涩里番 was awarded $42 million through the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 to support 10 research infrastructure projects led by researchers at the University.
The (IF) supports Canadian post-secondary institutions, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions in acquiring and developing cutting-edge infrastructure to advance their research capacity and foster world-class research.
This transformative investment empowers 涩里番 teams to accelerate world-changing research, from breakthroughs in human health to discoveries that illuminate the cosmos.
The 10 涩里番-led projects will be carried out in collaboration with partner institutions across Canada. 涩里番 researchers are also involved in eight projects led by other institutions.
The funding was announced Friday, March 13 by M茅lanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Region.
The supports Canadian post-secondary institutions, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions in acquiring and developing cutting-edge infrastructure to advance their research capacity and foster world-class research. For the 2025 competition, the CFI introduced new funding streams to support exploration and knowledge generation projects in the social sciences, humanities and arts, as well as the creation, renewal and upgrade of core research facilities.
鈥溕锓� is grateful to the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and the Governments of Canada and Quebec for this essential investment in research led by 涩里番 and by our partner institutions across the country,鈥� said Dominique B茅rub茅, Vice-President, Research and Innovation at 涩里番. 鈥淭his funding strengthens 涩里番鈥檚 ability to deliver on the priorities outlined in our Strategic Research Plan by fostering transformative collaboration and providing our researchers with the advanced tools and facilities they need to drive innovation and generate meaningful impact for society.鈥�
Full list of funded projects appears below; we spotlight three:
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Advancing research at the intersection of music, science and technology
Canadians of every age and background listen to music, which supports thousands of jobs and generates hundreds of millions of dollars in domestic sales each year. Given music鈥檚 cultural and economic impact, understanding how music affects our lives 鈥� from the role of technology in shaping how music is created and experienced, to the science of performance and composition 鈥� is increasingly important.
The (CIRMMT), based at 涩里番 and led by Fabrice Marandola and Marcelo Wanderley, professors at the Schulich School of Music, is to receive $9 million in total funding. The world-renowned multi-institutional research facility is dedicated to integrated studies of music, acoustics, cognitive science, engineering, digital media and performance sciences. The funding will support renovations and equipment upgrades across CIRMMT鈥檚 eight CFI-backed research labs, as well as enhancements to the Centre鈥檚 technical and administrative capacity.
By incorporating the latest advances in immersive systems, interactive tools, computational modelling and artificial intelligence and machine learning, the project will enable new collaborative research in music creation, performance, sound environments and applied performance science, helping to keep CIRMMT at the forefront of interdisciplinary research across music, science and technology worldwide.
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Enabling breakthroughs in biomedical and life science research
Guillaume Bourque, professor in the Department of Human Genetics and Director of Bioinformatics at the 涩里番 Genome Centre, received $4.6 million total in funding to support technology development and the implementation of new services and management activities for the (C3G). The project team also includes researchers from Universit茅 Laval and Universit茅 de Sherbrooke.
Directed by Bourque, the C3G is a national platform providing services in genomic data analysis, software development and data management. Since its establishment as a national core facility in 2015, the C3G has supported more than 900 projects from over 450 research groups across every Canadian province and 28 other countries.
As genomic initiatives expand nationwide in areas including precision health, pandemic preparedness and the environment, data processing and interpretation have become major limiting factors for discovery and innovation. This CFI investment will enable the C3G to better meet the needs of projects across the life sciences by bolstering advanced analytics capabilities, including machine learning, data management and secure computing services.
Equipping astrophysics researchers to explore the 鈥榤icrosecond sky鈥�
, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Transient Astrophysics and Professor of Physics, and , Lorne Trottier Chair in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Distinguished James 涩里番 Chair and Director of the Trottier Space Institute at 涩里番, will use $13.6 million in total funding to open a new window on the universe by exploring the 鈥渕icrosecond sky.鈥� The project brings together collaborators from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto.
Astronomers have recently discovered that the cosmos is filled with fleeting radio flashes known as fast radio bursts (FRBs), which originate millions of times further away than stars in our own galaxy. These bursts act as unprecedented probes of the structure and evolution of the universe. Advances in computing now make it possible to search for even faster radio signals, potentially revealing new types of extreme astrophysical phenomena.
Hessels, Kaspi and their team aim to enable the world's first wide-field search for microsecond-scale cosmic transients by leveraging Canada's and 涩里番鈥檚 leadership in two world-leading CFI-funded telescopes: CHIME and CHORD, the latter under construction. Both are in British Columbia, with CHIME outrigger stations spanning North America and similar CHORD outriggers planned. While CHIME casts a broad net to discover new astronomical sources, CHORD will dig deeper and see farther.
The new CFI funding builds on these major research investments by upgrading the computing systems attached to the telescopes鈥� antennas, enabling researchers to do much more with the signals received from the sky. Operating in tandem, CHIME and CHORD can provide a view of the sky with unprecedented sensitivity and enable the detection of ultra鈥慺ast radio bursts. A new Virtual Telescope Command Centre at 涩里番 will support instrument monitoring and help researchers manage and analyze the vast data streams required to uncover these rare cosmic signals.
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涩里番-led projects:
涩里番 Platform for Neuroinflammation Research (MPNIR)
Research team lead and co-lead: Udunna Anazodo and Julien Doyon, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
Awarded by CFI: $5,531,670
Total value with matching funds: $13,829,175
Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics
Research team lead: Guillaume Bourque, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Collaborators: Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, Universit茅 Laval
Awarded by CFI: $1,876,000
Total value with matching funds: $4,690,000
Douglas Cerebral Imaging Centre 鈥� High Field Animal and Post-Mortem Imaging
Research team lead and co-lead: Mallar Chakravarty and , Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Douglas Research Centre
Awarded by CFI: $4,158,712
Total value: $10,396,780
Biofabrication robuste et avanc茅e pour la valorisation d'organo茂des (BRAVO)
Research team lead and co-lead: Corinne Hoesli, Faculty of Engineering and Darcy Wagner, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Research Institute of the 涩里番 Health Centre
Collaborators: 涩里番 Health Centre, Polytechnique Montr茅al, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, University of Ottawa
Awarded by CFI: $6,056,914
Total value: $15,151,069
Unveiling the Microsecond Radio Sky
Research team lead and co-lead: and , Faculty of Science
Collaborators: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto
Awarded by CFI: $5,317,762
Total value: $13,663,915
CONNECT: cell-cell COmmunicatioN Networks: Exploring Changes and Transformations in immune health & disease
Research team lead and co-lead: David Langlais and Jo Anne Stratton, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and The Neuro
Awarded by CFI: $2,580,090
Total value: $6,450,226
Imaging Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Across Scales
Research team lead and co-lead: Heidi McBride and Edward Fon, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and The Neuro
Awarded by CFI: $6,492,693
Total value: $16,231,732
An Integrated Platform for Agro-Environmental Modelling to Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change on Soil, Water and Crops
Research team lead and co-lead: Zhiming Qi and Joann Whalen, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Awarded by CFI: $2,315,475
Total value: $5,788,688
CritMetThermo 鈥� Thermochemistry Infrastructure Platform for Critical Metals Research and Development
Research team lead: Vincent van Hinsberg, Faculty of Science
Collaborators: Polytechnique Montr茅al, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec - 脡cole de technologie sup茅rieure
Awarded by CFI: $4,170,606
Total value: $10,426,515
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media and Technology: The Sound of the Future & the Future of Sound
Research team lead: Marcelo Wanderley and Fabrice Marandola, Schulich School of Music
Awarded by CFI: $3,618,791
Total value: $9,046,978
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Projects on which 涩里番 is a partner:
Research platform for Emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Health
Lead institution: Universit茅 de Montr茅al
涩里番 investigator: Parisa Ariya, Faculty of Science
A Canadian Contribution to the ANDES instrument for the European Extremely Large Telescope
Lead institution: Universit茅 de Montr茅al
涩里番 investigator: Nicholas Cowan, Faculty of Science
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
Lead institution: University of Guelph
涩里番 investigator: Melania Cristescu, Faculty of Science
Measuring Energy and Time in All Regimes for Materials Discovery
Lead institution: Universit茅 de Montr茅al
涩里番 investigator: Raynald Gauvin, Faculty of Engineering
Canadian GRAIN - leading the next frontier in astrophysics
Lead institution: University of British Columbia
涩里番 investigator: , Faculty of Science
Canadian Barrier Coatings Initiative: Protection of Metallic Surfaces Through Molecular-level Innovation
Lead institution: Western University
涩里番 investigator: Janine Mauzeroll, Faculty of Science
ATLAS Tier-1 Centre and Distributed Computing at the LHC Energy Frontier
Lead institution: Simon Fraser University
涩里番 investigator: , Faculty of Science
Chiral Belle: Leveraging New Physics through a Polarization Upgrade of the SuperKEKB Particle Collider
Lead institution: University of Victoria
涩里番 investigator: , Faculty of Science