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$25.5 Million CFI Investment Boosts Canada’s Brain Gain
June 29, 2005
Ottawa, June 29, 2005—Today’s announcement by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) of 132 projects at 39 universities will enable Canadian institutions across the country to attract and retain 181 high-caliber researchers as a result of this new funding.
Dr. Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO of the CFI, was joined by David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry Canada to announce a new investment of $25.5 million for Canadian universities.
The CFI Board of Directors approved a total investment of $25.5 million through two funds: $19.6 million under theNew Opportunities Fund (NOF); and $5.9 million under the Infrastructure Operating Fund which assists universities with the incremental operating and maintenance costs associated with new infrastructure projects.
“The funding for these projects will keep Canada at the forefront of research,” said David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry. “The government recognizes the value of research that not only boosts our economy, but improves the quality of life for Canadians.”
“The New Opportunities Fund has been essential in keeping exceptional researchers in Canada and attracting the very best from around the world,” said Dr. Eliot Phillipson. “As a result of this continued support, Canada has rapidly become a destination of choice for leading-edge researchers.”
The CFI’s NOF enables eligible universities to provide research infrastructure for newly recruited faculty members in their first full-time academic appointment, so that these researchers can undertake leading-edge research that benefits Canadians. The fund also enables institutions to recruit new faculty members in the areas of research identified as priorities in their strategic research plans.
These investments cover a wide spectrum of cutting-edge research. Examples include: a Virtual Reality Laboratory for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Mobility Disorders in Quebec, the Investigation of Soil Slope Instability Processes in Ontario, Computer Music Research and Composition Studios in Alberta, and Modeling Head and Eye Movements During Locomotion and Balance Recovery in New Brunswick.
A list of the projects approved by the CFI to date and a list of the approved funding for this announcement are available here.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent corporation created by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure. The CFI’s mandate is to strengthen the capacity of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and other non-profit research institutions to carry out world-class research and technology development that benefits Canadians.
For more information:
Alastair Sinclair
Coordinator, Media Relations
Canada Foundation for Innovation
(613) 996-3160
(613) 447-1723 (mobile)
Christiane Fox
Office of the Honourable David L. Emerson
Minister of Industry
(613) 995-9001
Canada Foundation for Innovation /
Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation
New Opportunities Fund / Fonds de relève
REGIONAL BACKGROUNDERS / FICHE D’INFORMATION PAR RÉGION
- Alberta - British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique - Manitoba - New Brunswick / Nouveau Brunswick - Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve et Labrador - Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse - Ontario - Quebec / Québec
| Project Title / Titre du projet |
Maximum CFI Contribution / |
| A Two-Storey Field Station to Investigate Wind-Driven Rain, Rain Control Strategies, and its Impact on the Building Envelope |
$125,000 |
| 1 project / projet |
$125,000 |
| Computational Facility for Asymmetric Catalysis |
$35,000 |
| 1 project / projet |
$35,000 |
| Avian Thermal Ecology Lab |
$69,118 |
| Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory for the Study of Tetrapod Survivorship of the Permo-Triassic Extinction Event |
$42,861 |
| 2 projects / projets |
$111,979 |
| Genomics of Neurobiological Disease Laboratory for the Analysis of Stress-Related Pathology |
$256,215 |
| 1 project / projet |
$256,215 |
| A Research Laboratory in Evolutionary Algorithms, Computational Biology and Computer Graphics |
$243,112 |
| Laboratory of Marine Environmental Toxicology |
$125,000 |
| Mechanisms of Solid Organ Transplant Long Term Survival |
$624,275 |
| Neural Correlates of Vision Impairment |
$124,467 |
| 4 projects / projets |
$1,116,854 |
| Plate-forme flexible de calcul séquentiel pour la paramétrisation d'algorithmes hybrides |
633368 $ |
| 1 projet / project |
633368 $ |
| Chromatin Architecture, Epigenetic, Biochemical and Molecular Approaches for Systems Biology Based Investigation of Gene Expression During Development and Stress in Plant Cells |
$103,714 |
| Collaborative Northern Environmental and Archaeological Research Initiative |
$73,493 |
| Laboratory for Intelligent Mechatronic Systems |
$110,367 |
| 3 projects / projets |
$287,574 |
| Adaptive Variation in Behavioural and Physiological Traits at Geographic Extremes |
$41,273 |
| Infrastructure to Facilitate Conservation Genetic Studies of Amphibian Populations |
$49,048 |
| 2 projects / projets |
$90,321 |
| A Proposal for the Creation of a Multidisciplinary Research Facility and Technical Platform for the Study of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Interpersonal Processes in Mental Health |
105 372 $ |
| A Virtual Reality Laboratory for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Mobility Disorders |
149 675 $ |
| An Integrated Facility for the Study of Protein Dynamics and Function by NMR and Calorimetry |
215 689 $ |
| Bridging Computational Theories with Observed Laboratory and Field Behaviour: A new computational and experimental laboratory |
88 681 $ |
| Dynamic Imaging with Simultaneous High End Electrophysiological Analysis to Investigate Synaptogenesis |
231 600 $ |
| High-Speed Imaging of the Vocal Tract in Motion: A research laboratory for investigating the articulatory control of speech intonation and prosody |
56 319 $ |
| Infrastructure for an Integrated Plant Promoter Laboratory |
158 548 $ |
| LANS: Infrastructure for a Laboratory for Aquatic Nuisance Species |
118 546 $ |
| Research Platform for the Study of Dynamics Behaviours in Multibody Systems and Virtual Environments |
99 780 $ |
| Stability and Movement is a Complex Balancing Act: Infrastructure for investigating how humans maintain their balance during voluntary movements |
124 176 $ |
| The Effects of Modifying Room Acoustics on the Perception of Reproduced Sound |
159 070 $ |
| The PACE Lab: Paleolimnological and Aquatic Change Ecology Laboratory |
282 199 $ |
| 12 projects / projets |
1 789 655 $ |
| Infrastructure for Research on Biodiversity and Gene Duplication |
$80,000 |
| Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Research on Archaeological Ceramics (LIRAC) |
$83,703 |
| Laboratory of Auditory Physiology and Behavioural Neuroscience |
$100,000 |
| 3 projects / projets |
$263,703 |
| Facility for the Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Organic Molecules |
$263,864 |
| Information Technology Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Labrador Sea Environment |
$52,294 |
| Laboratory for Integrative Cardiovascular-Renal Physiology and Experimental Therapeutics Research |
$173,553 |
| Network Analysis Laboratory |
$46,880 |
| Test Facilities for Advanced Pavement Lab |
$170,828 |
| 5 projects / projets |
$707,419 |
| Plant Growth and Imaging Facilities at Nipissing University |
$448,247 |
| 1 project / projet |
$448,247 |
| A Platform for Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks |
$150,000 |
| Investigation of Soil Slope Instability Processes |
$250,000 |
| Laboratory for Last-mile Photonics Networking Technologies |
$200,000 |
| Nanostructure Ultrafast Laser Laboratory |
$235,920 |
| Presentation of Virus Antigens and the Induction of Host Immunity |
$120,000 |
| Role of Vagal Afferents in Nutrient Signalling in Health and Disease |
$125,000 |
| Sexual Health Research Facility |
$64,000 |
| Shape Control: From DNA damage recognition and repair to self-assembled artificial ion channels |
$152,000 |
| Cold Regions Biogeochemical Research |
$128,000 |
| 9 projects / projets |
$1,424,920 |
| Biochemical Isolation, Identification and Functional Testing of Important Ligand Receptor Complexes from the Plasma Membrane |
$34,239 |
| Computer Vision in Aerospace Applications Laboratory (CVL) |
$41,549 |
| Distributed Fault Tolerant Computing Platform for Multimedia Processing (DMCP) |
$39,366 |
| Ryerson Embodied Architecture Laboratory (REAL) |
$59,980 |
| Using Electrical Resistance Tomography & Ultrasonic Doppler Velocimetry to Study the Continuous Mixing Process of Fluids with Yield Stress |
$61,228 |
| 5 projects / projets |
$236,362 |
| Saint Mary's University Electronics Facility for Experimental Nuclear Physics with Radioactive Beams at TRIUMF-ISAC II |
$133,617 |
| 1 project / projet |
$133,617 |
| Femtosecond Transient Absorption and Fluorescence Up-Conversion Spectroscopy Applied to Biological Systems |
$150,000 |
| Laboratory of Affective and Developmental Neuroscience |
$140,000 |
| Medical Image Analysis Laboratory (MIAL) |
$130,000 |
| Optical Trapping Laboratory for Biomolecular Manipulation |
$150,000 |
| 4 projects / projets |
$570,000 |
| Global Change of Aquatic Ecosystems Laboratory and Field Studies |
$132,591 |
| 1 project / projet |
$132,591 |
| Infrastructure de recherche pour le développement de nouveaux matériaux fonctionnels à forte valeur ajoutée par les procédés d'extrusion double-vis, de coextrusion et d'extrusion réactive |
136821 $ |
| Laboratoire de microbiologie des viandes : validation de procédés et efficacité des systèmes antimicrobiens |
241447 $ |
| 2 projets / projects |
378268 $ |
| Des modèles dynamiques prédisant la réponse virale chez les patients atteints du VIH |
69416 $ |
| Establishment of a New Model System (C. elegans) at IRIC to Study Cell Polarity and Asymmetric Cell Division as it Relates to Cancer Cells |
318080 $ |
| Non-destructive Chemical Characterization of Archaeological Materials Using X-Ray Fluorescence |
123572 $ |
| The Aquatic Microbial Ecology of River N Metabolism |
91242 $ |
| 4 projets / projects |
602310 $ |
| Characterization Infrastructure for Research in Digitally-Enhanced Optical Communication Systems |
106000 $ |
| Combined Approach to Investigate Small Regulatory RNA Metabolism and Iron Homeostasis |
94672 $ |
| Conception et fabrication de systèmes robotiques utilisables dans la vie courante |
69226 $ |
| Cryostat pour un microscope à balayage par effet tunnel pour l'étude de systèmes d'électrons corrélés / Cryostat for a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope to Study Correlated Electrons Systems |
100000 $ |
| Laboratoire de recherche mobile sur l'auscultation des infrastructures de génie civil et les essais non destructifs |
201652 $ |
| Mécanismes moléculaires de la régulation du canal sodique épithélial sensible à l'amiloride, ENaC |
123081 $ |
| Régulation des récepteurs de la neurotensine: Implication dans le contrôle de la douleur |
173723 $ |
| Établissement d'un laboratoire de mécanobiologie et de biomécanique tissulaire |
150000 $ |
| 8 projets / projects |
1018354 $ |
| Reconfigurable Fibre-Optic Telecommunication Test-Bed for the Modeling, Development and Functional Evaluation of Intelligent Network Architectures |
224065 $ |
| 1 projet / project |
224065 $ |
| Système d'hydrothermalisme expérimental (SHE) pour simuler le comportement des éléments traces dans les sulfures |
160228 $ |
| 1 projet / project |
160228 $ |
| Cognitive Health and Aging Research Laboratory / Laboratoire de recherche en santé cognitive et vieillissement |
300018 $ |
| Design, Integration and Characterization of Low-Voltage Low-Power Analog devices and Mixed-Signal Building Blocks for RF Transceivers |
224325 $ |
| Laboratoire d'études sur la violence et la sexualité |
180824 $ |
| 3 projets / projects |
705167 $ |
| Développement d'un laboratoire de palynologie et d'analyse du phytoplancton |
72508 $ |
| Paleo- and Environmental Magnetism Laboratory |
127500 $ |
| 2 projets / projects |
200008 $ |
| Genetic and Imaging Laboratory to Study Signal Transduction Systems |
240525 $ |
| 1 projet / project |
240525 $ |
| Facility for Studies of Thin Films for Optical Fiber Chemical Sensors |
396903 $ |
| 1 projet / project |
396903 $ |
| Biomolecular Design and Peptidomimetic Drug Discovery Laboratory |
$143,571 |
| Building a Pediatric N-of-1 Research Service |
$120,314 |
| Computer Music Research and Composition Studios |
$71,036 |
| Computing Cluster to Develop, Test and Run Remotely the ATLAS High Level Trigger and to Develop and Run Trigger Algorithms and Simulations for the D0 Experiment |
$121,413 |
| Creation of a Vocal Acoustics Laboratory at the University of Alberta's Faculté Saint-Jean |
$110,694 |
| Facilities for the Production of, and Development of Variable Environmental Testing Standards for, Dimensionally Accurate Composite Materials |
$52,437 |
| Infrastructure for Plant Pathology and Breeding Research |
$294,465 |
| 7 projects / projets |
$913,930 |
| Advanced Biomaterials Laboratory |
$66,336 |
| Advanced Spatial Data Collection and Analysis System |
$75,611 |
| Computer Cluster for Experimental Study of Hard Combinatorial Problems |
$75,747 |
| Facility for Molecular BioGeography (FMBG) |
$100,000 |
| High Throughput Platform for Plant Functional Genomics |
$100,000 |
| Infrastructure Support for the UBC Cognitive Neuroscience of Thought Laboratory |
$100,000 |
| Infrastructure for Mitochondrial Toxicity and Dysfunction Studies in HIV and HCV Therapy |
$80,000 |
| Laboratory for the Development of Microsystems Technology for Proteomics and Functional Genomics |
$100,000 |
| Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Genomics and Gene Expression |
$85,000 |
| Nonlinear Optical Microscopy Laboratory |
$100,000 |
| Targeting Bacterial Developmental Genes - Innovative Approaches for Tuberculosis Chemotherapy |
$97,908 |
| The Political Environment, Cognitive Processes, and Citizen Competence in Policymaking: Integrating survey research and laboratory experiments in political behavior |
$100,000 |
| Ultra-High Precision Intense Optical System for Very Low Temperature Spectroscopy (UHPIOS) |
$130,000 |
| Water Tracer Laboratory |
$100,000 |
| 14 projects / projets |
$1,310,602 |
| Cognitive and Motor Neuroscience Lab for the Study of Movement in Average and Special Human Populations |
$148,762 |
| Establishment of a Tissue and Cellular Engineering Research Facility within the Centre for Bioengineering Research and Education at the University of Calgary |
$133,916 |
| 2 projects / projets |
$282,678 |
| Department of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Guelph - High Performance Computing Project (MS-HPC) |
$268,996 |
| Development of a Paleoecology / Paleoclimatology Laboratory |
$127,621 |
| Development of Tools and Technologies for Water Resources Management and Planning |
$123,613 |
| High Brilliance Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Beamline |
$125,000 |
| Infrastructure for the Synthesis and Structural Characterization of DNA Adducts |
$125,000 |
| Infrastructure for the Study of Host-Pathogen Interactions |
$121,296 |
| Mass Spectrometry Platform for the Comprehensive Chemical Analysis of Complex Mixtures in Environmental and Biological Samples |
$176,252 |
| Soil Moisture Observation (SMO) Networks and Computer Facility for Hydrologic Model Development, Data Assimilation, and Satellite Calibration |
$148,436 |
| Studies on Behaviour, Motivation, and Satisfaction of International Tourists |
$60,169 |
| 9 projects / projets |
$1,276,383 |
| Alternative Energy Research Facility for Distributed Power Generation |
$100,000 |
| High-Throughput Plant Genomics Laboratory for Genetic Studies in Canola and Rapeseed |
$99,908 |
| Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Spectral Imaging – Defining the Mechanical Properties of the Brain in Health and Injury |
$100,000 |
| 3 projects / projets |
$299,908 |
| Modeling Head and Eye Movements During Locomotion and Balance Recovery |
$53,006 |
| 1 project / projet |
$53,006 |
| Exploration of Neuro-Functional Mechanisms that May Contribute to Episodic Memory Impairment in Reality Testing Observed in Schizophrenic Patients |
$36,266 |
| 1 project / projet |
$36,266 |
| A Real-Time Movement-Dependent Manipulation Approach for Fundamental Motor Control and Rehabilitation Research |
$121,581 |
| Autonomic Computing Laboratory |
$292,551 |
| 2 projects / projets |
$414,132 |
| Research Facility for (CORDIC-Oriented) Reconfigurable Computing |
$125,242 |
| The UVicUbiq (University of Victoria Ubiquitous Computing) Lab |
$78,500 |
| 2 projects / projets |
$203,742 |
| Integrated Facility for Gene Discovery and Molecular Imaging |
$210,964 |
| Laboratory for the Characterization and Applications of New Sources of Entanglement |
$125,000 |
| Organometallic/Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory |
$260,378 |
| Resources For Computational Research Innovation |
$348,469 |
| Center for Rapid Prototyping of Advanced Multi-Scale Systems |
$320,701 |
| 5 projects / projets |
$1,265,512 |
| A Facility for the Advancement of Musculoskeletal Health Research |
$304,857 |
| A Novel Cell Therapeutic Approach to Induce Tolerance in Xenotransplantation |
$193,116 |
| Advanced Cellular and Molecular Studies of Connective Tissue Growth Factor Action on Fibroblasts |
$190,063 |
| Laboratory for Multidisciplinary Measurements of Human Performance |
$125,051 |
| Laboratory for Image-based 3D Modeling Technologies |
$218,396 |
| 5 projects / projets |
$1,031,483 |
| Density Matrix Renormalization Group Simulations of Systems in Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Chemistry |
$50,000 |
| 1 project / projet |
$50,000 |
| The Digital Sculpture Laboratory at York University |
$201,298 |
| 1 project / projet |
$201,298 |
