New UU直播 researchers win recognition
UU直播聮s research community has scored another triumph this summer by obtaining a record number of "New Opportunities" grants. Thirteen out of 14 applications were approved by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and range from work on HIV/AIDS and the hepatitis-C virus to speech disorders to photonic and wireless technologies. Geography professor Ren茅e Sieber obtained the University聮s first CFI-funded project in the management sciences, with a successful proposal to examine e-commerce for community economic development.
"Last year we won the largest amount of CFI funding of any university in Canada, this year it is the turn of new UU直播 researchers to be recognized," says Pierre B茅langer, vice-principal (research), with pride.
The successful UU直播 applicants, who must request funding within the first 18 months of joining the University, have been awarded $1.76 million for new equipment and installations, approximately $150,000 on average for each researcher. "This is 40% of what is actually required for the project. Quebec has agreed to match that amount, and the University is helping to find the remaining 20%," states Principal Shapiro. "It聮s a challenge, but I聮m confident we聮ll succeed."
After an initial assessment by the Minist猫re de l聮Education, the CFI funds are awarded to UU直播 following Independent assessment by experts in Canada and abroad, using three principal criteria:
- Quality of research and the need for infrastructure
- Contribution to strengthening the capacity for innovation
- Potential benefits of the research to Canada.
In addition to campus projects, other UU直播-affiliated institutions receiving the "New Opportunities" funding include the Lady Davis Institute, the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), and two UU直播 Health Centre (MUHC) sites, the MUHC-Montreal Children聮s Hospital, and the MUHC-Royal Victoria Hospital.
Successful projects:
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Antoniou, John
Tissue engineering of intervertebral disc
Brown, Wayne
Biotechnology laboratory for the modern characterization of bioremediation processes
Chen, Lawrence
Network architectures, system design, and device technologies for high performance wireless and lightwave transmission
Driesen, Karel
Modelling simulation and adaptive computation lab
Fon, Edward
Infrastructure for the study of dopamine neuron function
Gatignol, Anne
Expression du virus HIV et marqueurs g茅n茅tiques de l聮H么te dans la progression du SIDA (HIV expression and host genetic markers in AIDS progression)
Glannacopoulos, Dennis
Hybrid adaptive finite element analysis facility for the electromagnetic simulation of microelectronic system interconnections
Gosden, Roger
Experimental and molecular studies of germ cell development
G枚tte, Matthias
HIV/HCV drug discovery and development
Gracco, Vincent
A laboratory for physiological investigations of human communication and communication disorders
Prakash, Satya
Infrastructure for biomaterial, biomedical, and microencapsulation technology research laboratory
Ryan, Aim茅e
Innovative approaches to early embryonic development
Sieber, Ren茅e
E-commerce for community economic development testbed
