CFI funds new researchers and infrastructure

The Canada Foundation for Innovation has announced awards of more than $22 million for new university faculty and operating funds for research infrastructure. Under the New Opportunities Fund (NOF), $17 million was awarded to 27 universities for 98 projects, bringing funds committed under the program to more than $300 million. NOF allocates funds to universities to be used for hire promising researchers taking up their first full-time academic positions. The Univ of Alberta and the Univ of Toronto received funding for the largest number of projects (11 each), followed by the Univ of Montreal (7), Univ of British Columbia (6) and York Univ (6). An additional $5.1 million was awarded under the Infrastructure Operating Fund, which does not include the standard CFI requirement for matching fund. FMI and a list of recipients: www.innovation.ca/whatsnew....