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捆绑SM社区 researchers share in largest investment in discovery science in Canadian history

130 捆绑SM社区 researchers receive funding from NSERC Discovery Grants Competition.
Published: 9 October 2018

Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced more than $558 million in discovery research funding across Canada, including the largest investment in research from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) this year. Through the 2018 Discovery Grants, Scholarships and Fellowships competition, 130 捆绑SM社区 researchers received funding totaling more than $30 million.

These awards reflect the 2018 competition results for NSERC鈥檚 Discovery Grants, Discovery Accelerator Supplements, Discovery Development Grants, Research Tools and Instruments Grants, Subatomic Physics Discovery Grants, Ship Time Grants and Discovery Grant Northern Research Supplements, as well as Canada Graduate Scholarships, NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships.

The Discovery Grants Program supports ongoing programs of research with long-term goals. These grants recognize the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances. 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 funded projects span disciplines ranging in focus from Professor听Fran莽ois Bouffard鈥s exploration of flexible and low-carbon power and energy systems to听Philippe Depalle鈥檚 innovative research about audio and musical applications; and from the Neuro鈥檚听Neda Ladbon Bernasconi鈥檚听studies of the human limbic system to听鈥檚 explorations of the epoch of the cosmic dawn.

鈥淐anada supports science and our talented researchers,鈥 Minister Duncan said. 鈥淭oday, we are delivering on our historic investment in research and in the next generation of scientists. These remarkable researchers and students we are celebrating are working to make the world a better place and to secure a brighter future for all Canadians.鈥

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