/channels/taxonomy/term/2240/all en /channels/channels/news/mcgill-and-ri-muhc-awarded-51-million-infectious-disease-research-343547 <p>New funding of $5.1 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), announced today by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will help researchers Marcel Behr, MD, PhD, and Silvia Vidal, PhD, ensure that Canada is better prepared for the next pandemic. This funding is part of the more than $127 million investment being made through the CFI to support upgrades to eight biocontainment facilities across the country as part of its new Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF) program.</p> Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:18:50 +0000 webfull 184569 at /channels /channels/channels/news/suite-government-funding-support-mcgill-research-343544 <p>Today, the Government of Canada announced an investment of more than $ 301 million in support of social sciences and humanities research, bioscience infrastructure and the Canada Research Chairs Program. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry made the announcement at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa. ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ was awarded 35 Insight Development Grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and 11 renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRC) from the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP).</p> Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:17:57 +0000 webfull 184568 at /channels /channels/channels/news/neurological-disease-and-brain-plasticity-research-gets-major-funding-boost-329746 <p><strong>The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges</strong></p> <p>Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund competition.</p> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:42:54 +0000 webfull 169148 at /channels /channels/channels/news/ece-prof-thomas-szkopek-and-mining-materials-prof-marta-cerruti-obtain-cfi-funding-innovative-329647 <p>ECE Professor Thomas Szkopek and Professor Marta Cerruti (Mining and Materials Engineering) lead the team that has recently obtained CFI funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund competition for their project Functional Atomic-scale Materials Engineering (FAME).</p> <p>You can see the complete article <a href="/newsroom/channels/news/110m-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects-329223">here</a></p> <p>Congratulations to Thomas and Marta!</p> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:36:23 +0000 webfull 169035 at /channels /channels/channels/news/110m-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects-329223 <p>Today, Élisabeth Brière, Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages announced funding results from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) for universities in Quebec.</p> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:28:10 +0000 webfull 168778 at /channels /channels/channels/news/110m-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects-329218 <p>Read the story in the <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/110m-for-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects/">±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Reporter</a></p> <p>Read the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥Â <a href="/newsroom/channels/news/110m-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects-329223">news release</a></p> <hr /><h2>Funded Projects:</h2> <h3> </h3> <h3><b><u>SecureData4Health</u></b></h3> <p><b>±«ÓãÖ±²¥ team lead</b>: <a href="/qls/researchers/guillaume-bourque">Guillaume Bourque</a>, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.</p> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:10:24 +0000 webfull 168777 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-awarded-25m-covid-19-infrastructure-325958 <p>Five projects led by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers are included among the 79 receiving a total of $28 million in research infrastructure support through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Exceptional Opportunities Fund. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry during a news conference this morning.</p> Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:37:48 +0000 webfull 164963 at /channels /channels/channels/news/cfi-invests-93m-mcgill-research-323744 <p><strong><em>By Amanda Testani, Office of VP Research & Innovation</em></strong></p> Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:57:27 +0000 webfull 162534 at /channels /channels/channels/news/message-mcgill-research-community-about-cfi-projects-321483 <p>On March 20, 2020, the Government of Quebec announced an immediate shutdown of constructions sites due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 7, it was announced that the date to resume construction activities is May 4, 2020. This is a rapidly evolving situation and we will provide updated guidance and information as it becomes available. </p> Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:24:02 +0000 webfull 159948 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-get-22m-cfi-funding-286570 <div>Eleven ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers have received grants totaling $2.2 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The announcement was made earlier today by Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC. The ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ recipients will receive matching funds from the Quebec government.</div> <div> </div> Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:22:22 +0000 webfull 137292 at /channels /channels/channels/news/more-59-million-awarded-cfi-and-government-quebec-six-mcgill-research-projects-283993 <div><em>By Meaghan Thurston</em></div> <div> </div> <div>New labs and equipment through the CFI’s Innovation Fund will help six transformative ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ research projects to collaborate, innovate and train the next generation of scientists for the jobs of tomorrow.</div> <div> </div> Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:30:37 +0000 webfull 134248 at /channels /channels/channels/news/cfi-invests-42-million-boost-23-mcgill-research-projects-cutting-edge-labs-and-equipment-269503 <p>At Laurentian University today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced a total investment of $52 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) <a href="http://www.innovation.ca/en/OurFunds/CFIFunds/JohnREvansLeadersFund">John R. Evans Leaders Fund</a> for 220 new infrastructure projects nationally. Among the 51 universities across the country with funded projects, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ leads the pack with an impressive number—23 projects totaling $4.2 million—in this latest round of the funding competition.</p> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:42:40 +0000 webfull 130050 at /channels /channels/news/12-m-mcgill-cfi-john-r-evans-leaders-fund-260432 <p><strong><em><a href="/newsroom">±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Newsroom</a></em></strong></p> <p><em>To support six research projects in fields from neuroscience to food safety and Arctic ecosystems</em></p> Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:34:10 +0000 webfull 118248 at /channels /channels/news/17-million-shape-future-music-261118 <p><strong><em><a href="/newsroom">​±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Newsroom</a></em></strong><span> </span></p> <p>This significant investment of public and private support will redefine the future of music research in Canada by transforming the way musicians compose, listen and perform music.</p> Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:59:43 +0000 webfull 119130 at /channels /channels/news/canada-foundation-innovation-provides-11m-cbrain-computing-platform-mcgill-262748 <div>±«ÓãÖ±²¥ will receive more than $1.1 million for CBRAIN, one of the world’s most advanced computing platforms for brain research, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Cyberinfrastructure Initiative.</div> <div> </div> <div>Marc Miller, Member of Parliament for Ville-Marie — Le Sud-ouest — ÃŽle-des-sÅ“urs, made the announcement at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ on behalf of the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, the Minister of Science.</div> <div> </div> Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:14:43 +0000 webfull 121260 at /channels