Grants and Contributions

Hiring a recent engineering graduate for production planning.

This project aims to adapt cutting-edge smallRNA technologies, widely explored in therapeutics, for cosmetic applications such as improving skin tone and reducing the appearance of wrinkles. The firm will develop targeted delivery systems that guide and protect these molecules until they reach the skin cells of interest, using specialized binding agents that act like “molecular guides”, aptamers, to ensure effective and precise action.

The project will leverage artificial intelligence to predict service disruptions, diagnose their causes, and proactively select the most reliable network.

This project consists of exploring how Baltic states engage civilians in defence and resistance through interviews complemented by analysis of legislation, grey literature, and press coverage of the development of home guard as a critical part of national defense.

This contribution supports the Lower Similkameen Indian Band to take part in planning activities and conduct engagement with Band members and adjacent bands, provide input from Syilx traditional knowledge and land use, and make recommendations regarding the establishment of the South Okanagan-Similkameen national park reserve leading to signed park establishment agreements between Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Parks Canada and the Government of British Columbia.

This contribution supports the lab processing and analysis of caribou genetic information collected in Wapusk National Park and will enable a better understanding of the genetic composition of the herds utilizing the park and Greater Wapusk Ecosystem.

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

The Polestar payload aims to address outstanding questions on the mechanism of space anemia. Polestar will test three key hypotheses: 1. Older red blood cells (RBC) are preferentially destroyed in space; 2. Space can induce a shift from adult to fetal hemoglobin; and 3. Space induces RBC morphological changes, causing RBC dysfunction. Using blood and air samples collected from the SpaceX Polaris Dawn five-day mission, Polestar will measure the effect of high-altitude space and space radiation on space hemolysis in four astronauts compared to four age-related and sex-matched ground controls. Polestar will investigate the subpopulation of hemolyzed RBCs, hemoglobin gene-switching, and RBC anomalies, using state-of-the-art methods often applied for the first time to space samples. Polestar leverages private space missions to speed up critical space life science advances.

A junior engineer will work under the supervision of a P.Eng. to improve Energera’s 10K Sandtinel vortex sand separators by enhancing efficiency, increasing production capacity, and developing a framework for next-generation vessel designs using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and parametric analysis.

This project consists of a research study that assesses AI risks and opportunities, identifying actionable best practices for Canada and its allies to ensure responsible use of AI technologies. The project also seeks to assess how military use of AI affects other priorities, including climate change and diversity and inclusion.