Grants and Contributions:
Title:
AI for drug design – chemical synthesis
Agreement Number:
988469
Agreement Value:
$97,900.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 31, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
Designing a drug to treat a specific disease type is a highly challenging exercise due to breadth of the molecular search space and having a limited understanding about many diseases of interest. The successful discovery of a medicine for a target disease (gene/protein/pathway) usually takes many years and is associated with a very significant investment by private pharmaceutical organization, which in turn tends to result in an unaffordable price of medicines in the Canadian and global markets. The emergence of significant biochemical and high-throughput genomic data acquisition techniques and the rise of advanced artificial intelligence paradigms provides an unprecedented opportunity for automatic design of new drugs at a much faster pace and at a much lower cost, igniting hopes to discover drugs for diseases where no medicines currently exist. In this project researchers will aim to develop a data and AI-driven drug design platform/pipeline for precise and effective treatment of cancers and complex diseases.
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. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1N 6N5
Reference Number:
172-2021-2022-Q4-988469
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
119278877
Recipient Type:
Academia
Additional Information:
This agreement has been amended 1 time(s). The end date of this agreement has been modified by 365 days.
Amendment Date
Mar 21, 2023
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of Ottawa
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa–Vanier
Federal Riding Number:
35078
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:
Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.
NAICS Code:
541710
Amendments: