Concordia secures $4.69M for research and infrastructure

Concordia researchers will receive a combined $4,691,342 in Canada Research Chair (CRC) and research infrastructure funding to support research across a range of disciplines.

The total includes $3.3 million in CRC awards over five years and $1,391,342 in affiliated infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Government of Quebec and other sources.

“This investment will give Concordia researchers the specialized infrastructure they need to tackle complex research challenges,” says Tim Evans, vice-president of research, innovation and impact. “It will also strengthen Canada's research capacity by supporting collaboration, training the next generation of researchers and helping move discoveries toward practical applications.”

The funded researchers include:

Morteza Rezanejad
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Development
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Anan Chen
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biochemistry of Infectious Disease
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science

Huda Hassan
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Black Digital Geographies
Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Faculty of Arts and Science

Elena Kuzmin
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Synthetic and Functional Genomics
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science

Ishita Tiwary
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Media and Migration
Department of Cinema, Faculty of Fine Arts

Rachael (Ré) Mansbach
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Computational Biophysics
Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Science

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