UBC makes a $3-billion pledge to drive solutions and discoveries; upskilling Canada’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing capacity, Dr. Gilles Brassard wins prestigious US Breakthrough Award, and more.
Topic: Canada Foundation for Innovation
The Short Report – August 24, 2022: CFI announces major science initiative projects, an inaugural scholar for NSERC, researching and producing social connection guidelines, and more.
Canada’s leading research facilities get an infrastructure boost; NSERC has an inaugural scholar, thanks to a pilot program with Toronto Metropolitan University, researching the impact of social ties to health and wellbeing, and more.
The Short Report – Dec. 1, 2021: Canadian Nuclear Labs announces project team for Chalk River research centre, CFI’s Innovation Fund competition, Mitacs & SSHRC awards, and more
CNL announces project agreement for construction of its new Advanced Nuclear Materials Research Centre, the Canada Foundation for Innovation launches its flagship competition fund for 2023, SSHRC and Mitacs celebrate Canada’s researchers and innovators, and more.
NRC launches collaborative R&D initiatives to boost its contributions to S&T ecosystems
The National Research Council (NRC) has launched more than 200 collaborative R&D projects valued at $93 million, enabling groups of its researchers to develop disruptive technologies alongside researchers from industry, academia and not-for-profits.
Pressure grows to increase support for fundamental research, tie funding levels to demand
Canada’s support for fundamental research has fallen by a third between 2005 and 2015, but many in the Canadian research community are concerned the federal government doesn’t appear to be in any hurry to take action. The deterioration in federal support — occurring over a period closely corresponding to the decade in which the government of Stephen Harper was in power — witnessed a major swing in funding from fundamental to applied research, with 40% of researchers reporting a similar shift in their focus.