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Renewable auto technologies development receives $5.9M funding
March 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s agri-food sector is receiving research support from its provincial government that will help find new ways to use farm and forest products in the auto sector. “These initiatives will help make Ontario a world leader in…
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$15M funding supports auto manufacturing R&D
March 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – The Ontario government is providing over $15 million to support the Hamilton Initiative for Automotive Manufacturing Innovation, led by David Wilkinson at McMaster University. The funding will help develop new technologies for producing lighter-weight, more cost-competitive cars.…
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New research centre to seek ways to reduce water use in oil sands
March 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Water use in oil sands development is currently a significant concern, particularly as the industry develops and grows over the next 20 years. A new research centre at the University of Alberta is poised to tackle this…
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Alberta and Korean groups partner to establish new technology research centre
March 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Researchers from Alberta Research Council (ARC) recently saw their projects move from the discovery stage to development of an international research centre. The team responsible for developing ARC’s high power density – solid oxide fuel cell (HPD-SOFC)…
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$4.5M partnership for nanotechnology R&D
February 16, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB, and Mississauga, ON, – Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC), the National Research Council Canada (NRC), the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and Alberta’s provincial government have come together in a $4.5 million partnership for research and development…
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American nanotechnology researcher recruited to Canada
February 12, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – American chemist Dr Richard McCreery has relocated to Alberta from the Ohio State University in Columbus, in order to continue his research in Edmonton at NRC’s National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) as a principal researcher and ingenuity…
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Nanotechnology projects to share nearly $700,000 in funding
February 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – NanoQuebec has awarded eight projects funding under the organization’s collaborative industry-university nanotechnology research program. The projects were selected from among 18 research projects submitted for evaluation. The organization says it will set aside a budget of $696,000…
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Defence R&D project gets $9M in federal support
February 9, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Aerospace company MIST Mobility Integrated Systems Technology (MMIST) has been awarded a $9-million repayable loan from the federal government. The funding is to support a $30-million project to develop unmanned aerial vehicle technology. The second generation of…
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Advanced aerospace project gets $9M in federal support
January 22, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The federal government has provided a $8.97 million repayable loan to assist a $33.5-million project being undertaken by Goodrich Aerospace Canada of Oakville. This project will enhance the company’s existing aircraft actuator product line, which are used…
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MedMira receives $3-million funding to support development of rapid diagnostics tool
January 17, 2007 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – Rapid diagnostic solutions developer MedMira says it will receive up to $3 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), under the Atlantic Innovation Fund. The funding will enable the company’s biosensor division, Maple Biosciences, to undertake…
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Canada’s largest solar research park launched
January 15, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto (U of T), Arise Technologies and Portlands Energy Centre (PEC) have joined forces to create Canada’s largest solar research facility, which will be located on PEC’s site on Toronto’s waterfront. When completed, the…
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$300,000 supports biogas research on hog farms
January 2, 2007 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – A new program being set up by Manitoba’s provincial government will provide $300,000 to support the construction and feasibility assessment of anaerobic digesters at three hog operations. Anaerobic digestion is a process that breaks down manure components…
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$88M funding creates national High Performance Computing Network
December 22, 2006 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The first-ever pan-Canadian network of high performance computing (HPC) facilities has been established with funding of $88 million. The platform will bring together seven existing regional HPC consortia, and allow approximately 6,000 researchers at 61 universities across…
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Alcan to pilot advanced AP50 technology through US$550M facility in Quebec
December 18, 2006 by Lab Canada Saguenay, QC – Alcan plans to build a US$550-million pilot plant at its Complexe Jonquire site to develop its AP50 smelting technology. The pilot plant is expected to produce approximately 60,000 tonnes of aluminum a year and will be the…
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Biodiesel to be tested in long-term Canadian demonstration pilot
December 18, 2006 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A two-phase biodiesel pilot project has been launched in Alberta, in anticipation of a federal renewable fuels strategy. Applications for funding have been made by the members of the Alberta Biodiesel Demonstration Project steering committee who all…
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$30M supports clean technology development
December 8, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Sustainable Development Technology Canada has approved $30 million in new funding for the development and demonstration of clean technologies. The money will be allocated to 13 projects, covering an array of clean technologies. An energy production technology…
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$20M plans unveiled for bio-oil plant and research facilities
October 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Energy solutions developer Dynamotive has announced the site location for a new flagship 200 tonnes-per-day bio-oil plant in Guelph, and a product research laboratory in the Waterloo area. Together with its development partners, Dynamotive says it plans…
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Small, medium-sized companies get help in developing environmental solutions
October 31, 2006 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Not-for-profit commercialization developer Precarn, the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA) and the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) are partnering to fund the research and development efforts of small- and medium-sized companies in Ontario. Under the…
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Medical device developer wins neurotech startup award
October 25, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON – Medical device developer Medtrode received the 2006 Gold Electrode Award as the most promising start-up firm in the neurotechnology industry at this years Neurotech Leaders Forum held in San Francisco on September 28-29. The conference was attended…
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New scientific prize searches for world’s best and brightest
October 25, 2006 by Lab Canada London, ON – Life sciences commercialization facility, the Stiller Centre, is encouraging entries to a recently launched annual award for young science graduates from around the world that will provide them with the opportunity to develop their ideas towards viable…
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Bio-fibre research gets $750,000 funding
October 16, 2006 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Bio-material research and commercialization at the Winnipeg-based Composites Innovation Centre (CIC) is being supported with $750,000 in funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “The CIC plays a very important role in assisting companies in developing and commercializing…
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New bioenergy fund to energize Alberta’s agriculture sector
October 6, 2006 by Lab Canada Red Deer, AB – The Alberta government says it is committing $239 million over the next five years to strengthen and expand Alberta’s bioenergy sector by encouraging manufacturers to bring more bioenergy products to the marketplace. Doug Horner, minister of…
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Foundation announces $10 million prize to map 100 human genomes in 10 days
October 4, 2006 by Lab Canada Washington, DC – The X Prize Foundation has unveiled the $10 million Archon X prize for genomics, a multi-million dollar incentive to create technology that can successfully map 100 human genomes in 10 days. This is the second major prize…
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North America’s newest biofuel test centre opens
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – A new fully qualified and accredited biofuels test facility has opened in Saskatchewan, which will offer reasonably priced, fast and reliable tests to the biofuels industry on a fee-for-service basis. The tests will help producers validate the…
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$19M R&D support for Alcan’s waste treatment project in Quebec
October 2, 2006 by Lab Canada Ville Saguenay, QC – The federal government says it is providing $19.1 million to support research and development activities at Alcan Primary Metal’s Jonquire facility in Quebec. The funding is part of a $242 million pilot project to process and…
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NanoQuebec launches program aimed at increasing competitiveness
September 25, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – NanoQuebec has unveiled a a new program, with a budget of $700,000, designed to support industry-university pilot projects. The program’s goals are to increase the adoption of nanotechnology in Quebec companies and promote the creation of research…
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$645,000 federal funding supports Quebec Photonic Network
September 25, 2006 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The federal government says it is awardubg $643,608 in non-repayable funding to support the activities of the Quebec Photonic Network (QPN). The Quebec Photonic Network, formed in 2005 by the merger of the Rseau photonique de Montral…
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Research super-computer projects get $22M funding
September 22, 2006 by Lab Canada Kingston and London, ON – The Ontario government made two simultaneous funding announcements today to support leading-edge super-computer projects at various institutions. The governments ministry of research and innovation is providing $11.5 million for Queen’s University’s High Performance Computing Virtual…
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Researcher wins award for inventing ultrasound microimaging technology
September 22, 2006 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Ontario researcher Dr Stuart Foster has won the $25,000 Manning Award of Distinction for revolutionizing medical research with his invention of an ultrasound microimaging system. The system, produced by Toronto-based VisualSonics, is a high-resolution in vivo micro…
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Cleaner coal technology the focus of new $33M project
September 18, 2006 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – A $33-million research project aims to find the cleanest ways to generate electricity from Alberta’s reserves of coal. The three-year project is one of the first to be funded under Alberta’s new $200 million Energy Innovation Fund.…
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Geomatics development receives $900,000 in federal funding
September 11, 2006 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – Western Economic Diversification Canada is providing $900,000 in funding for research and development of three new leading-edge Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) at the University of Calgarys School of Engineering. Over the next ten years, major advancements…
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