Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Fast Disinfection of Personal Protective Equipment Exploiting the Microwave Resonance Property of Pathogens
Agreement Number:
CovCA-0272
Agreement Value:
$275,195.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 17, 2022 - Jan 16, 2023
Description:
Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Scrubbing your scrubs: Finding ways to re-use COVID-19 protective gear Challenge. Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in collaboration with Canada’s defence, security and public safety communities is looking for innovative material and design solutions, as well as rapid and effective decontamination strategies and solutions, for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), operational clothing and equipment for personnel responding to events involving biological hazards.
Organization:
National Defence
Expected Results:
The Department of National Defence solicited proposals to address challenges that arose as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The expected results are aimed to strengthen Canada’s response to pandemics, through the development of strategies to strategies to re-use protective gear.
Location:
Kingston, Ontario, CA
Reference Number:
180-2021-2022-Q40CovCA-0272
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Academia
Amendment Date
Jan 17, 2022
Recipient's Operating Name:
Queen’s University
Recipient's Legal Name:
Queen’s University
Program:
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
Program Purpose:
The IDEaS program supports, increases and sustains science and technology community capacity external to DND that can generate new ideas and formulate solutions to Canada's current and future defence and security Innovation Challenges.
Amendments: