/newsroom/taxonomy/term/643/all en /newsroom/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 12:56:10 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 288505 at /newsroom /newsroom/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. ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ 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> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 20:23:04 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 288503 at /newsroom /newsroom/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, 02 Mar 2021 16:28:37 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 256641 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-awarded-25m-covid-19-infrastructure-325958 <p>Five projects led by ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ 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 16:30:12 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 246753 at /newsroom /newsroom/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 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 234925 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-get-22m-cfi-funding-286570 <div>Eleven ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ 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 ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ recipients will receive matching funds from the Quebec government.</div> <div> </div> Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:22:21 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 36981 at /newsroom /newsroom/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 ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ research projects to collaborate, innovate and train the next generation of scientists for the jobs of tomorrow.</div> <div> </div> Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:05:17 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32854 at /newsroom /newsroom/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, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ 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 16:18:11 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32168 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/canada-foundation-innovation-provides-11m-cbrain-computing-platform-mcgill-262748 <div>ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ 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 ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ on behalf of the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, the Minister of Science.</div> <div> </div> Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:08:52 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 26181 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/17-million-shape-future-music-261118 <p><strong><em><a href="/newsroom">​ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ 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> Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:04:26 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25934 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/12-m-mcgill-cfi-john-r-evans-leaders-fund-260432 <p><strong><em><a href="/newsroom">ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ 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 15:34:05 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 25730 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/breakthrough-organic-reactions-water-237276 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:45:24 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 20923 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/glass-bends-doesn%E2%80%99t-break-232659 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:39:27 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 19662 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/bacterium-canadian-high-arctic-and-life-mars-226842 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:16:40 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 18678 at /newsroom