Press release from Canada Research Coordinating Committee:
“Canada’s researchers provide creative thinking and insight that help our health, environment, communities, and economy thrive. Young researchers, in particular, are engaged in some of the most innovative projects across and between disciplines, but often face challenges accessing funds to support their work, despite its potential to deliver huge benefits to Canadians. That’s why the Government of Canada launched the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF): to provide funding that supports high-risk, high-reward, interdisciplinary and international research to help Canadian researchers make the next great discoveries in their fields.
Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, was at Laurentian University to announce the first 157 early career researchers to receive funding for exploratory research that crosses disciplinary boundaries. This first investment of $38 million will support early career researchers with five years or less of experience since their first academic appointment. Each recipient will receive up to $250,000 over the next two years.
The Exploration stream is one of three streams that comprise the New Frontiers in Research Fund, a new initiative that will enable researchers to work together to solve the world’s most pressing issues. The Transformation stream will provide large-scale support for Canada to build strength and leadership in interdisciplinary and transformative research. Another future stream, International, will enhance opportunities for Canadian researchers to participate in research with international partners so they can exchange ideas with the world’s best and brightest.” Read the full announcement here.
We are pleased to announce that 11 teams based at ACCRU member institutions will receive funding under this program. The recipients are:
| Recipient | Institution | Project | Award |
| Spy Dénommé-Welch | Brock University | Sonic Coordinates: Decolonizing through land-based music composition | $184,793 |
| Xu Zhang | Cape Breton University | Harvesting Visible and Near-Infrared Light with Upconverting Black Titania Nanowire Membrane Devices for Water Treatment | $250,000 |
| Jasmin Raymond | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | Franchir les obstacles pour un développement énergétique durable de l’Arctique grâce au stockage thermique | $250,000 |
| Frédéric Veyrier | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | Novel device for sepsis and meningitidis detection | $250,000 |
| Jérôme Comte | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | Access to safe drinking water in a changing Arctic | $250,000 |
| Thomas Sanders | Lakehead University | Personal Identification (PID) and Social Determinants of Health: Invisibility as a Barrier to Services Among First Nations in Northern Ontario | $196,500 |
| Erin Cameron | Lakehead University | The Transformative Potential of Socially Accountable Education: Understanding Global and Local Perspectives | $164,825 |
| Carlos Rossa | Ontario Tech University | Steerable tumour-sensing needles for real-time biopsy and brachytherapy of breast, prostate, and gynecological cancers | $250,000 |
| Roxanne Lemieux | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | A psychosocial program to interrupt the intergenerational transmission of the biological consequences of child abuse and neglect | $242,935 |
| Christine Clark | University of Lethbridge | Concepts That Bite Through Time | $249,953 |
| Ali Ahmadi | University of Prince Edward Island | Development of technologies for cultivating “uncultivable” marine bacteria: a paradigm shift in natural product discovery | $250,000 |