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MONTRAL, May 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is helping institutions across the country prepare for pandemics and other health emergencies through its Research Infrastructure Fund in Biological Sciences (FIRSB). This funding program provides researchers with the competitive advantages essential to ensuring the prosperity, health and safety of Canadians, today and tomorrow.
Today, the Honorable Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the regions of Quebec, announced funding of more than $360 million through the CFI to meet the research infrastructure needs of the Canadian biomanufacturing and biological sciences sector. The minister made this Polytechnique Montral announcement on behalf of the Honorable Franois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honorable Mark Holland, Minister of Health. The funding announced today will support 14 infrastructure projects that will contribute to:
- Strengthen Canada’s capacity to detect and monitor pathogens through new technologies and improved processes;
- Target and eliminate bottlenecks and gaps to ensure biomanufacturing processes are reliable, scalable and adaptable across the country;
- Strengthen our collaborative biomanufacturing ecosystem while providing hands-on training covering a wide range of career paths and stages;
- Accelerate research and development of new vaccines, antibiotics and immune therapies;
- Improve diagnostic testing, including working with marginalized groups to address diagnostic gaps;
- Develop policies and practices to increase public confidence in and facilitate access to safe and effective vaccines and other innovations in the biological sciences.
“We must ensure the health and safety of all Canadians, today and tomorrow,” said Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President and CEO of the FCI. Projects funded under the Biological Sciences Research Infrastructure Fund will play a critical role in our country’s ability to respond quickly to future pandemics. This cutting-edge equipment will enable researchers in post-secondary education and the private sector to develop innovative medical interventions and treatments while helping to consolidate Canada’s position as a leader in this growing field. boom.?
This national competition is organized in partnership with the Canadian Biomedical Research Fund for which new funding was also announced today. The Biological Sciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BSRIF) and the Canadian Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF) support the objectives of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy. In 2022, the first stage created five biomedical research centers across the country, while the second stage focuses on research projects and the development of talent within these centers. The research infrastructure projects funded by the FIRSB are all associated with one of these five clusters which will provide strategic direction and support the training of qualified people working in the field of life sciences. In addition, these centers will promote collaboration between establishments and various sectors and will make it possible to translate research results into products resulting from development and biomanufacturing, for the benefit of Canadians.
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- Projects funded by the Biological Sciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BIRSF) will also receive additional funding from the CFI’s Infrastructure Operating Fund (IEF) to cover the operating costs of the biosciences infrastructure. research. The total investment of $361.5 million includes $83.4 million awarded under this fund;
- The FIRSB, in partnership with the Canadian Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF), funds research and talent development projects like those announced today. The FRBC is administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on behalf of the three federal research funding agencies: SSHRC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC);
- Today’s investment of $574 million includes $361.5 million through the FIRSB and more than $213 million through the FRBC. In total, 19 projects from 14 establishments obtained funds to support research, the development of talented people or research infrastructures. Learn more about these projects;
- The five research centers are located at the University of British Columbia, the University of Alberta, the University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa (co-leadership with McMaster University) and the University of Montreal .
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About the Canadian Foundation for Innovation
With its bold mandate and strategic vision, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) gives researchers the means to be world leaders in their field and to respond to major societal issues. The FCI helps fund cutting-edge tools, equipment and laboratories. This infrastructure is necessary for fundamental research and makes it possible to undertake research missions that transcend disciplines and mobilize all sectors. The research infrastructures financed by the CFI promote the mobilization of knowledge, stimulate innovation and commercialization and provide an exceptional environment to ensure the training of the new generation.
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