the University of Western Ontario for recycling industrial and mining waste in construction materials;
- a plant molecular biology and genomics lab at the University of Sherbrooke to study renewable resource production and technology; and
- equipment at Dalhousie University to study the proteins involved in the transport of hormones and drugs in the human body.
The CFI also announced investments under two other programs: an investment of $619,783 to provide infrastructure support to four new Canada Research Chairs holders at McGill University (2), Laval University (1) and the University of Western Ontario (1); and an investment of $355,887 under the CFI's University Research Development Fund to support one project at Ryerson Polytechnic University.
The CFI is an independent, not-for-profit corporation established by the Government of Canada in 1997 to address an urgent need of Canada's research community: new, state-of-the-art research infrastructure. It covers 40% of the eligible costs of projects, with the remaining 60% coming from the research institutions and their funding partners from the public, private, and voluntary sectors.
The Foundation has been entrusted with a capital investment budget of $3.15 billion.
The list of approved projects and of funds approved by the CFI follows.
You can obtain a cumulative list of projects approved by the CFI to date here.
Canada Foundation for Innovation /
Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation
New Opportunities Fund / Fonds de relève
| Institution / Établissement | Projects Approved / Projets appuyés |
| Carleton University | 2 |
| Dalhousie University | 4 |
| Lakehead University | 1 |
| Laurentian University | 3 |
| McGill University | 4 |
| McMaster University | 3 |
| Queen's University | 3 |
| Université de Montréal | 3 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | 1 |
| Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure | 1 |
| Université Laval | 3 |
| University of British Columbia | 7 |
| University of Calgary | 2 |
| University of Guelph | 3 |
| University of Manitoba | 4 |
| University of Ottawa | 2 |
| University of Saskatchewan | 7 |
| University of Toronto | 4 |
| University of Victoria | 1 |
| University of Waterloo | 4 |
| University of Western Ontario | 1 |
| University of Windsor | 2 |
| York University | 2 |
Canada Research Chairs /
Programme de Chaires de recherche du Canada
| Institution / Établissement | Projects Approved / Projets appuyés |
| Université Laval | 1 |
| McGill University | 2 |
| University of Western Ontario | 1 |
University Research Development Fund /
Fonds de développement de la recherche universitaire
| Institution / Établissement | Project Approved / Projet appuyé |
| Ryerson Polytechnic University | 1 |
Canada Foundation for Innovation /
Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation
List of approved projects by institution /
Liste des projets appuyés par établissement
New Opportunities Funds / Fonds de relève
| Institution / Établissement | Maximum CFI Contribution / Contribution maximale de la FCI | Project title / Titre du projet |
| Carleton University | $62,400 | Analytical Equipment for Aeroelastic and Aeroacoustic Research on Limit-Cycle, Buffeting and Impulsive Noise Involving Separated Flow |
| $181,652 | The Carleton University CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) Laboratory | |
| Dalhousie University | $116,546 | Laboratory Infrastructure for the Study of Lysosomal Proteins Involved in the Transport of Drugs and Hormones |
| $191,920 | Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial-induced Inflammation: A Role of Mast Cells | |
| $74,361 | Cell mechanics and plasticity: Micromechanical stimulation and measurement of cell rheology coupled with immunofluorescence imaging of cytoskeletal remodelling | |
| $191,636 | Novel Approaches to Mechanosensation | |
| Lakehead University | $110,927 | Industrial Waste Management/Utilization Laboratory |
| Laurentian University | $55,000 | Environmental and Radiochemical Analysis Facility |
| $60,000 | Applications of Electron Backscattered Diffraction and Orientation Contrast Imaging in Geology | |
| $85,000 | Analytical Facility for the Environmental Sciences | |
| McGill University | $160,092 | A level 3 containment laboratory for the study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| $150,000 | Research Laboratory in Mammalian Ecology and Conservation | |
| $200,000 | Low temperature research facility for the study of electronic properties in nanostructures and the realization of a solid state quantum computer | |
| $117,822 | 2 – Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Laboratory | |
| McMaster University | $235,899 | Climate Change Research: Offsetting carbon dioxide emissions by afforestation to improve environmental quality |
| $118,788 | Computing Infrastructure for Theoretical Soft Matter Physics | |
| $161,281 | Research Facility for Fungal Genomics and Population Biology | |
| Queen's University | $130,000 | Development of a Microfluidic Research Facility |
| $140,000 | Vision Research Facility to Study the Neural Basis of Visual Behaviour | |
| $140,000 | Research Facility to Elucidate Molecular Mechanisms of Developmental Toxicity Initiated by Environmental Chemicals | |
| Université Laval | 326 944$ | Expression, assemblage, encapsidation et mécanismes d'entrée virale de HTLV-I et de VHC: recherche de nouvelles cibles thérapeutiques et développement de vaccins |
| 135 189$ | Caractérisation des déterminants génétiques et métaboliques associés à la réponse aux traitements pharmacologique et nutritionnel des hyperlipidémies | |
| $128,108 | Laboratory of neurophysiology for multisite intracellular electrical and optical recordings in vivo | |
| Université de Montréal | 178 599$ | Création d'un laboratoire d'études des interactions patient-infirmière |
| 219 681$ | Mécanismes de régulation de l'angiogénèse dans les maladies cardiovasculaires | |
| 151 828$ | Infrastructure de capture et d'analyse d'images pour la recherche en Vision par ordinateur | |
| Université de Sherbrooke | 154 166$ | Infrastructure de laboratoire de recherche en biologie et génétique moléculaire des plantes |
| Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure | 217 861$ | Laboratoire de recherche en caractérisation et mise en forme des alliages à mémoire de forme |
| University of British Columbia | $61,357 | Social Geographies of population health, health care and human development: An infrastructure project for geographically-based empirical research |
| $196,320 | Interdisciplinary Centre for Non-Newtonian and Complex Fluid Flow Phenomena | |
| $101,000 | BETA-Lab Computational Infrastructure - A Computing Environment for Bioinformatics and Algorithms Research | |
| $163,141 | Infrastructure for multidisciplinary bone health research in high-risk, elderly populations | |
| $195,524 | High-throughput Infrastructure for Studying Plant Disease Resistance | |
| $146,455 | Laboratory for Integrated Cellular and Molecular Plant Biology: Cell Structure in the Post-Genomic World | |
| $146,440 | Facility for Predictive Medicine and Therapeutics Research (FPMTR) | |
| University of Calgary | $131,870 | Establishment of a high-performance real-time digital signal, image and video processing laboratory |
| $135,216 | Cell Biology Infrastructure for Microbial Pathogenesis Research | |
| University of Guelph | $399,976 | Tissue microdissection and analysis for animal health research |
| $390,139 | Evolutionary significance of polyploidy in eukaryotes | |
| $172,998 | System for Targeted Gene Manipulation in Somatic Cells | |
| University of Manitoba | $104,911 | Establishment of a Bioanthropology Digital Image Analysis Laboratory |
| $122,637 | Establishment of a Laboratory for Molecular Systematic Analysis of Biodiversity | |
| $206,026 | Research and Development Facility for Renewal of Infrastructure in Northern Regions | |
| $252,000 | A Clean ICP-MS Laboratory for Trace-Element Studies | |
| University of Ottawa | $195,573 | Novel inflammatory and intercellular mediators of neural cell fate: Creation of a Neural Visualization Unit (NVU) to study mechanisms of neural cell death |
| $209,823 | Role of Glutamatergic Receptors in the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia | |
| University of Saskatchewan | $51,930 | Video-Based Behavioural Observation System for Fish Research Facility |
| $137,300 | DNA Sequencing Laboratory | |
| $144,000 | Calcium channel structure and function in neurosecretion | |
| $233,213 | Plant Metabolism Laboratory | |
| $160,000 | Regulation of replication-independent chromatin assembly activity | |
| $153,949 | Discovering Enzyme Function: Applications in Medicine and Agriculture | |
| $230,276 | Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory | |
| University of Toronto | $147,000 | Dedicated Characterization Facility for Quantum and Disordered Materials |
| $48,730 | Regulation of Central Synaptic Transmission by Neurotrophins and Cytokines | |
| $227,673 | High-Performance Systems-on-Chip: Design, IP Reuse, and CAD | |
| $48,730 | Upgrading the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory for Clinically Translational Research | |
| University of Victoria | $199,457 | A Research Facility for the Investigation of Interfacial Processes on Nanostructured Materials by spectroelectrochemistry and laser-based surface spectroscopy |
| University of Waterloo | $169,141 | Infrastructure for Integrated Reaction Engineering and Membrane Separation Research Applied to Pollution Control |
| $400,000 | Facility for Fabrication and Characterization of Advanced Solid-State RF/Microwave, Sensoric, and Imaging Micro-Devices | |
| $147,525 | Molecular microbiology and bioinformatics | |
| $154,989 | High Temperature Materials Center | |
| University of Western Ontario | $127,854 | Centre for Recycling Industrial and Mining Waste in Construction Materials |
| University of Windsor | $199,679 | Laboratory Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Research on the Environmental Chemistry, Biotransformation and Endocrine Toxicology of Anthropogenic Compounds |
| $199,850 | A Facility for the Study of Nanoscale Mineral-Bacteria-Contaminant-Water Interactions | |
| York University | $200,000 | Chemical Cytometry Facility |
| $192,619 | Stimulation of Angiogenesis by Extracellular Matrix and Mechanical Forces |
Canada Research Chairs Program /
Programme de Chaires de recherche du Canada
| Institution / Établissement | Maximum CFI Contribution / Contribution maximale de la FCI | Project title / Titre du projet |
| Université Laval | 198 554$ | Étude des impacts des habitudes alimentaires et des aliments fonctionnels et nutraceutiques sur le métabolisme des lipoprotéines sanguines et la santé cardio-vasculaire |
| McGill University | $156,000 | Nanostructured Polymer and Monomer: Synthesis and Characterization Facility |
| $145,083 | Laboratory Infrastructure for Drosphilia Developmental genetics | |
| University of Western Ontario | $120,146 | Genomics and Bioinformatics Infrastructure for the London Core Facility For Translational Genomics And Proteomics |
University Research Development Fund /
Fonds de développement de la recherche universitaire
| Institution / Établissement | Maximum CFI Contribution / Contribution maximale de la FCI | Project title / Titre du projet |
| Ryerson Polytechnic University | $355,887 | Facility for Research on Aerospace Materials & Engineered Structures (FRAMES) |
