BACKGROUNDER
March 10, 2007
ONTARIO RESEARCH FUND – RESEARCH EXCELLENCE PROGRAM FUNDED PROJECTS
Through the Research Excellence program of the Ontario Research Fund, the McGuinty government provides research institutions funding to undertake major research projects, hire research teams and cover other operational costs. This first round of funding under the Research Excellence program will invest $115,409,851 to support 26 world-class projects at 12 Ontario universities, institutes and hospitals.
Location |
Institution |
Lead Researcher(s) |
Project Description |
Provincial |
Greater Toronto Area |
Mount Sinai Hospital |
Katherine Siminovitch |
From Disease Gene Mapping To Clinical Practice - A Provincial Program in Clinical Genomics |
$4,821,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
Mount Sinai Hospital |
Tony Pawson |
Ontario Proteomic Methods Centre (OPMC) |
$4,526,986 |
Greater Toronto Area |
Mount Sinai Hospital |
Jeffrey L. Wrana Julian Zielenski |
Understanding Complex Diseases Using Integrative Biology |
$5,987,900 |
Greater Toronto Area |
The Hospital for Sick Children |
Peter |
Contribution of Genetic Modulators of Disease Severity in Cystic Fibrosis to Other Diseases with Similarities of Clinical Phenotype
|
$750,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
The Hospital for Sick Children |
Jayne Danska |
Genome-Environment Interactions in Type 1 Diabetes |
$1,000,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
The Hospital for Sick Children |
Shoshana Wodak |
Use of Computational Biology to Advance Knowledge of Biological Systems at the Molecular and Cellular Levels |
$853,231 |
Greater Toronto Area |
University Health Network |
Jim Woodgett |
Development of Third Generation Technologies for Functional Genomics and Proteomics |
$6,250,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
University Health Network |
Michael Tymianski |
Treatment of Acute Stroke Using MAGUK Inhibitors |
$650,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
University of Ontario Institute of Technology |
G. F. |
Thermo-mechanical Design of Nuclear Based Hydrogen Production |
$1,781,800 |
Greater Toronto Area |
University of Toronto |
R. J. Dwayne Miller Cynthia Goh |
BioOptics: Transformative Technologies for Life Sciences |
$7,841,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
University of Toronto |
Brenda |
Integrative Biology |
$3,000,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
University of Toronto |
Chul |
Microcellular and Nanocellular Plastics Superior Properties with Lowered Weights |
$2,112,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
University of Toronto |
Reza |
Power Electrical Converter and Energy Storage System for Hybrid Wind Power |
$3,490,000 |
Greater Toronto Area |
University of Toronto |
Peter Abdallah S. Daar |
Strengthening the Role of Genomics and Global Health |
$950,000 |
Guelph |
University of Guelph |
Paul |
Canadian Barcode of Life Network |
$1,000,000 |
Guelph |
University of Guelph |
Steven Rothstein |
Genes to Fields: Corn Biotechnology Capacity for Ontario |
$2,800,000 |
Guelph |
University of Guelph |
Mohini |
Ontario BioCar Initiative |
$5,991,300 |
Hamilton |
McMaster University |
David S. Wilkinson |
Initiative for Automotive Manufacturing Innovation (IAMI) |
$15,569,922 |
Kingston |
Queen's University |
Ken Edgecombe |
Innovative Research Using High Performance Computing |
$11,538,915 |
Kingston |
Queen's University |
Brant Peppley |
Ontario Fuel Cell Research and Innovation Network: Realizing The Full Benefits of Fuel Cell Power in Ontario |
$5,483,607 |
London |
John P. Robarts Research Institute |
Robert A. Hegele |
Structural and Functional Annotation of the Human Genome for Disease Study |
$2,000,000 |
London |
The University of Western Ontario |
Jeff |
SHARCNET: New Opportunities |
$10,946,690 |
London |
The University of Western Ontario |
Melvyn A. Goodale |
Centre for Brain and Mind Neuroimaging Facility |
$2,278,500 |
Sudbury |
Laurentian University |
Peter |
Productivity Enhancement and Risk Management for Underground Construction and Mining |
$8,039,000 |
Waterloo |
University of Waterloo |
Amir K. Khandani |
Intelligent Multiple Antenna Structures for Adaptive Wireless Systems |
$4,348,000 |
Waterloo |
University of Waterloo |
M. Pandey Jin Jiang |
Managing Ontario's Energy Systems: Developing Risk and Probability Based Tools |
$1,400,000 |
Total |
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$115,409,851 |
For more information about the Ontario Research Fund, please visit www.ontario.ca/innovation.
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