Uvic Research Gets Infrastructure Support

The Canadian government has announced $515 million in funding for 100 projects that will help the country remain at the forefront of scientific exploration, technology development, and knowledge generation, the CBC reports.

According to a press release, the projects are part of the Canada Foundation for Innovation's Innovation Fund, which will help Canada remain at the forefront of scientific exploration, technology development, and knowledge generation.

"The support of the Canada Foundation for Innovation is a strong signal of the importance of UVic research to national and international efforts to generate new fundamental knowledge, address human and planetary impacts of climate change and improve health," Lisa Kalynchuk, vice-president of research and innovation at the University of Victoria, says in the press release.

Two of the projects funded by the fund, for a total of $7.6 million, will test the effects of multiple environmental stresses on plants.

The other, for a total of $6.36 million, will look at the evolution of the universe using high-resolution single-photon light detectors.

The projects are part of UVic's commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals focused on zero hunger, good health, clean water and sanitation, and climate action.

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