Fajzel, Richard

$9,820,000.00 CAD

≈ 127 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Program
Research in Priority Areas
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2019-2020
Agreement period
April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2024
Reference
cihr-irsc:236-2019-2020-Q3-00057

Published purpose

Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence program (BL-NCE) funds large-scale collaborative research networks that bring a wide range of research expertise to bear on specific challenges identified by an industrial sector. Led by a not-for-profit consortium of industrial partners, networks enhance private sector innovation by blending academic expertise with the private sector’s drive to respond to real-world challenges. BL-NCEs increase private sector investments in Canadian research, support training of skilled researchers, and accelerate the transfer of ideas from the laboratory into solutions needed by the private sector.

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This grant funds a Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence program, supporting collaborative research networks that bring academic and private sector partners together to address industrial challenges and boost innovation in Canada.

Category: Research Primarily funds activity in Canada

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