Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Funding Recipients 2020-2023
2023
| Project Title: | Solenoidal Large Intensity Device (SoLID) Heavy Gas Cherenkov Detector |
| Team Leader(s): | Garth Huber |
| Field of Research: | Physics Microscope/Detector |
| Fund Type: | Innovation Fund |
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CFI Contribution: |
$509,500 |
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Project Title: |
The Environmental Geochemistry and Interfaces Lab (EGI Lab) |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Leslie Robbins |
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Field of Research: |
Impacts of climate change |
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Fund Type: |
John R. Evans Leaders Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$191,372 |
2022
|
Project Title: |
Establishment of Solid-State NMR Facility for Study of Materials Related to Health and Energy |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Cory Widdifield |
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Field of Research: |
Structural determination |
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Fund Type: |
John R. Evans Leaders Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$420,162 |
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Project Title: |
Laboratory for Computational Learning Theory |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Sandra Zilles |
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Field of Research: |
Machine learning |
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Fund Type: |
John R. Evans Leaders Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$77,378 |
2021
|
Project Title: |
Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Taiwo Afolabi |
|
Field of Research: |
Performance and installation art |
|
Fund Type: |
John R. Evans Leaders Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$48,228 |
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Project Title: |
Cold-Region Water Resource Recovery Laboratory |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Jinkai Xue |
|
Field of Research: |
Wastewater treatment (including water treatment processes) |
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Fund Type: |
John R. Evans Leaders Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$168,176 |
2020
|
Project Title: |
Cold Region Erosion and Flooding Research Laboratory |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Peng Wu |
|
Field of Research: |
Civil engineering |
|
Fund Type: |
John R. Evans Leaders Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$93,000 |
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Project Title: |
Improving cannabis-related health and safety |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Nicole Hansmeier |
|
Field of Research: |
Biochemistry |
|
Fund Type: |
John R. Evans Leaders Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$315,000 |
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Project Title: |
Infrastructure to support Canada Research Chair in chemogenomics and antimicrobial research |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Omar El-Halfawy |
|
Field of Research: |
Antimicrobial resistance |
|
Fund Type: |
John R. Evans Leaders Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$200,000 |
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Project Title: |
Mitochondrial Systems (mitoSYSTEMS) Research Centre for Chronic Disease |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Mohan Babu |
|
Field of Research: |
Biochemistry |
|
Fund Type: |
Innovation Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$1,403,288 |
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Project Title: |
Peptide Therapeutics and Point-of-Care Salivary Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 |
|
Team Leader(s): |
Mohan Babu |
|
Field of Research: |
Proteomics |
|
Fund Type: |
Exceptional Opportunities Fund |
|
CFI Contribution: |
$200,000 |