University of Guelph researchers receive more than $20 million in federal funding

University of Guelph’s campus with people walking throughout and buildings such as the library and University Centre in the distance, as well as trees with yellow leaves.

University of Guelph researchers will receive more than $20.4 million in federal support for studies encompassing a wide variety of topics, ranging from wildfires and quarks to Indigenous self-determination and AI.

As part of a broader funding initiative that totals $960 million, Randy Boissonnault, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Official Languages, made the announcement today on behalf of François-Philippe Champagne, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, and Mark Holland, the Minister of Health.

The breakdown of funding for U of G researchers is as follows:

$16 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council [1]
$1.9 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council [2]
$1.1 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation through its John R. Evans Leaders Fund [3]
$1 million from the Canada Research Chairs program [4]
$420,000 in Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships [5]

Read the full release: From Wildfire to Quarks, More Than $ 20 Million in New Federal Funding for U of G Researchers [6].