Canada Foundation for Innovation /channels/taxonomy/term/1831/all en $10.6M grant supports innovative autism project /channels/channels/news/106m-grant-supports-innovative-autism-project-356608 <h2><b>ϲ Translational Platform in Autism Research will help uncover the disorders’ neural foundations </b></h2> <p> </p> <p>A new project at The Neuro, ϲ University and the Research Institute of the ϲ University 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> Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:48:30 +0000 webfull 199253 at /channels A suite of government funding in support of ϲ research /channels/channels/news/suite-government-funding-support-mcgill-research-350301 <h2>ϲ 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> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:44:36 +0000 webfull 191617 at /channels Plusieurs subventions gouvernementales pour la recherche à l’Université ϲ /channels/channels/news/plusieurs-subventions-gouvernementales-pour-la-recherche-luniversite-mcgill-350304 <h2>L’Université ϲ 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> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:42:38 +0000 webfull 191616 at /channels $3.1 M for Eight ϲ Research Projects /channels/channels/news/31-m-eight-mcgill-research-projects-337869 <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> Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:22:21 +0000 webfull 178154 at /channels CFI invests $3.9 M in ϲ research /channels/channels/news/cfi-invests-39-m-mcgill-research-332318 <p>ϲ’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 ϲ research projects have received a combined $3.9 million in federal grants through three rounds of JELF.</p> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:49:15 +0000 webfull 172151 at /channels $110M for nine innovative ϲ research projects /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 $110M for Nine Innovative ϲ Research Projects /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/">ϲ Reporter</a></p> <p>Read the ϲ <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>ϲ 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 ϲ research team studies how calcium compounds accumulate in the arteries /channels/channels/news/mcgill-research-team-studies-how-calcium-compounds-accumulate-arteries-284352 <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> Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:07:11 +0000 webfull 134629 at /channels CFI invests $4.2 million to boost 23 ϲ 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 <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, ϲ 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 Fight tumors and infections with targeted drugs /channels/news/fight-tumors-and-infections-targeted-drugs-257962 <p><i>By Cynthia Lee</i></p> <p>Some drug regimens, such as those designed to eliminate tumors, are notorious for nasty side effects. Unwanted symptoms are often the result of medicine going where it’s not needed and harming healthy cells. To minimize this risk, researchers in Quebec have developed nanoparticles that only release a drug when exposed to near-infrared light, which doctors could beam onto a specific site. Their report appears in the <em>Journal of the American Chemical Society</em>.</p> Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:35:58 +0000 webfull 115366 at /channels From backyard pool chemical to nanomaterial /channels/news/backyard-pool-chemical-nanomaterial-259330 <p><b><i>By Chris Chipello, <a href="/newsroom">ϲ Newsroom</a></i></b></p> <p>Could a cheap molecule used to disinfect swimming pools provide the key to creating a new form of DNA nanomaterials?</p> Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:07:04 +0000 webfull 117037 at /channels $1.2 M for ϲ from CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund /channels/news/12-m-mcgill-cfi-john-r-evans-leaders-fund-260432 <p><strong><em><a href="/newsroom">ϲ 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 $17 Million to shape the future of music /channels/news/17-million-shape-future-music-261118 <p><strong><em><a href="/newsroom">​ϲ 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 Canada Foundation for Innovation provides $1.1M for CBRAIN computing platform at ϲ /channels/news/canada-foundation-innovation-provides-11m-cbrain-computing-platform-mcgill-262748 <div>ϲ University 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 ϲ 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