Grants and Contributions

The firm will develop a near real-time Decision Support tool that will enable more informed expansion decisions based on a mix of initiatives related to geography, channel development and optimization, manufacturing, and map content.

The project aims to characterize the functionality of engineered immune cells (e.g. CAR T-cells) by activating them with tumor-specific antigens (e.g. CD-19) and through their interaction with isolated circulating tumor cells (CTCs). To achieve this goal, the CAR T-cells and the isolated cells will be brought together and encapsulated in droplets to promote cellular interactions. The cells will then be incubated for CAR T-cell activation, and the activated CAR T-cells will be interrogated by analyzing the cytokines output using a microbead-in-droplet multiplex sandwich immunoassay developed in this project. The novel technology proposed herein is currently unavailable on the market and has the potential to significantly affect the
way that cell therapy products are assessed and how quality control is performed.

The overall aim of this project is to identify a standardized methodology for assessing fuel hazard and fire exposure to sites and communities in Canada. The project will:
(1) review and document emerging methods for enhanced mapping of
fine-resolution fuel attributes (i.e., remote sensing, LiDAR, UAVs, ML) and assess costs and benefits of these data compared with traditional fuel data sources such as forest inventory data;
(2) assess the alignment of high-resolution fuel-based metrics with observed burned areas using empirical modeling methods in order to validate these fuel-based metrics; and
(3) explore compatibility and integration of validated high-resolution fuelbased
metrics with other fire controls (e.g., weather, ignition patterns) commonly used in existing fire hazard and exposure assessment
frameworks.

Addition of Junior Product Development Engineer for training to meet product development goals and long-term growth plans.

The goal of this project is to develop a ‘constrained autonomous operation’ for marine autonomous surface ships (MASS) that will operate autonomously with continuous monitoring from an on-shore monitoring centre. Constrained autonomous operation has two main modules: (i) on-board navigation module and (ii) onshore operator station module. The on-board navigation module consists of a guidance system and a dynamic control system. The on-board navigation module will have the capability to autonomously navigate the ship, especially in the free water and under normal conditions. The onshore operator station’s function is to monitor the ship at all time, anticipate any abnormal situation, and, if required, take control of the ship to navigate out of the abnormal situation. Complementing each other, these two modules are expected to ensure efficient and safe navigation during varying operational conditions and changing environments.

Thin Air Labs is an ecosystem studio based in Calgary that supports early-stage ventures and critical ecosystem partners so more ventures can thrive. The addition of the Youth to the team will add additional health expertise to the growing team. The Youth will join the Funding Catalyst Team where they will directly work with health tech ventures to help them become investment ready and match make them to appropriate sources of non-dilutive capital. In addition, the Youth will help Thin Air Labs to implement and test new technology to improve business efficiency.

Rivercity Innovations Ltd. will develop a communication network for use in North America and Europe.

The project's overall goal is to expand the capabilities and improve the performance of GRi's physics engine software library, GRi Physics (GRiP), to meet the requirements for simulation of various industrial applications such as monitoring of pens in an aquaculture-based scenario, or simulation of trawler netting for fishery-based scenarios.

Fellow intends to invest significantly into the go-to-market and post-sale teams with Youth Hires that will work alongside an established set of mentors.

This project aims at developing functionalities for the scintillation dosimetry platform and the realization of proofs of concept for the quality assurance of FLASH and MRI-Linac irradiators.