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$110M for Nine Innovative ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Research Projects

Published: 9 March 2021

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Funded Projects:

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SecureData4Health

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team lead: Guillaume Bourque, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

External team lead: Vincent Ferreti,

Partner institutions: Hospital for Sick Children, Sinai Health System, Université de Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, Université Laval.

CFI Funding: $7,924,202

Additional funds contributed by Québec: $6,579,695

Total project budget: $19,978,910

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Quantum Dynamics Laboratory: Tools to Visualize Advanced Materials at Work

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team lead: and Bradley Siwick, Faculty of Science.

CFI funding: $2,570,856.

Additional funds contributed by Québec: $2,570,856

Total project budget: $6,427,139

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Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio transient Detector (CHORD)

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team lead: , Faculty of Science.

External team lead: Keith Vanderlinde, Assistant Professor at the and at the University of Toronto.

Partner institutions*: The Perimeter Institute, University of Calgary, University of Toronto.

CFI funding: $9,071,532

Additional funds contributed by Québec: $3,209,533

Total project budget: $23,139,105

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Next Generation dopaminergic cell modeling and therapeutics for movement disorders

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team leads: Carl Ernst, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Edward Fon, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Scientific Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute.

CFI funding: $3,420,697

Additional funds contributed by Québec: $3,420,697

Total project budget: $8,551,743

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Nanotools III

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team lead: , Faculty of Science.

CFI funding: $2,884,120

Additional funds contributed by Québec: $2,884,120

Total Project Budget: $7,210,302

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Building-Architecture-Research Node (BARN)

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Team Leads: Michael Jemtrud, Faculty of Engineering; Kiel Moe, and Salmaan Craig (Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture)

CFI funding: $7,682,961

Additional funds contributed by Québec: $7,682,961

Total project budget: $19,207,401

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Centre for Applied Nanomedicine (CAN) – Studies into Extracellular Vesicle Heterogeneity, Biomarkers and Function

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team leads: Janusz Rak and Peter Metrakos, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

CFI Funds: $1,365,228

Additional funds contributed by Quebec: $1,365,228

Total project budget: $3,413,071

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Functional Atomic-scale Materials Engineering (FAME)

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team leads: Thomas Szkopek and Marta Cerruti, Faculty of Engineering.

Partner institutions: École Polytechnique de Montréal, Université de Montréal, University of Ottawa

CFI funds: $3,244,132

Additional funds contributed by Quebec: $2,767,722

Total project budget: $8,117,615

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Advanced Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing Facility

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team lead: Stephen Yue, Faculty of Engineering.

External team lead: Dominique Poirier, Research Officer Automotive and Surface Transportation, National Research Council of Canada.

Partner institutions: Concordia University, University of Windsor

CFI Funds: $3,775,027 from the CFI Innovation Fund.

Additional funds contributed by Quebec: $3,651,088

Total Project Budget: $9,437,569

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Funded Projects led by other institutions with ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicants:

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Canadian Analytics Network for Outcome Prediction In Exposures (CANOPIE)

Led by: University of Alberta

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant: Christophe BorchersÌý

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Enabling the search for neutrinoless double-beta decays in Xe-136 with nEXO

Led by: University of British Columbia

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant:

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Atomistics of Synthetic and Natural Materials

Led by:ÌýÉcole Polytechnique de Montréal

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant:ÌýRaynald Gauvin and Marc McKee

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A cGMP facility for Personalized Tissue Engineering

Led by:ÌýUniversité Laval

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant:

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CGEn – A National Platform for Genome Sequencing and Analysis

Led by: The Hospital for Sick Children

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant:

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Distributed Digital Intelligence Network (D2IN): Develoment of disruptive and low-cost microsystems for edge computing

Led by: Université de Sherbrooke

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ collaborator:ÌýOdileÌýLiboiron-Ladouceur

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Building a Future for Canadian Neutron Scattering

Led by: McMaster University

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant:

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Neurodevelopmental basis of nervous system disorders: NeuroBasis

Led by:ÌýUniversité de Montréal

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicants: Stuart Trenholm, EdwardÌýRuthazer,ÌýReza Sharif Naeini, ,

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PURE: Particles in URban Environments

Led by:ÌýUniversité de Montréal

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant: NathalieÌýTufenkjiÌý

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Belle II Canadian Research Data Centre

Led by: University of Victoria

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant:

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Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA): A Platform for Interdisciplinary Research

Led by: McMaster UniversityÌý

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicants: Christina Wolfson,

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Auditory-Motor Skill Learning and Brain Plasticity

Led by:ÌýUniversité de Montréal

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ co-applicant: Robert Zatorre

*Partner institutions contribute to the overall project budget from the associated CFI funds.

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