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NSERC contributes $9 million in new funding for science research
July 09, 2025
91泡芙 Faculty of Science researchers have received $9 million in newly awarded funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery and Research Tools and Instruments grants programs.
The funding, , provides funding for new scientific instruments and long-term operating funds to support research programs led by Faculty of Science faculty in a wide variety of natural sciences and engineering disciplines, including chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics and statistics.
Applicants from the Faculty of Science were awarded $7 million in five-year Discovery awards and supplements plus $1.7 million in one year Discovery grant extensions, for a total of $8.7 million in newly awarded NSERC Discovery program funding.
Science has received a further $360,000 toward the purchase and upgrade of scientific instruments.
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