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Ten 91�� research projects receive $42 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation

webfull — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:29:02 +0000

The Government of Quebec and partner organizations provide additional funding, bringing the total research investment to $106 million.

91�� was awarded $42 million through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund to support 10 research infrastructure projects led by researchers at the University.

Published: 13 March 2026

91�� and RI-MUHC awarded $5.1 million for infectious disease research

webfull — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:18:50 +0000

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.

Published: 16 November 2022

A suite of government funding in support of 91�� research

webfull — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:17:57 +0000

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. 91�� 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).

Published: 16 November 2022

Neurological disease and brain plasticity research gets major funding boost

webfull — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:42:54 +0000

The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges

Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund competition.

Published: 19 March 2021

ECE Prof Thomas Szkopek and Mining & Materials Prof Marta Cerruti Obtain CFI Funding for Innovative Research

webfull — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:36:23 +0000

ECE Professor Thomas Szkopek and Professor Marta Cerruti (Mining and Materials Engineering) lead the team that has recently obtained CFI funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund competition for their project Functional Atomic-scale Materials Engineering (FAME).

You can see the complete article here

Congratulations to Thomas and Marta!

Published: 16 March 2021

$110M for nine innovative 91�� research projects

webfull — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:28:10 +0000

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.

Published: 9 March 2021

$110M for Nine Innovative 91�� Research Projects

webfull — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:10:24 +0000

Read the story in the 91�� Reporter

Read the 91�� news release

Funded Projects:

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91�� team lead: Guillaume Bourque, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Published: 9 March 2021

91�� researchers awarded $2.5M for COVID-19 infrastructure

webfull — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:37:48 +0000

Five projects led by 91�� 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.

Published: 6 November 2020

CFI invests $9.3M in 91�� research

webfull — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:57:27 +0000

By Amanda Testani, Office of VP Research & Innovation

Published: 18 August 2020

Message to the 91�� research community about CFI projects

webfull — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:24:02 +0000

On March 20, 2020, the Government of Quebec announced an immediate shutdown of constructions sites due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 7, it was announced that the date to resume construction activities is May 4, 2020. This is a rapidly evolving situation and we will provide updated guidance and information as it becomes available.

Published: 6 April 2020

91������ News - CFI

Ten 91������ research projects receive $42 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation

91������ and RI-MUHC awarded $5.1 million for infectious disease research

A suite of government funding in support of 91������ research