Title:
Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence
Agreement Value:
$9,820,000.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence program (BL-NCE) funds large-scale collaborative research networks that bring a wide range of research expertise to bear on specific challenges identified by an industrial sector. Led by a not-for-profit consortium of industrial partners, networks enhance private sector innovation by blending academic expertise with the private sector’s drive to respond to real-world challenges. BL-NCEs increase private sector investments in Canadian research, support training of skilled researchers, and accelerate the transfer of ideas from the laboratory into solutions needed by the private sector.
Organization:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Expected Results:
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.
Location:
Montreal, Quebec, CA H3T 1Y6
Reference Number:
236-2019-2020-Q3-00057
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Individual or sole proprietorship
Additional Information:
Grant is co-funded with Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Only CIHR amount is shown. Grant is co-funded with Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (Ottawa, Ontario). Only CIHR amount is shown.
Recipient's Legal Name:
Fajzel, Richard
Research Organization:
Exactis Innovation (Quebec)|Innovation Exactis
Program:
Research in Priority Areas
Program Purpose:
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.