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
Nicoletta Faraone
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Project: Tick Chemosensory System Station
Funding Contribution: $249,632.00
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Cape Breton University
Dr. Catherine Leviten-Reid
Associate Professor, Community Economic Development
Project: Community-University Housing Research Lab
Funding Contribution: $36,812.00
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dr. Xu Zhang
Canada Research Chair (Tier ll) in Healthy Environments and Communities
Project: Water Treatment and Environmental Remediation (WaTER) Laboratory
Funding Contribution: $288,000.00
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dalhousie University
Dr. Drew Weatherhead
Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
Project: The neural and cognitive mechanisms of infants’ word representations: the role of variability
Funding Contribution: $125,000
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dr. Alison Scott
Professor, Process Engineering and Applied Science
Project: Structure-Property Relationships of Water-Soluble Polymers: Innovative Designed Materials for Custom Applications
Funding Contribution: $85,000.00
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dr. Mohammad Hajizadeh
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Health Economics
Project: Equity in health and health care: The role of health and public policies
Funding Contribution: $75,001.00
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dr. Jan Rainey
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Project: A biomolecular NMR facility supporting structural biology, protein engineering and mechanistic studies
Funding Contribution: $800,000
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dr. Lauren Somers
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering
Project: Assessing and leveraging mountain wetlands for water supply and carbon storage
Funding Contribution: $85,000
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
St. Francis Xavier University
Erin Mazarolle
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Project: Neurovascular Research infrastructure for Improving Brain Health
Funding Contribution: $69,844.00
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Saint Mary’s University
David Chiasson
Professor, Biology
Project: Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Legume Plants
Funding Contribution: $213,470.00
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
Dr. Jiju Poovvancheri
Assistant Professor, Math & Computing Science
Project: Research Infrastructure for Large-Scale 3D Geometry Acquisition and Modeling
Funding Contribution: $77,500.00
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)