University of Guelph researchers have secured $31.8 million in new funding from the federal government to support studies ranging from bespoke microbial communities to enhanced cancer therapies and innovative carbon capture initiatives.
The funding is part of a larger investment totaling over $1.7 billion, announced by Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport, on behalf of François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, along with Mark Holland, Minister of Health.
In total, U of G researchers will receive funding as follows:
- Over $4.5 million in tri-agency scholarships and fellowships for 93 U of G graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
- Almost $300,000 in Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development grants, supporting early-stage research projects, for six researchers in the College of Arts, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences and the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics.
- More than $6.5 million in Research Support Fund and Incremental Project grants.
- Over $4.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through its Innovation Fund.
- $2.5 million from the Canada Research Chairs program.
- More than $13.5 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Alliance program.
Read the full article on the U of G News site: Microbes to Carbon Capture: U of G Researchers Receive More Than $ 31.8M in Federal Funding.