UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA RESEARCH & TRUST ACCOUNTING

$8,000,000.00 CAD

≈ 103 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Natural Resources Canada
Program
Energy Innovation Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2018-2019
Agreement period
May 28, 2018 – March 31, 2021
Reference
nrcan-rncan:115-2020-2021-Q3-09921

Published purpose

The purpose of the agreement is to create a modular robotic discovery platform that will be capable of synthesising new materials, testing their properties, and to determine new material configurations using machine learning in order to accelerate the development of new materials for energy applications.

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This federal contribution funds the University of British Columbia to develop a modular robotic platform that uses machine learning to synthesize and test new materials for energy applications.

Category: Research Primarily funds activity in Canada

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