Grants and Contributions:

The objectives of the contribution to CIFAR are to:-Strengthen the preparation, attraction and retention of highly qualified personnel in Canada, and involve early career researchers in its research activities;-Build interdisciplinary research strengths in areas of importance to the long-term scientific, economic, and social development of Canada;-Encourage closer links between the research activities of Canadian researchers and international researchers;-Foster the dissemination and exchange of research results; and-Encourage greater private sector and provincial government investment in basic research and development activities in Canada.