Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Rechargeable, self-decontaminating Personal Protective Equipment and Operational Clothing and Equipment for personnel responding to events involving biological hazards
Agreement Number:
CovCA-0017
Agreement Value:
$999,465.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 11, 2022 - Feb 15, 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:
Edmonton, Alberta, CA
Reference Number:
180-2021-2022-Q4-CovCA-0017
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Academia
Amendment Date
Jan 11, 2022
Recipient's Operating Name:
University of Alberta
Recipient's Legal Name:
The Governors of the University of Alberta
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: