Congratulations to our funding recipients. The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is a non-profit corporation that invests in research infrastructure at Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions.
Acadia University
Dr. Allison Walker
Project: Flow Cytometry Station for the examination of cells
RNS Contribution: $9,9376
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dalhousie University
Dr. Jeffery Dahn
Professor, Physics & Atmospheric Science
Project: Advanced Batteries for Electric Vehicle and Grid Energy Storage Applications
Funding Contribution: $122,308
CFI Innovation Fund
Dr. Graham Dellaire
Professor, Pathology
Project: Cancer risks of Arsenic and Radon environmental Exposures (CARE)
Funding Contribution: $1,727,595
CFI Innovation Fund
Dr. Katja Fennel
Professor, Pathology
Project: A BGC Argo Program for the NW North Atlantic Ocean
Funding Contribution: $3,111,591
CFI Innovation Fund
Dr. Michael Freund, Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Erin Johnson, Professor, Computer Science
Project: Advanced Sustainable Energy Technology (ASET) Research Program
Funding Contribution: $2,725,393
CFI Innovation Fund
Dr. Manuel Helbig
Professor, Physics & Atmospheric Science
Project: An integrated atmospheric boundary layer observatory to diagnose land-atmosphere interactions
Funding Contribution: $100,000
CFI Innovation Fund
Dr. Stan Matwin
Professor, Computer Science
Project: Artificial Intelligence meets Ocean Science (AIOS)
Funding Contribution: $1,157,188
CFI Innovation Fund
Dr. Michael Metzger
Professor, Physics & Atmospheric Science
Project: Multi-channel On-line Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry (multi-OEMS) for Advanced Battery Research
Funding Contribution: $149,977
CFI Innovation Fund
Dr. Kevin Plucknett, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Vincent Sieben, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Project: Next Generation Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics (NG-MAC)
Funding Contribution: $3,305,714
CFI Innovation Fund
Dr. Alison Thompson
Professor, Chemistry
Project: Pyrrole Chemistry for Chemical Biology and Energy
Funding Contribution: $700,000
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Mount Saint Vincent University
Dr. Lori Borgal
Assistant Professor, Biology
Project: Context-dependent Stem Cell Spindle Assembly in Health and Disease
Funding Contribution: $281,686
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dr. Bohdan Luhovyy
Associate Professor, Applied Human Nutrition
Project: The Mount Food Research Centre
Funding Contribution: $122,326
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Nova Scotia Community College
Dr. Wayne Groszko
Research Scientist
Project: Clean Marine Propulsion Lab
RNS Contribution: $41,0954
CFI College-Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF)
Saint Francis Xavier University
Dr. Jantina Toxopeus, Assistant Professor, Biology
Project: Atlantic Canada Centre for the Biology of Insect Overwintering
Funding Contribution: $67,879
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)