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Title:

Going Viral: Intelligently Designed Interference of COVID-19

Agreement Number:

967845

Agreement Value:

$25,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 12, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022

Description:

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of a global catastrophic pandemic. The development of vaccines is well underway and will provide herd immunity in protecting the majority of individuals. However, the development of antiviral drugs still needs to be pursued to provide long term protection. One step critical to all viruses is the ability to package their genomes into particles that then escape the initial infected cell and proceed to infect normal cells, thus propagating the virus infection. As such, viruses must have specific mechanisms by which their genetic information is recognized and packaged. Our proposal is to identify the packaging signals of CoV-2, which would be the prelude to "drugging" this specific viral vulnerability.

Organization:

National Research Council Canada

Expected Results:

In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators.

Location:

Montreal, Quebec, CA H3A 0G4

Reference Number:

172-2020-2021-Q4-967845

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

119128981

Recipient Type:

Academia

Recipient's Legal Name:

The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University

Federal Riding Name:

Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Sœurs

Federal Riding Number:

24077

Program:

Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund

Program Purpose:

The Ideation Fund is intended to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by teams of NRC scientific personnel and external collaborators with complementary capabilities, acting as a demonstration phase for a continually-evolving suite of research and development (R&D) deliverables at the NRC. The fund supports exploratory research through two mechanisms: the New Beginnings Initiative and the Small Teams Initiative.

NAICS Code:

541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences