News - Canada Foundation for Innovation /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Canada%20Foundation%20for%20Innovation/rss en $10.6M grant supports innovative autism project /channels/channels/news/106m-grant-supports-innovative-autism-project-356608 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2><b> Translational Platform in Autism Research will help uncover the disorders’ neural foundations </b></h2> <p> </p> <p>A new project at The Neuro, and the Research Institute of the Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has been awarded $10.6M in financial support as part of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/spotlight_cfi.png?itok=rwVtaCts" width="160" height="61" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:48:30 +0000 webfull 199253 at /channels A suite of government funding in support of research /channels/channels/news/suite-government-funding-support-mcgill-research-350301 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2> receives $42.5 million in research funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the Canada Research Chairs Program</h2> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/attach/Lab%20photo?itok=nzh65huq" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:44:36 +0000 webfull 191617 at /channels Plusieurs subventions gouvernementales pour la recherche à l’Université /channels/channels/news/plusieurs-subventions-gouvernementales-pour-la-recherche-luniversite-mcgill-350304 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>L’Université reçoit 42,5 millions de dollars pour la recherche de la part du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada, du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines et du Programme des chaires de recherche du Canada.</h2> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/attach/Lab%20photo?itok=nzh65huq" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:42:38 +0000 webfull 191616 at /channels $3.1 M for Eight Research Projects /channels/channels/news/31-m-eight-mcgill-research-projects-337869 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>Eight projects funded through the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) and the Government of Quebec acquire new tools and infrastructure to generate new knowledge, from improving breast cancer treatments to understanding the lives of parasitoid insects. </i></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/breast_cancer_cells.jpg?itok=UDA5E2A1" width="160" height="84" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:22:21 +0000 webfull 178154 at /channels CFI invests $3.9 M in research /channels/channels/news/cfi-invests-39-m-mcgill-research-332318 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>’s researchers will soon acquire the highly specialized tools they need to innovate in their fields thanks to funding from the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the announcement today of $77 million across 50 institutions in Canada through the program. In total, twenty-one research projects have received a combined $3.9 million in federal grants through three rounds of JELF.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/robot-arm.png?itok=53Er_fg0" width="160" height="240" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:49:15 +0000 webfull 172151 at /channels $110M for nine innovative research projects /channels/channels/news/110m-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects-329223 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><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></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/image_2_small.jpg?itok=hcqFaKEj" width="160" height="83" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:28:10 +0000 webfull 168778 at /channels $110M for Nine Innovative Research Projects /channels/channels/news/110m-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects-329218 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Read the story in the <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/110m-for-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects/"> Reporter</a></p> <p>Read the  <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> team lead</b>: <a href="/qls/researchers/guillaume-bourque">Guillaume Bourque</a>, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:10:24 +0000 webfull 168777 at /channels research team studies how calcium compounds accumulate in the arteries /channels/channels/news/mcgill-research-team-studies-how-calcium-compounds-accumulate-arteries-284352 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span>Team leader Marta Cerruti, using the tools of the Canadian Light Source, has examined the mineralized arteries of genetically modified laboratory mice and found that the pathway in the body that leads to what laypeople call “hardening of the arteries” is not what medical experts previously assumed.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cerutti.jpg?itok=W4Q0Q04b" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:07:11 +0000 webfull 134629 at /channels CFI invests $4.2 million to boost 23 research projects with cutting-edge labs and equipment /channels/channels/news/cfi-invests-42-million-boost-23-mcgill-research-projects-cutting-edge-labs-and-equipment-269503 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><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, leads the pack with an impressive number—23 projects totaling $4.2 million—in this latest round of the funding competition.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:42:40 +0000 webfull 130050 at /channels Canada Foundation for Innovation provides $1.1M for CBRAIN computing platform at /channels/news/canada-foundation-innovation-provides-11m-cbrain-computing-platform-mcgill-262748 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> 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 — Île-des-sœurs, made the announcement at on behalf of the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, the Minister of Science.</div> <div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cbrain.png?itok=7NTtYP9c" width="160" height="122" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:14:43 +0000 webfull 121260 at /channels