NSERC investments in COVID-19 research
New funding for research collaborations to address pandemic-related issues
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is leveraging the expertise of researchers in natural science and engineering and their partners across Canada to address this unprecedented crisis. Below is a breakdown of the investments made through the NSERC Alliance COVID-19 and Tri-agency Applied Research Rapid Response to COVID-19 grants. This information will be updated on an ongoing basis as new projects are awarded. The deadline to submit an application is June 1, 2020.
NSERC Alliance COVID-19 grants
NSERC is providing up to $15 million in total support to stimulate collaborations between university academic researchers and the public and not-for-profit sectors, and industry to address pandemic-related research and technical challenges. Support for up to $50,000 for one-year projects is being made available immediately.
Tri-agency college grants: Applied Research Rapid Response to COVID-19
NSERC, in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, are providing a minimum of $3 million in support for colleges and polytechnics to work with their partners to address this unprecedented crisis. Through the College and Community Innovation program, this funding opportunity will further leverage the expertise and infrastructure in these post-secondary institutions to rapidly mobilize support and expertise related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Support for up to $75,000 for one-year projects is being made available on expedited timelines.
Alliance COVID-19 grants
Total funded projects updated: August 5, 2020
Total projects funded
317
Total awarded
$15,687,680
Geographical breakdown of funded projects
| Region | Total number of funded projects | Total amount awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 19 | $907,601 |
| Ontario | 145 | $7,202,984 |
| Pacific | 37 | $1,826,114 |
| Prairies | 53 | $2,612,780 |
| Quebec | 63 | $3,138,201 |
| Northwest Territories | 0 | $0 |
Type of partner organizations
| Private sector | Not-for-profit | Public sector | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | 28 | 48 | 387 |
Funded applications updated: August 5, 2020
| Researcher | Project title | Institution | Partner(s) | Area of application | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donkor, Kingsley | Development of Prophylactic Therapy as a Preventative Strategy to Reduce COVID-19 Infections | Thompson Rivers | Avicanna, SaNOtize | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Craig, Morgan | Quantitative Approaches to Understand Differential Immune Responses in COVID-19 | Montréal | Pfizer Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes | $50,000 |
| Simonson, Carey | Study of pathogen transfer through membranes for energy exchangers to reduce airborne transmission of COVID-19 in buildings | Saskatchewan | Aldes Canada | Energy efficiency; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Mundle, Scott | Remote water sensing technology with cloud-based platform to support environmental compliance monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic | Windsor | AUG Signals Ltd | Environment; Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides) | $50,000 |
| Alam, Muhammad | Optical sensor for rapid on site diagnosis of Covid-19 | Queen's | Opsens Inc. | Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Dong, Xiaodai | Passive contact tracing and social distancing assessment for COVID-19 | Victoria | Acentury Inc. | Information, computer and communication technologies; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Murugesu, Muralee | Smart filtering and protective technologies against COVID-19 | Ottawa | GD-OTS Canada Inc. | Materials sciences; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Meunier, Michel | Personalized COVID-19 diagnostics with immunoplasmonic microscopy | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Allied Scientific Pro | Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Cerruti, Marta | Anti-viral fabric coatings for high effectiveness personal protective equipment (Covid-19) | McGill | H L Blachford Ltd | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Fibres and textiles | $50,000 |
| Misra, Vikram | Serological surveillance of potential wildlife reservoirs for the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) | Saskatchewan | Environment and Climate Change Canada | Wildlife management; Environment | $50,000 |
| Mcbean, Edward | Using Wastewater Surveillance for Detection of COVID-19 Virus | Guelph | Stantec Consulting Ltd. | Environment; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Gsponer, Joerg | Redesigning SARS CoV-2 spike protein to improve immunization - COVID-19 | British Columbia | AbCellera Biologics Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Human pharmaceuticals | $50,000 |
| Brook, Michael | Antioxidant-presenting, hard silicone-coated surfaces that kill COVID-19 | McMaster | Siltech Corporation | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Rezai, Pouya | Point-of-Need Microfluidic Biosensor for Detecting Airborne Viruses using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Towards COVID 19 Virus Monitoring | York | Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Climate and atmosphere | $50,000 |
| Achari, Gopal | Development of Visible-Light Sensitive Self-disinfecting Virucidal Coating via Photodynamic Inactivation to Reduce the Transmission of COVID-19 | Calgary | NanoPhyll Inc., Performance BioFilaments Inc | Environment; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Evans, Greg | COVID-19 AND AIR QUALITY IN CANADA | Toronto | Environment and Climate Change Canada | Engineering; Environment | $50,000 |
| Lacroix, Monique | Evaluation of the possible potential of essential oils present in emulsion or under vapour against Covid-19 | INRS | Aliksir Inc. | Agriculture; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Irani, Pourang | Investigating Trust and Adoption of Contact Tracing for Mitigating the Spread of COVID-19 | Manitoba | Upfeat Media | Computer software; Information and communication services | $48,504 |
| Yan, Hongbin | COVID-19: Impregnation of BODIPY photosensitizers in disposable mask fabric to reduce COVID-19 viral loading | Brock | Ontario Die International | Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Kwok, Tsz Ho | COVID-19: Automating factories for producing and optimizing personal protective equipment (PPE) | Concordia | Nexas Networks Inc | Medical equipment and apparatus; Manufacturing processes and products | $49,950 |
| Torabi, Mahmoud | Modeling of COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada: Projection and Interventions | Manitoba | Manitoba Health, Public Health Agency of Canada | Health, education and social services; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Bolic, Miodrag | Thermal imaging for efficient detection of vital signs during COVID-19 pandemic | Ottawa | J&M Group | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Computer software | $50,000 |
| Douplik, Alexandre | NANO-AMBIENCE - 3D nanoporous matrix for ultra-sensitive detection of COVID-19 pathogens and organic compounds | Ryerson | Tornado Spectral Systems | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Hassini, Elkafi | Optimal Hospital Readmissions and Resources Allocation in the Presence of a Pandemic: The Case of COVID-19 | McMaster | 3M Canada Company | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical and health sciences | $46,000 |
| Yavuz, Mustafa | Real-time COVID-19 detection in wastewater from long-term care homes | Waterloo | Mantech Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Water | $50,000 |
| Li, Yingfu | A simple and rapid point-of-care (POC) test for SARS-CoV-2 | McMaster | GEEKSPEAK | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Lehmann, Alexandre | Innovative technology to improve communication in the Operating Room in COVID-19 era | McGill | EERS Technologies Inc. | Information, computer and communication technologies | $46,203 |
| Hili, Ryan | Single-Nucleotide Sequencing of N6-methyladenosine in SARS-CoV2 RNA (COVID-19) | York | Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Renneckar, Scott | COVID-19 anti-viral nanofibrous filtration media from renewable materials | British Columbia | BC Research Inc., CORE Energy Recovery Solutions Inc., West Fraser Mills Ltd | Fibres and textiles; Pollutants and toxic agents (waste, use 902) | $50,000 |
| Yarusevych, Serhiy | Effects of ventilation on safe occupancy guidelines for indoor workplaces during COVID-19 pandemic. | Waterloo | Workplace Safety & Prevention Services | Manufacturing processes and products; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Yue, Stephen | Development and validation of a SARS-CoV-2 antiviral coatings for high-touch critical surfaces | McGill | 5N Plus Inc., Hatch Ltd., National Research Council Canada, Polycontrols Technologies Inc. | Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Achari, Gopal | Development and evaluation of a UVC disinfection chamber and a handheld UVC-LED disinfection unit to combat COVID-19 | Calgary | Nemalux LED Lighting Solutions | Environment; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Wu, Xiao Yu | Development of microneedle array patch for COVID-19 vaccine delivery | Toronto | CCOA Therapeutics Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Human pharmaceuticals | $50,000 |
| Antle, Alissa Nicole | No child alone: User centred design of a machine-learning, private social network for school aged children to address their COVID-19 related socio-emotional needs. | Simon Fraser | Curatio | Information, computer and communication technologies; Psychology | $50,000 |
| Maldague, Xavier | COVID-19 - Alliance - BATMAN: Body Accurate Temperature Measurement Approach by Non-Contact infrared | Laval | TORNGATS | Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Chau, Kenneth | Development of low-cost, compact fibre optic O2 and CO2 gas sensors for COVID-19 applications of portable metabolic analyzers | British Columbia | VO2 Master Health Sensors Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Instrumentation technology | $50,000 |
| Douplik, Alexandre | Discovering COVID-19 early symptoms by contactless optical monitoring of cardiovascular and respiratory system via smartphone | Ryerson | Swift Medical Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Physical sciences | $50,000 |
| Sadeghzadeh Milani, Abbas | Design, characterization and manufacture of sustainable filtration masks from medical grade lignin and cellulose to combat COVID-19 | British Columbia | Advanced BioCarbon 3D Ltd. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Kherani, Nazir | Rapid Reagent-Free Detection of COVID-19 in Exhaled Breath Condensate using Ultra-Sensitive Multi-wavelength SERS Nano-gratings | Toronto | Tornado Spectral Systems | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Zhang, Wenming | Transport of Aerosols/Droplets Related to the Spread of COVID-19 in Indoor and Outdoor Environments | Alberta | Alberta Health and Wellness | Environment; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Mitra, Sushanta K | Characterization of nano-bubble enabled disinfection system for COVID-19 | Waterloo | Econse Water Purification Systems | Engineering; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Vanrolleghem, Peter | COVID-19 wastewater-based epidemiology back calculation using hybrid modelling methods | Laval | Thales Canada Inc, Ville de Québec | Environment; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $49,999 |
| Collins, Christopher | Story Sharing and Visualization to Address Working From Home Mental Health | Ontario Tech University | Chatham Labs, Ontario Shores | Information systems and technology; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Smith, Robert | Using past pandemics to guide COVID-19 predictions | Ottawa | Pythian, Tehama | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Easton, Bradley | Understanding the durability and efficacy of antimicrobial copper surfaces in preventing infectious spread in medical facilities | Ontario Tech University | Northumberland Hills Hospital | Materials performance; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Kattan, Lina | Transit service Improvements to cope with COVID-19 | Calgary | Calgary Transit | Transportation systems and services | $50,000 |
| Ménard, Jean-Michel | Graphene-based surface coating to prevent fomite transmission of COVID-19 | Ottawa | ZEN | Medical and health sciences; Materials performance | $50,000 |
| Tabatabaei, Nima | Thermo-Photonic Reader for Accurate and Sensitive Interpretation and Quantification of BTNX Inc COVID-19 Antibody Rapid Tests | York | BTNX Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical equipment and apparatus | $38,000 |
| Winnik, Mitchell | High-throughput serological assay for detection of cytokines/chemokines in COVID-19 patients | Toronto | Fluidigm Canada Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Sabatinos, Sarah | Malic and fumaric acid formulations to stop COVID-19 persistence, and supply novel and safe sanitizers and disinfectants | Ryerson | Bartek Ingredients Inc. | Manufacturing processes and products; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Ruparathna, Vithanapalpita | Construction Worker Health and Safety Management in COVID 19 and other Pandemics | Windsor | Infrastructure Health & Safety Association | Construction methods; Construction, urban and rural planning | $49,500 |
| Habib, Muhammad | COVID-19 Transportation Systems Planning: Partnerships for Innovations in Monitoring, Modelling and Service Delivery | Dalhousie | Government of Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, The Black Arcs Inc. | Transportation systems and services; Construction, urban and rural planning | $49,917 |
| Merle, Geraldine | Sensor driven serodiagnostics for infection and immunity in COVID-19 | École Polytechnique de Montréal | NxtSens Microsystems | Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Li, Michael | Mathematical Modeling of the Current COVID-19 Epidemic and Potential Second Wave in Alberta to Improve Public Health Responses | Alberta | Alberta Health Services | Health, education and social services; Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes | $50,000 |
| Landry, Véronic | Développement de revêtements antiviraux à double mode d'action contre le COVID-19 | Laval | CANLAK, EMCO-INORTECH | Wood, wood products and paper | $50,000 |
| Adronov, Alex | Development of an Oral Delivery System for COVID-19 Vaccines Using Thin Polymer Strips | McMaster | Rapid Dose Therapeutics Inc. | Human pharmaceuticals; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Oswald, Claire | Sewershed surveillance of COVID-19 in the City of Toronto | Ryerson | pani energy | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Pollutants and toxic agents (waste, use 902) | $50,000 |
| She, Zhe | Developing Multiplexed COVID-19 Diagnostic Methods for Medical Surveillance | Queen's | National Defence | Instrumentation technology; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Riahi, Reza | New strategies to Fabricate High-Performance Face Masks Filters Against COVID-19 | Windsor | NanoPhyll Inc., River Drive Manufacturing | Materials performance; Fibres and textiles | $50,000 |
| Rezaei Zare, Afshin | Concept Design of a High-Voltage Electrostatic Sanitizer to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 | York | METSCO | Health, education and social services; Sanitary engineering | $50,000 |
| Radisic, Milica | Developing organ-on-a-chip models of COVID-19 | Toronto | uFluidix Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Tabard-Cossa, Vincent | Real-time Digital Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA with Solid-State Nanopores for Rapid Detection of COVID-19 | Ottawa | Abbott Laboratories (US) | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Tranmer, Geoffrey | FlowCoV: Development of Flow Chemistry Methods Related to COVID-19 | Manitoba | Alphora Research Inc. | Physical sciences; Human pharmaceuticals | $49,985 |
| Yu, Tong | Can biofilm facilitate COVID-19 virus survival and persistence in sewer system? | Alberta | Alberta Environment and Parks, EPCOR Water Services Inc. | Sanitary engineering; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Alam, Shahria | Optimal Use of Utility Infrastructure for Residential Communities: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 | British Columbia | Blenk Development Corporation, FortisBC Inc. | Energy efficiency | $50,000 |
| Yahia, L'Hocine | Physicochemical characterization of pre-clinical samples of a bacteriophage therapy spray-on patch for the treatment of COVID-19-related pressure injury resistant infections | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Phagelux Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Jahed, Hamid | Cold Spray Technology for Fast SARS-CoV-2 Disinfection on Public Surfaces: A Major Disruption in the COVID-19 Transmission Chain | Waterloo | CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd. | Manufacturing processes and products; Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Wang, Rizhi | Reduce spreading of Covid-19 by using antiviral coatings in senior care homes and hospitals | British Columbia | Mettech | Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Mohseni, Madjid | Inactivation of COVID-19 virus and other air-borne microbial contaminants from aircraft cabins and other modes of transportation with ultraviolet radiation | British Columbia | ARKTOS, SmartSterilization | Health, education and social services; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| De Guise, Jacques | Interprétation automatique des radiographies biplanes EOS pour la détection fortuite de la COVID-19 | École de technologie supérieure | EOS Image Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Computer software | $50,000 |
| Dehaes, Mathieu | Characterisation of the Biomolecular Signature of COVID-19 in Human Adult and Children Blood through Label-free Raman Spectroscopy | Montréal | ODS Medical Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Merritt, Thomas | COVID-19 and targeting SARS-CoV-2 virus: Direct and RT-PCR sequences from wastewater collected from treatment plants (Sudbury - Ontario) | Laurentian | City of Greater Sudbury | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Waste, waste management and recycling | $50,000 |
| Marsault, Eric | Macrocyclic Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 / ACE-2 Interaction in COVID-19 | Sherbrooke | NuChem Therapeutics Inc. | Human pharmaceuticals; Advancement of knowledge | $50,000 |
| Pralat, Pawel | COVID-19: Agent-based framework for modelling pandemics in urban environment | Ryerson | Security Compass | Mathematical sciences; Information, computer and communication technologies | $50,000 |
| Blier, Pierre | Les mitochondries comme cibles pharmacologiques ou nutritionnelles pour atténuer l'induction des réponses inflammatoires à la Covid-19 | Québec à Rimouski | SCF Pharma | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Human pharmaceuticals | $49,800 |
| Brousseau, Jean | Masque de protection N95 réutilisable pour le personnel de la santé en contexte de COVID-19 ; Phase 1: faisabilité, prototypage, essais et formation d'un consortium industriel | Québec à Rimouski | CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent, SiliCycle Inc. | Health, education and social services; Waste, waste management and recycling | $50,000 |
| Mohamed Ismail, Mohamed Wahab | Designing a resilient and survivable supply chain under disruptions: Post COVID 19 perspective | Ryerson | Loblaw Companies Limited | Production and operations management; Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes | $50,000 |
| Mahshid, Sara | Lab-on-smartphone with optical interface for rapid multiplex in-field testing of COVID-19 | McGill | Nikon Canada Inc | Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Allen, Christine | Engineering a therapeutic solid lipid nanoparticle formulation of cannabidiol for treatment of COVID-19-Induced lung inflammation | Toronto | Avicanna | Human pharmaceuticals | $48,000 |
| Zhang, Wenjun | A Noval Approach to Integrate Heterogeneous Healthcare Information for COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Management | Saskatchewan | Saskatchewan Health Authority | Health, education and social services; Communication systems and services (planning, organization, services) | $50,000 |
| Wylie, Ryan | Intranasal delivery of neutralizing antibodies for prophylatic COVID-19 treatments | McMaster | AmacaThera | Biomedical engineering; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Saha, Gobinda | Biomass-driven nanocomposite fabric materials with hydrophilic charge properties development in vacuum-assisted filtration method (COVID-19) | New Brunswick | NB Biomatrix Inc., Thermopak Ltd | Medical equipment and apparatus; Wood, wood products and paper | $50,000 |
| Gupta, Manisha | Point-of-care COVID-19 sensor for rapid, large-scale testing | Alberta | Clinisys | Biomedical engineering; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Rosenbaum, R Shayna | Using big data to chart workplace learning during COVID-19 | York | Axonify Inc. | Psychology; Learning and education | $49,991 |
| Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang | Better Communication of COVID-19 Trends through 3D Visualization | Simon Fraser | Stambol Studios Inc. | Health, education and social services; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $36,000 |
| Chen, Shaohua | Optimization and Simulation Studies of a Production System for Ventilators to Mitigate Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic | Cape Breton | Protocase Inc. | Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes; Engineering | $20,027 |
| Defoe, Jeffrey | Development of a Simple Air- and O2-Powered Ventilator for Care of COVID-19 Patients | Windsor | Augmented Physician Technologies, Maya Heat Transfer Technologies Ltd | Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Saunier, Nicolas | Conception et évaluation en partenariat d'aménagements de transports pour tous les usagers pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Ville de Montréal | Transportation systems and services; Construction, urban and rural planning | $45,000 |
| Yassine, Abdulsalam | A Cloud-based System for the Integration of Ultraviolet Light Devices to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 | Lakehead | ASM Innovations Inc., Qponics | Information, computer and communication technologies; Consumer goods | $50,000 |
| Mostaghimi, Javad | Copper embedded fabrics and facemasks for rapid, irreversible destruction of Covid-19 | Toronto | GreenNano Technologies Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Fibres and textiles | $50,000 |
| Charles, Trevor | Innovative Plastics Materials for Mitigation of COVID-19 Spread | Waterloo | Fresh Start Polymer Solutions Inc | Materials performance; Materials sciences | $25,500 |
| Dubay, Rickey | Automated detection and monitoring of health risks, such as COVID-19 | New Brunswick | Eigen Innovations | Medical equipment and apparatus; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Hosseinian, Farah | Low frequency high power Ultrasound: Platform to develop fabricated double emulsions improving food safety for dysphagia throughout COVID-19 | Carleton | Healthcare Food Services | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Processed food products and beverages | $50,000 |
| Granger, Eric | Detection of COVID-19 in Intelligent Building Occupancy Management | École de technologie supérieure | Distech Controls Inc | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Information, computer and communication technologies | $50,000 |
| Biggar, Kyle | COVID-19: Annotating and controlling the inter-species protein interactome through the development of peptide inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 and human protein interactions | Carleton | Zim Corporation | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Human pharmaceuticals | $50,000 |
| Emery, Neil | Engineering Euglena gracilis as a heterologous protein expression system for the production of COVID19 vaccines and diagnostic antigens | Trent | NobleGen | Biomedical engineering; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $49,870 |
| Jodoin, Bertrand | Photocatalyst antiviral coatings - Covid 19 | Ottawa | CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd. | Manufacturing processes and products; Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Krylov, Sergey | Development of Rapid and Accessible Diagnostics of COVID-19 via Aptamer-Based Detection of SARS-COV-2 Virions | York | Mount Sinai Hospital, SCIEX, SickKids | Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Kaddoum, Georges | Design and Analyse a Network Protocol for a Highly-Accurate Ranging System Used in Contact Tracing and Viral Load Monitoring for Preserving Social Distancing Post COVID-19 Lockdown | École de technologie supérieure | SPARK Microsystems | Communication systems and services (planning, organization, services); Communications equipment | $50,000 |
| Trifkovic, Milana | Development of a Point-of-Care Diagnostic Test Strip for at Home Diagnosis of COVID-19 | Calgary | BioMedica Diagnostics Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Hirota, Jeremy | Diagnostics for post-COVID-19 lung fibrosis | McMaster | Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd | Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Billah, Abu Hena Md Muntasir | Keeping Infrastructure Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic using Artificial Intelligence | Lakehead | TBT Engineering | Structural engineering; Information systems and technology | $49,880 |
| Mccormick, Craig | Chitin biopolymer derivatives as antiviral long-lasting surface coatings, functional films and PPE | Dalhousie | TerraVerdae BioWorks Inc. | Polymers, rubber and plastics; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Lee, Bruno | In-duct UVGI systems for air disinfection against COVID-19 in buildings | Concordia | Polar Bear | Advancement of knowledge; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Zhu, David | Possibility and Risk of COVID-19 Virus Transport via Bioaerosols in Building Plumbing and Municipal Drainage Systems | Alberta | Alberta Environment and Parks, City of Calgary, City of Red Deer, EPCOR Water Services Inc., Stantec Consulting Ltd. | Environment; Sanitary engineering | $50,000 |
| Greener, Jesse | Live viral spectroscopy for rapid Covid-19 detection applied directly to clinical biofluids without sample processing | Laval | Bruker Ltd. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Instrumentation technology | $50,000 |
| Ozaki, Tsuneyuki | Synchronized impulsive stimulated Raman scattering to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 for slowing and stopping the transmission of COVID-19 | INRS | Few-cycle Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Soltan, Jafar | COVID-19 Grants Program: Development of air sanitization unit to inactivate pathogens (e.g. COVID-19 virus) using catalytic reaction with ozone | Saskatchewan | Engineered Air | Environment; Pollutants and toxic agents (waste, use 902) | $50,000 |
| Moreau, Christian | Development of antiviral surfaces to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 | Concordia | Hatch Ltd., Metal 7 Inc., National Research Council Canada, SprayWerx Technologies Inc. | Materials sciences; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Rosei, Federico | Plasmonic optical biosensor for COVID-19 detection | INRS | Maxwellian Inc. | Physical sciences; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Rosei, Federico | Photoelectrochemical biosensing for COVID-19: virus and antibodies | INRS | Solstar Pharma | Physical sciences; Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Nguyen-Tri, Phuong | Preparation and evaluation of the biological activity of antiviral agents based on copper and silver oxides used in personal protective equipment against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | Québec à Trois-Rivières | NanoBrand, Tekna Plasma Systems Inc. | Fibres and textiles; Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Seferos, Dwight | Tellurium polymers as mass-tags for the detection of COVID-19 virus particles | Toronto | Fluidigm Canada Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Polymers, rubber and plastics | $50,000 |
| Ziels, Ryan | Expanding the wastewater-based epidemiology toolkit for monitoring COVID-19 community transmission in Canada | British Columbia | Metro Vancouver | Waste, waste management and recycling; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Brown, Claire Marie | COVID19 tools to enable contact free advanced microscopy, remote training and technical support while maintaining physical distancing. | McGill | Beam Me Up Labs Inc., Carl Zeiss Canada Ltd | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Physical sciences | $50,000 |
| Korobenko, Artem | Computational Modeling of the COVID-19 Particle Spreading in the Airport Terminals | Calgary | Calgary Airport Authority | Health, education and social services; Transportation systems and services | $36,000 |
| Natale, Giovanniantonio | Optimal design for 3D printed nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs for COVID-19 detection. | Calgary | Exergy Solutions Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Stoddart, Amina | Environmental Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater | Dalhousie | Halifax Water, LuminUltra Technologies Ltd | Water | $50,000 |
| Zou, Ting | (Alliance Covid-19 special program) Remotely haptic controlled medical robot for telenursing without exposure to Covid-19 virus | Memorial Univ. of Nfld | Eastern Health, Proax Technologies | Medical equipment and apparatus; Instrumentation technology | $50,000 |
| Lee, Bruno | Optimizing Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Operation against the Spreading of COVID-19 | Concordia | Logifem, Sanuvox | Advancement of knowledge; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Billah, Abu Hena Md Muntasir | HEALTHBOX-A MODULAR SOLUTION FOR EXPANDING HOSPITAL'S CAPACITIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC | Lakehead | Coastal Steel Construction Ltd., Rai Consulting Services Inc. | Construction, urban and rural planning; Health, education and social services | $49,980 |
| Zhang, Jin | Quick Evaluation of Advanced Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) During COVID-19 by Using Nanostructured Sensing Assay | Western Ontario | Grafoid Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Gupta, Rajender | Developing a novel filter material for protective gears for health care (COVID-19) from modified BCTMP (Bleached Chemi-Thermo-Mechanical Pulp) | Alberta | Millar Western Forest Products Ltd | Materials performance; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Dolez, Patricia | Development of self-decontaminating masks and protective clothing against COVID-19 coronavirus and other biohazards | Alberta | Logistik Unicorp Inc. | Fibres and textiles; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Hashisho, Zaher | High performance homemade masks for protection against COVID-19 virus | Alberta | Alberta Health Services | Pollutants and toxic agents (waste, use 902); Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Gunay, Burak | A WiFi-based occupancy sensing, modelling, and simulation method to ensure COVID-19 ventilation and social distancing norms at workplaces | Carleton | Cisco Systems Canada Co., Sensible Building Science Inc. | Commercial services; Information and communication services | $50,000 |
| Segura, Pedro Alejandro | High throughput detection of the spike glycoprotein of the virus causing COVID-19 by laser diode thermal desorption-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry | Sherbrooke | Phytronix Technologies | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Pratap Singh, Anubhav | Development of aerosolized encapsulated recombinant ACE2 for treating COVID-19 early symptom patients | British Columbia | EnWave Corporation, University of Sydney | Manufacturing processes and products; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| West, Frederick | Scalable Synthesis of Antiviral Compounds (COVID-19) | Alberta | IntelliSyn Pharma | Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Lee, Jihyun | A low-cost, effective Differential Multi-Ventilation system for use against COVID-19 | Calgary | Exergy Solutions Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Dincer, Ibrahim | Development of a new mobile and effective oxygen generator for Covid-19 coronavirus patients | Ontario Tech University | ON2Solutions Inc. | Engineering; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Wakarchuk, Warren | Investigation the role of the O-glycan on the serology of the receptor binding domain of the SARS-CoV2 spike protein (COVID-19 pandemic strain) | Alberta | PlantForm | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Fortier, Louis-Charles | L'Aluminium anodisé A3S : une surface virucide pour lutter contre la pandémie de COVID-19 dans les hôpitaux, les CHSLD, et les lieux publics | Sherbrooke | A3 Surfaces | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Laroche, Gaétan | Conjugaison de molécules antivirales à la surface des matériaux: une solution pour limiter la transmission de la COVID-19 | Laval | Avmor Ltd. | Sanitary engineering; Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Amyotte, Paul | Assessment and Communication of COVID-19 Barrier Effectiveness | Dalhousie | Nova Scotia Health Authority | Medical and health sciences | $49,365 |
| Hashisho, Zaher | Application of Artificial Intelligence to assess air quality during COVID-19 response period | Alberta | Alberta Environment and Parks | Environment | $50,000 |
| Vinches, Ludwig | Évaluation de l'influence des cycles de lavage sur l'efficacité de filtration des masques barrières réutilisables fabriqués dans le contexte de la pandémie de la COVID-19 | Montréal | Logistik Unicorp Inc. | Fibres and textiles; Materials performance | $50,000 |
| Czekanski, Aleksander | COVID-19: Development of High-Efficiency Sub-micrometer Particulate Air Filtration Material using Aligned Electrospun Nanofibers | York | Magna Closures | Manufacturing processes and products; Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| James, Lesley | Testing Novel Face Mask Materials COVID-19 | Memorial Univ. of Nfld | Eastern Health | Medical equipment and apparatus; Materials performance | $49,953 |
| Liang, Hao | Novel Demand Forecasting and Reliability Enhancement Approaches for Electrical Grids in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic | Alberta | RWI Synthetics | Electrical energy; Information, computer and communication technologies | $50,000 |
| Milios, Evangelos | How is Canadians' mental health affected by COVID-19: visual analytics of social media text | Dalhousie | Diversio | Information systems and technology; Social sciences | $50,000 |
| Alain, Tommy | Development of an Oral Reovirus-Based Vaccination Platform for COVID-19. | Ottawa | Genvira Biosciences, ViroCure Inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Bossé, Ynuk | Refining preclinical tools in lung physiology to evaluate COVID-19-mediated deaths from respiratory failure | Laval | SCIREQ | Medical equipment and apparatus; Medical and health sciences | $49,650 |
| Xi, Li | Antiviral polymers as surface coating materials for curbing the spread of COVID-19 | McMaster | Pixiu Solutions | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Tam, Michael | COVID-19: Development of Sustainable and Compostable Face Masks for Enhanced Protection Against COVID-19 Virus Particles | Waterloo | CelluForce | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Fibres and textiles | $50,000 |
| Achim, Alexis | Fabrication des équipements de protection individuelle (EPI) dérivés du papier dans la lutte contre la COVID-19: relever le défi d'ajuster la production industrielle | Laval | Kruger Inc. | Wood, wood products and paper | $50,000 |
| Leslie, Sabrina | Loading and release of RNA for COVID-19 vaccines: direct visualization of lipid nanoparticle delivery vehicles. | McGill | Precision NanoSystems Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Wang, Mea | Smart Cloud for COVID-19 Prevention and Control | Calgary | Alberta Health Services | Information and communication services; Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Liu, Jian | Self-Disinfecting TiO2 Coating to Enable Antibacterial, Antiviral and Reusable Facemasks (COVID-19) | British Columbia | Myant | Manufacturing processes and products; Materials performance | $50,000 |
| Antonescu, Costin | COVID-19: Development of novel human coronavirus infection assays to accelerate AI-driven drug repurposing for COVID-19 | Ryerson | Cyclica Inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Shor, Roman | COVID-19: Utilizing Smart Phone Sensors and Activity Trackers for Remote Vitals Monitoring and Screening | Calgary | Alberta Health Services | Biomedical engineering; Computer software | $50,000 |
| Kazem Moussavi, Zahra | A Touchless Tool to Screen for Covid-19 for reopening Industries | Manitoba | Function Four Ltd, IDFusion Software | Health, education and social services; Biomedical engineering | $49,880 |
| Kazem Moussavi, Zahra | Post Discharge Tele-monitoring of COVID-19 Survivors for Long-Term Impacts and Point-of-Care | Manitoba | Function Four Ltd | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Instrumentation technology | $50,000 |
| Vaneeckhaute, Céline | Study on the fate of viruses in wastewater and sludge treatment using membrane bioreactors and anaerobic digestion within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic | Laval | H2O Innovation Inc. | Water; Waste, waste management and recycling | $50,000 |
| Kheyrollah Pour, Homa | Assessing impact of COVID-19 pandemic on water quality in Canadian lakes to facilitate upcoming water resources planning and management | Wilfrid Laurier | Environment and Climate Change Canada | Inland waters; Earth sciences | $50,000 |
| Venkatakrishnan, Krishnan | COVID-19: Portable Raman Analyzer for point-of-care rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 | Ryerson | NeuronicWorks Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Elmo, Davide | A connectivity approach to stochastically simulate physical distancing and to make more accurate predictions of its effectiveness to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak | British Columbia | Golder Associates Ltd (CAN) | Health, education and social services; Information and communication services | $44,240 |
| Martin, Andrew | Made in Canada Reusable High Efficiency Respirators to Protect Against Spread of COVID-19 | Alberta | ACAMP | Medical equipment and apparatus; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Taghipour, Sharareh | Developing a decision support tool to optimize manufacturing for productivity and safeguarding the workforce against COVID-19 | Ryerson | Axiom Group Inc. | Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Khan, Naimul | COVID-19 and the Efficacy of Using Virtual Reality Scenarios to Safely Train Police in Mental Health Crisis Response | Ryerson | Dark Slope Studios Inc. | Health, education and social services; Information, computer and communication technologies | $50,000 |
| Tan, Bo | COVID-19: antivirus materials and virus-detection device for aircraft cabin | Ryerson | Bombardier Aerospace | Aerospace | $49,000 |
| Pope, Michael | COVID-19: Indoor light-activated, self-cleaning surfaces for continuous decontamination of transparent PPE | Waterloo | Evercloak | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Materials performance | $50,000 |
| Abidi, Syed Sibte Raza | Responding to COVID-19 disruptions to blood transfusion services: A data analytics and visualization platform for blood product inventory management during COVID-19 | Dalhousie | Nova Scotia Health Authority | Information systems and technology; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $49,975 |
| Leblond, Frederic | High-speed and high-throughput label-free, primer-free COVID-19 saliva test using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Photon etc. Inc | Biomedical engineering; Instrumentation technology | $50,000 |
| Dewitte-Orr, Stephanie | Using dsRNA: nanoparticles to determine a link between type I interferons, ACE2 and susceptibility to coronaviruses similar to COVID-19 | Wilfrid Laurier | Mirexus Inc. | Advancement of knowledge | $50,000 |
| Guzzo, Christina | Rapid development of automated antiviral lighting systems for use as a COVID-19 prevention tool | Toronto | Safe Antivirus Technologies Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Botelho, Roberto | COVID-19: Ultrasound-microbubble targeted delivery of immuno-modulatory therapeutics to treat COVID-19 | Ryerson | MD Precision Inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Savory, Eric | Evidence-based guidance for mitigating COVID-19 virus droplet transmission and surface contamination | Western Ontario | 3M Canada Company, Corus | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Kantarci, Burak | Artificial Intelligence-Based Decision Support System for COVID-19 Mobile Assessments and Optimal Supply Services During the Pandemic | Ottawa | Gnowit Inc., Lytica Inc. | Information and communication services | $50,000 |
| Wang, Xu | Reopening the economy Responsibly: Recruit and measure the impact of volunteers during and after COVID-19 pandemic | Wilfrid Laurier | Lovell Corporation | Information systems and technology; Communication systems and services (planning, organization, services) | $50,000 |
| Prenner, Elmar | Novel device and test protocols for onsite COVID-19 testing | Calgary | FluroTech | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $30,000 |
| Cameron, Caroline | Detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus structural proteins as an aid to diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 | Victoria | Vancouver Island Antibodies Ltd | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Kim, Woo Soo | Development of a Portable Mechanical Ventilator using 3D Origami Tubes to Fight COVID-19 | Simon Fraser | Pantheon Design Ltd., Tinkerine Studios Ltd | Medical equipment and apparatus; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Ahmadi, Ali | COVID-19 - Development of resilient design and manufacturing strategy for reusable personal protective equipment | Prince Edward Island | Government of PEI, Top Dog Manufacturing | Engineering; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Sheardown, Heather | Mucoadhesive micelles for delivery of drugs to the lung for the prophylactic treatment of COVID-19 | McMaster | Mannin Research Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Coops, Nicholas | Monitoring the COVID-19 Crisis from Space | British Columbia | Council of Forest Industries | Environment; Forestry (silviculture, forest management) | $47,000 |
| Shi, Wei | A Secure and Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing System for the Covid-19 Pandemic | Carleton | Orbiseed Technology Inc. | Information systems and technology; Information, computer and communication technologies | $50,000 |
| Nabi, Ivan | Artificial intelligence-based imaging platform for COVID-19 infection of organoids | British Columbia | STEMCELL Technologies Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Computer software | $50,000 |
| Constabel, Peter | Rapid and Scalable Production of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in Plants for Serological Testing of COVID-19 | Victoria | bioLytical Laboratories Inc., ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd | Medical and health sciences; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Sanati Nezhad, Amir | Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy for characterization of COVID-19 biosensors | Calgary | Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. | Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Poudineh, Mahla | Purification of SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) Using a Microfluidic Technique for Downstream COVID-19 Vaccine Production | Waterloo | Mediphage Bioceuticals Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Human pharmaceuticals | $50,000 |
| Hoorfar, Mina | ELECTRA platform: Electrochemical-based Aptasensor for early detection of COVID-19 | British Columbia | Cedarlane Laboratories Ltd, Graphenea, RayBiotech Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Nano, Francis | Large scale expression of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antigenic regions to aid development of kits to measure immunity to COVID-19 disease. | Victoria | bioLytical Laboratories Inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $49,892 |
| Xi, Fengfeng | Covid 19: An Aircraft Cabin Air Disinfection System for Covid-19 | Ryerson | Bombardier Aerospace | Aerospace; Transportation systems and services | $50,000 |
| Trant, John | Alternative attacks against SARS-CoV-2 proteins: Identifying and developing orthogonal therapeutic strategies using computational structural biology and synthetic chemistry | Windsor | Devonian Health Group Inc. | Human pharmaceuticals; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Mcbean, Edward | Long Term Care Disinfection Protocols for COVID-19 | Guelph | Environmental and Power Solutions Inc. | Environment; Engineering | $49,927 |
| Sussman, Dafna | Automatic COVID-19 pregnant patient prognosis algorithm | Ryerson | Mount Sinai Hospital | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Golovin, Kevin | Anti-fouling anti-fogging face shields utilizing liquid-like omniphobic coatings for COVID-19 healthcare providers | British Columbia | PRE Labs Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Fibres and textiles | $50,000 |
| Moallem, Mehrdad | Real-time Identification of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Intelligent Toolset to Predict and Optimally Control Viral Outbreaks | Simon Fraser | Coanda Research & Development Corp | Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Zhong, Lexuan | Ultraviolet germicidal irradiance (UVGI) - photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) for COVID-19 risk mitigation: a hybrid technique to develop effective antiviral air purification systems | Alberta | Energy Saving Products Ltd. | Production and operations management | $50,000 |
| Nik Bakht, Mazdak | Construction Workspace Management under Covid-19 and Forthcoming Pandemics | Concordia | ReelyActive, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. | Construction, urban and rural planning; Construction methods | $50,000 |
| Yuan, Qiuyan | Developing a Wastewater Surveillance System and Predictive Model for the Estimation of the Scale of Covid-19 Infection | Manitoba | City of Winnipeg | Sanitary engineering; Water | $50,000 |
| Romanyk, Daniel | Development of Custom and One-Size-Fits-All Masks for COVID-19 Personal Protection | Alberta | ACAMP | Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Sarret, Philippe | Development of a Cell-Based High-Throughput Functional Screening Assay To Study Host-Virus (COVID-19) Interaction | Sherbrooke | Immune Biosolutions Inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Chen, Aicheng | Development of Advanced Graphene-Based Antiviral Nanocomposites against COVID-19 | Guelph | ZEN | Medical equipment and apparatus; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Choudhury, Salimur | A Dynamic Scheduler for Health Care Resources in the Emergency Department of TBRHSC on exploiting Machine Learning during Diverse Situations of COVID-19 Pandemic. | Lakehead | Thunder Bay Regional Health Sci. Ctr | Information systems and technology; Health, education and social services | $49,724 |
| Siaj, Mohamed | Covid-19-Aptamer development as new diagnostic platform to increase drastically the number of testing by capita | Québec à Montréal | Azure Biosystems | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Organ, Michael | The Diagnostic, PCR-based Test to Detect SARS-CoV2 RNA (COVID-19): Solving the Global Shortage of the Key Organic Building Block Using Flow Chemistry | Ottawa | Toronto Research Chemicals Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Bhadra, Sharmistha | Wearable to Remotely Track Vital Signs for COVID-19 | McGill | iMD Research | Medical and health sciences; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Nichita, Eleodor | Modelling of COVID-19 Transmission in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario | Ontario Tech University | Regional Municipality of Durham | Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Lu, Xiaonan | Rapid detection of COVID-19 using an isothermal amplification-based lateral flow assay | British Columbia | BC Centre for Disease Control, Willow | Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Laliberté, Jeremy | COVID-19 Decontamination of Delivery Drone Aircraft Used in Remote and Rural Locations | Carleton | Romaeris Corporation, Sky Canoe | Aerospace; Transportation systems and services | $50,000 |
| Ramassamy, Charles | Inhibition of TMPRSS2 and 3CL Proteases by natural polyphenols to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and replication | INRS | Fruitomed Inc. | Physical sciences; Advancement of knowledge | $50,000 |
| Park, Simon | Development of Multi-Scale Fibers for Respiratory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) against COVID-19 | Calgary | Enginuity Inc | Medical equipment and apparatus; Materials performance | $50,000 |
| Azim, Akramul | Design and Development of Autonomous Disinfecting Embedded Systems for COVID-19 | Ontario Tech University | Cyberworks Robotics Inc. | Computer software; Information systems and technology | $50,000 |
| Wheeler, Aaron | A portable agglutination test with automated serial dilution for COVID-19 infection and immunity | Toronto | Sci-Bots Inc., StarFish Medical | Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Bauch, Christopher | Public Health Interventions in the COVID-19 Endgame: Insights from Percolation Theory | Waterloo | Perimeter Inst for Theoretical Physics, Sanofi Pasteur Limited | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes | $50,000 |
| Musselman, Kevin | Development of COVID-19 antiviral coatings for N95 respirators | Waterloo | Eclipse Automation Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Karatas, Ahmet | Engineering COVID-19 Fashion - Designing the Most Effective Face Masks for the Canadian Fashion Industry | Ryerson | Paloma Blanca | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Leonenko, Yuri | Development of tools for customizing and monitoring of acoustic treatment for COVID-19 patients | Waterloo | Dymedso Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Perreault, Jonathan | Sensitive and specific electrochemical detection of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) based on isothermal amplification | INRS | DGel Electrosystem Inc., TITAN Sécurité | Medical equipment and apparatus; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Mezghani, Neila | Détection et quantification de la toux pour un suivi à distance des problèmes respiratoire dues à la COVID-19 | TÉLUQ | Hexoskin | Biomedical engineering; Information systems and technology | $50,000 |
| Kassen, Rees | COVID-19 in the urban built environment (CUBE): SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in high traffic hospital settings | Ottawa | DNA Genotek Inc., Ottawa Hospital Research Inst | Environment; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Das, Gautam | Photonic Device for the Detection of COVID-19 virus as a Point of Care Diagnostic Tool | Lakehead | Wilson Analytical | Medical and health sciences; Instrumentation technology | $50,000 |
| Kim, Keekyoung | Antimicrobial copper nanocomposite coating for protecting touch surfaces from COVID-19 | Calgary | Flair Flexible Packaging Corporation | Biomedical engineering; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Uhrig, Richard | Using quantitative proteomics to optimize Euglena gracilis as a sole-source COVID-19 vaccine delivery platform | Alberta | NobleGen | Medical and health sciences; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Janabi-Sharifi, Farrokh | A Thermal-Optical Vision System for Identification and Localization of Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients | Ryerson | Altius Analytics Labs | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Biomedical engineering | $49,900 |
| Goh, M Cynthia | Polymer-encapsulated copper-based nanoparticles: synthesis and evaluation of surface coatings for reduction of COVID-19 transmission | Toronto | Vive Crop Protection Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Wang, Siyun | Reducing the impact of COVID-19 on the Agri-Food sector by validating disinfectants against SARS-CoV-2 surrogates | British Columbia | BC Centre for Disease Control, Pacific Agriculture Research Centre | Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $49,000 |
| Chen, Jie | An Early-warning Surveillance System for Airborne COVID-19 Viruses | Alberta | Hidaca | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Electrical and electronic machinery and equipment (including computer hardware) | $50,000 |
| Akbari, Mohsen | Pulmonary fibrosis and COVID-19: real-time monitoring of tissue stiffness in a bioengineered model of fibrotic epithelium | Victoria | Rheolution Inc. | Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Labbe, Simon | Contact killing of COVID-19 by copper-based nanoparticles. | Sherbrooke | Sani Marc Group | Sanitary engineering | $50,000 |
| Hopkins, Scott | Ultraviolet Photodissociation (UVPD) Spectroscopy of DMS-selected COVID-19 peptide residues | Waterloo | SCIEX | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Human pharmaceuticals | $50,000 |
| O'Brien, William | Pre- and post-COVID-19 household energy data analysis to support utility and property management policy | Carleton | Hydro Ottawa Limited, Ottawa Community Housing | Construction, urban and rural planning; Energy efficiency | $50,000 |
| Bahrami, Majid | Efficient antiviral air filtration materials and systems to combat the COVID-19 pandemic | Simon Fraser | 4M Biotech, CORE Energy Recovery Solutions Inc. | Materials performance; Fibres and textiles | $50,000 |
| Lu, Qingye | Developing surfactant-based disinfectants and cleansers for environment contaminated with Covid-19 | Calgary | Evergreen Solutions | Industrial chemicals (solvents, resins); Pollutants and toxic agents (waste, use 902) | $50,000 |
| Rouhani, Hossein | Wearable wireless technology for remote health monitoring of COVID-19 patients | Alberta | Envisioning Labs Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Instrumentation technology | $50,000 |
| Al-Hussein, Mohamed | Modified sequencing in window manufacturing to promote physical distancing and mitigate the risk of COVID-19 infection among workers | Alberta | All Weather Windows | Manufacturing processes and products; Construction methods | $50,000 |
| Karatas, Ahmet | Assessment of COVID-19 Droplets in a Clinical Setting to Reduce the Risk to Health Care Providers | Ryerson | Unity Health Toronto | Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Schapira, Matthieu | Integrating druggability and genetic variability of coronavirus genomes to inform drug discovery against COVID-19 and future pandemic threats | Toronto | Cyclica Inc. | Human pharmaceuticals | $50,000 |
| Schapira, Matthieu | Integrating druggability and genetic variability of coronavirus genomes to inform drug discovery against COVID-19 and future pandemic threats | Toronto | Cyclica Inc. | Human pharmaceuticals | $50,000 |
| Buckley, Heather | Prevalence of COVID19 in populations through wastewater surveillance | Victoria | pani energy | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Water | $50,000 |
| Jiang, Ning | In-home cardiac monitoring system for cardiac patients during a pandemic such as COVID-19 | Waterloo | HelpWear | Biomedical engineering; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Hoare, Todd | Sprayable medical device and personal protective equipment coatings with long-term anti-viral activity to fight COVID-19 | McMaster | SteriPro | Medical and health sciences; Materials performance | $50,000 |
| Akhloufi, Moulay | Detection of COVID-19 using AI - Deep learning and multiple medical imaging modalities | Moncton | Institut du savoir Montfort | Health, education and social services; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Pakpour, Sepideh | Magnetic levitation system for culture-independent virus isolation from biological and environmental samples | British Columbia | Schell Dental | Biomedical engineering; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Ahamed, Mohammed | Development of lab on a chip for rapid and accurate point of care detection of COVID-19 | Windsor | APAGCoSyst | Engineering; Materials sciences | $50,000 |
| Mckay, Robert | Evaluating the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the urban water cycle | Windsor | Town of Amherstburg, Town of Lakeshore | Waste, waste management and recycling; Inland waters | $50,000 |
| Barnabé, Simon | Novel production of a new oral vaccine for COVID-19 with a recombinant Bacillus subtilis strain | Québec à Trois-Rivières | Biotechnologies Ulysse inc. | Medical and health sciences | $47,600 |
| Spachos, Petros | Coronavirus Contact Tracing using Bluetooth Low Energy and Smartphones | Guelph | OMESH Networks Inc. | Computer communications; Communications technologies (satellites, radar, etc.) | $50,000 |
| Desjardins, Yves | Effects of high polyphenol doses on the replication of COVID-19 in vitro | Laval | Diana Food Canada Inc., Millennia TEA | Human pharmaceuticals; Plant production and plant primary products | $50,000 |
| Vanberkel, Peter | Capacity Planning for Elective Surgical Services post COVID-19 | Dalhousie | Nova Scotia Health Authority | Medical and health sciences | $49,955 |
| Van Hamme, Jonathan | Modelling SARS-CoV-2 movement through a city via municipal sewage networks: Kamloops, British Columbia COVID-19 reemergence warning system pilot project | Thompson Rivers | City of Kamloops, Urban Systems Ltd. | Environment | $49,982 |
| Friesen, Marcia | Developing algorithms that use individual mobility data to support tracking and contact tracing of SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 and future pandemics | Manitoba | Sightline Innovation Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes | $50,000 |
| Rivaz, Hassan | Development of machine learning techniques for accessible and inexpensive imaging of COVID-19 with ultrasound | Concordia | Clarius | Biomedical engineering; Information, computer and communication technologies | $50,000 |
| Hoare, Todd | Photodynamically-active coatings for extended disinfection of high-touch surfaces to combat COVID-19 | McMaster | Suncor Energy Inc. | Sanitary engineering; Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Rosei, Federico | COVID-19 Prevention: Hybrid Polymer/Photoactive Ceramic Self-Disinfecting Coating | INRS | Bioastra Technologies Inc. | Materials sciences; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Miled, Amine | Nouvelle technologie de masque de protection réutilisable pour la protection du personnel médical - COVID-19 | Laval | H2O Innovation Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Ryan, Scott | A ratiometric imaging platform to advance COVID-19 counter measures | Guelph | Quorum Technologies Inc | Computer software; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Mcbean, Edward | Using AI to predict COVID19 impacts on Canada's health system | Guelph | Adastra Corporation | Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes; Environment | $50,000 |
| Fayazbakhsh, Kazem | COVID-19-Design, rapid prototyping, and certifying a reusable N95 mask | Ryerson | APC Filtration Inc. | Manufacturing processes and products; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Vanberkel, Peter | Advanced Sterile Processing for COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment | Dalhousie | Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation, Nova Scotia Health Authority | Medical and health sciences | $49,910 |
| Liu, Jian | Mobile Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System for Ventilators (COVID-19) | British Columbia | Portable Electric | Energy storage and conversion; Engineering | $50,000 |
| Park, Simon | Novel Integrated Sterilization and Reuse of Personal Protective Equipment for COVID-19 | Calgary | TRIUM Environmental Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Pahlevaninezhad, Majid | Therapeutic Nano-Optic Endoscope for Detection and Treatment of COVID-19 | Queen's | Genoptic | Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Dudding, Travis | COVID-19: Developing a large-scale synthesis of a drug potentially curing COVID-19 for the Canadian manufacturing industry | Brock | Biolyse Pharma | Human pharmaceuticals; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Gagnon, Graham | Disinfection of N95 masks using UV-C LED (COVID-19) | Dalhousie | AquiSense Technologies, LuminUltra Technologies Ltd | Medical equipment and apparatus | $38,500 |
| Antonescu, Costin | COVID-19 - Advancing ultrasound with microbubble (USMB) for the modulation of viral entry and production in COVID-19 | Ryerson | MD Precision Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Cloutier, Sylvain | COVID-19 : High-volume electrospinning of high-performance cellulose membranes required for N95-grade mask fabrication | École de technologie supérieure | KWI Kunststoffwerk Industrie Inc. | Manufacturing processes and products; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Alarcon, Emilio | Integrated Photothermal Device for Extending Lifetime of N95 Masks-COVID-19 | Ottawa | Luzchem Research Inc. | Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Behdinan, Kamran | COVID-19 HALO open source ventilator | Toronto | Glia Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Brolo, Alexandre | Localized Surface Plasmon Platform for COVID-19 Screening | Victoria | ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd | Biomedical engineering; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Elbestawi, Mohamed | Rapid Prototyping of Medical Mechanical Ventilator for COVID-19 | McMaster | The Monarch Group | Manufacturing processes and products; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Ahmad, Rafiq | Rapid Deployable Personal Respirators for Healthcare Professionals in Treating COVID-19 Patients (ESPOiR) | Alberta | ACAMP | Biomedical engineering; Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Zhang, Xiao-Ping | COVID-19 - AI Based Screening and Monitoring of COVID-19 Respiration Patterns using Acoustic Sensors | Ryerson | AltumView Systems Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Information systems and technology | $50,000 |
| Gosselin, Frederick | Development, fabrication and testing of aerosol shield boxes to protect medical staff from COVID-19 during intubation procedures | École Polytechnique de Montréal | CYB Plastiques, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont | Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Szewczuk, Myron | Mechanism of CoVID-19 induced hyperinflammation | Queen's | ENCYT Technologies Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Zarifi, Mohammad Hossein | Smart and Low-Cost Face-Shields Capable of Protection, Prevention and Detection for Essential Workers Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic | British Columbia | Tangent Design Engineering Ltd | Health, education and social services; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Xi, Fengfeng | Covid-19: Development of A Robotic Disinfection System for Covid-19 | Ryerson | Engineering Services Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Medical and health sciences | $48,000 |
| Cao, Xudong | A Rapid and Highly Sensitive On-site Detection Platform for COVID-19 Testing | Ottawa | Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Medical and health sciences | $49,800 |
| Serpe, Michael | A Diagnostic Device for the Rapid and Simultaneous Detection of Active and Past COVID-19 Infection | Alberta | Eli Science Inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Park, Chul | COVID 19-Scalable Production of Mechanically Resilient Biocidal Face Masks from Ultrafine Nonwoven Fibers | Toronto | Woodbridge Foam Corporation | Manufacturing processes and products; Materials performance | $50,000 |
| Mezghani, Neila | Analyse de données cinématiques et physiologiques pour le suivi à distance de l'état de santé mentale dans le contexte de la pandémie COVID-19 | TÉLUQ | Carré Technologies Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Information systems and technology | $50,000 |
| Jakeman, David | To inform drug design for COVID-19: Computational determination of interactions between COVID-19 gene products and structurally diverse natural products and clinical drugs | Dalhousie | IntelliSyn Pharma | Human pharmaceuticals; Physical sciences | $50,000 |
| Cloutier, Sylvain | COVID-19: Fabrication of autonomous flexible hybrid electronic devices for patient-monitoring | École de technologie supérieure | Varitron Technologies inc. | Manufacturing processes and products; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Mao, Yongyi | Forecasting Covid-19 Epidemic in Canada with Spatial-Temporal Models That Exploit Population Behaviour on Twitter | Ottawa | Advanced Symbolics Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Advancement of knowledge | $50,000 |
| Gupta, Rishi | Innovative COVID-19 resistant surfaces (CRS) and wash basins to promote hand washing in public areas | Victoria | Valley Acrylic Bath LTD | Manufacturing processes and products; Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Al-Abadleh, Hind A | The Effect of Declaring State of Emergency in Response to COVID-19 on Air Quality in the City of Kitchener | Wilfrid Laurier | City of Kitchener, Hemmera | Climate and atmosphere; Communications equipment | $50,000 |
| Leonenko, Yuri | Improvement of the Frequencer ability to treat COVID-19 patients who require airway clearance | Waterloo | Dymedso Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes | $50,000 |
| Rossa, Carlos | Sonographic diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 | Ontario Tech University | Marion Surgical | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Olfert, Jason | Plausibility of the aerosol transmission of COVID-19 - Is SARS-CoV-2 aerosolized by breathing and speaking? | Alberta | Alberta Health Services | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Diallo, Claver | Covid-19 healthcare supply chain innovations with NSHA: decision-making for agility and responsiveness | Dalhousie | Nova Scotia Health Authority | Medical and health sciences | $49,999 |
| Berezovski, Maxim | Development of COVID-19 Dual Diagnostic Test of Viral RNA and Proteins using DNA Aptamers and Real-Time PCR | Ottawa | Lumex Instruments Canada | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Wong, Alex | Evaluation of ultraviolet-C decontamination of medical masks during the COVID-19 crisis | Carleton | Arkalumen Inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Trant, John | Alternative gel hand sanitizers and non-alcohol-based long-term sanitizers for surfaces and skin with anti-viral activity for COVID-19 response | Windsor | Peak Proccessing Solutions, Wolfhead Distillery | Medical and health sciences; Medical equipment and apparatus | $50,000 |
| Mousseau, Normand | Prevention of SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) related CoV Spike protein neuroinvasion and -induced respiratory distress by polyphenols | Montréal | Fruitomed Inc. | Physical sciences; Advancement of knowledge | $50,000 |
| Park, Chul | COVID 19 - Superhydrophobic Microfiber Outer Layer for Facemasks to Decrease the Airborne Transmission of Human Pathogens | Toronto | Myant | Manufacturing processes and products; Fibres and textiles | $50,000 |
| Hallam, Steven | Rapid high-throughput sample preparation for COVID-19 diagnostics using integrated automation systems | British Columbia | STEMCELL Technologies Inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Manufacturing processes and products | $50,000 |
| Punithakumar, Kumaradevan | Automated Frame-by-Frame Assessment of Lung Ultrasound Imaging in Severe COVID-19 Patients Using Machine Learning | Alberta | Medo Pte Ltd. | Biomedical engineering; Medical and health sciences | $50,000 |
| Saif, Ahmed | Harnessing the Power of Data Analytics against COVID-19: Developing Decision Support Tools for Policymakers | Dalhousie | Nova Scotia Health Authority | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes | $50,000 |
| Aucoin, Marc | COVID-19: Inactivation of human coronaviruses in aqueous solutions using UV-C | Waterloo | Trojan Technologies | Advancement of knowledge; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $50,000 |
| Koper, Nicola | Effects of COVID-19-related travel restrictions on migratory birds, including species at risk, in Canada | Manitoba | Environment and Climate Change Canada | Conservation and preservation; Environment | $50,000 |
| Turak, Ayse | Sanitizing plastic: antiviral nanoparticle decorated surfaces for antiseptic packaging against COVID-19 | McMaster | Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. | Biomedical engineering; Materials performance | $50,000 |
| Ban, Dayan | A remote, high-throughput temperature monitoring system for COVID-19 screening | Waterloo | AIH tech | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Health, education and social services | $50,000 |
| Wainer, Gabriel | Platform for simulation and analysis of spread of COVID-19 in buildings | Carleton | Solace Systems Inc. | Information, computer and communication technologies | $50,000 |
| Liu, Juewen | Development of localized surface plasmon resonance biosensor for COVID-19 antibodies in blood | Waterloo | Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Juncker, David | COVID-19 test chip for simultaneous detection of SARS-CoV-2 and antibodies using a single non-invasive sputum sample | McGill | Sensoreal Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $49,999 |
| Achenbach, Sven | High resolution zone plates fabricated by soft X-ray lithography for tomographic soft X-ray analysis applied in the designing and screening of potential Covid-19 drugs | Saskatchewan | Applied NanoTools Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $48,411 |
| Mitra, Sushanta K | Testing of antiviral coatings for COVID-19 | Waterloo | SiO2 International Inc. | Engineering; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Wainer, Gabriel | Integration of analytical COVID-19 models for remote execution and advanced visualization for improved decision making | Carleton | Defence R&D Canada | Information, computer and communication technologies | $50,000 |
| Liang, Jinyang | Development of single-pixel infrared imaging thermometry (SPIRIT) for fast and accurate COVID-19 fever screening | INRS | Ajile Light Industries | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Instrumentation technology | $50,000 |
| Khan, Naimul | COVID-19 - An intelligent system for contact tracing, monitoring, and privacy preserving data analytics during the COVID-19 pandemic | Ryerson | Dapasoft Inc. | Computer software; Biomedical engineering | $50,000 |
| Ng, Kelvin Tsun Wai | Computational modeling and simulation of municipal waste generation and risk assessment during COVID-19 | Regina | City of Regina | Waste, waste management and recycling; Sanitary engineering | $50,000 |
| Park, Edward | Novel wearable technology for remote and continuous COVID-19 patient monitoring at home | Simon Fraser | Fraser Health | Medical equipment and apparatus; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $50,000 |
| Sinton, David | 100-Patient Ventilator for COVID-19 | Toronto | HH Angus and Associates Limited | Medical equipment and apparatus; Biomedical engineering | 50,000 |
| Chou, Leo | Streamlining RNA extraction for widespread COVID-19 diagnostic testing | Toronto | Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden, Luna Nanotech | Biomedical engineering; Medical and health sciences | 50,000 |
| Lefsrud, Mark | Optimization of an ultraviolet LED radiation system for COVID-19 disinfection and sterilization | McGill | U Technology Corporation | Medical equipment and apparatus; Biomedical engineering | 50,000 |
| Martic, Sanela | Aptasensor SPR testing platform for COVID-19 | Trent | Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. | Physical sciences; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | 49,912 |
| Didar, Tohid | Development of an Anti-Viral coating for Pandemic Mitigation of COVID-19 using titanium dioxide nanoparticles | McMaster | NanoPhyll Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Life sciences (including biotechnology) | 50,000 |
| Momen, Gelareh | Design, characterize and validate a new multifunctional coating, with antiviral and antibacterial properties for COVID-19 pandemic | Québec à Chicoutimi | NanoPhyll Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Materials sciences | 50,000 |
| Dudding, Travis | COVID-19: Optimizing the Synthesis, Bioavailability and Scaling of Quercetin, a natural product potentially used for COVID-19 treatment | Brock | Biolyse Pharma | Human pharmaceuticals | 50,000 |
| Akbari, Mohsen | Rapid Multiplex POC Tests for detection of COVID-19 | Victoria | Sensoreal Inc. | Biomedical engineering | 50,000 |
| Mahmoudzadeh, Houra | COVID-19: Optimizing Operations of Cancer Centres during the Pandemic | Waterloo | Grand River Hospital | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Medical and health sciences | 50,000 |
| Ikki, Salama | Covid-19: Early identification and monitoring of the 2019 novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) disease community spread | Lakehead | Onica | Communication systems and services (planning, organization, services); Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | 50,000 |
| Herbert, David | Production of a Synthetic Library of Chloroquine Analogs and Precursors for Immediate and Future Development of COVID-19 Treatments | Manitoba | CanAm Bioresearch Inc., Waverley Pharma Inc. | Human pharmaceuticals; Manufacturing processes and products | 50,000 |
| El-Diraby, Tamer | Health and safety in the construction industry during pandemics | Toronto | Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, RCCAO | Construction, urban and rural planning; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | 50,000 |
| Soleymani, Leyla | Developing a Rapid Do-It-Yourself Test for the Home-Based Diagnostics and Monitoring of COVID-19 Enabled by the Integration of Functional Nucleic Acids and Electrochemical Readout | McMaster | Angstrom Engineering Inc., EnviroSen Inc. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | 50,000 |
| Demarquette, Nicole | Antiviral graphene nanofiber nonwoven filter - COVID19 | École de technologie supérieure | NanoXplore | Materials sciences; Health, education and social services | 50,000 |
College COVID-19 grants
Total funded projects updated: August 5, 2020
Total projects funded
52
Total awarded
$3,793,711
Geographical breakdown of funded projects
| Region | Total number of funded projects | Total amount awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 0 | $0 |
| Ontario | 24 | $1,727,579 |
| Pacific | 6 | $447,632 |
| Prairies | 2 | $150,000 |
| Quebec | 19 | $1,423,938 |
| Northwest Territories | 1 | $44,562 |
Type of partner organizations
| Private sector | Not-for-profit | Public sector | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 15 | 6 | 93 |
Funded applications updated: August 5, 2020
| Researcher | Project title | Institution | Partner(s) | Area of application | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson, Rachel | Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using Participant-Informed and Evidence-Based Daily Online Tools to Support Prevention and Intervention | St. Lawrence College | Ending Violence Association of Canada | Psychology; Social development and community services | $74,964 |
| Méthot, Nathalie | Adapting the business model to rapidly produce and market efficacious hand sanitizing foam to combat and contain the COVID-19 outbreak | La Cité collégiale | TreeWell Limited | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Medical and health sciences | $70,513 |
| Tofani, Rick | Portable Electrochemical COVID-19 Unit for Biomedical Wastewater Treatment | Southern Alberta Inst of Technology | Blue Eden Cleantech Solutions Inc. | Waste, waste management and recycling | $75,000 |
| Rogers, Ben | Machine learning and blockchain-backed optimized assignment matching for PSWs to improve understaffing and risk during the COVID-19 outbreak | Seneca College | ConnexHealth, TriNetra Systems Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Social development and community services | $64,631 |
| Piché, Chantal | Revêtements virucides contre la COVID-19 | Cégep de Thetford | Duvaltex Canada Inc., Mecanum Inc., Texel Technical Materials Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $75,000 |
| Haughey, Roger | Covid-19 Développement d'un système de désinfection à base de diodes électroluminescentes | John Abbott College | TITAN Sécurité | Medical equipment and apparatus | $75,000 |
| Turcotte, Diane | LOGISTICAM - Solution technologique pour répondre aux impératifs de distanciation physique qu'imposent la Covid-19 aux entreprises canadiennes | Cégep André-Laurendeau | Connect&Go, Kool Replay, Super Aqua Club | Health, education and social services; Instrumentation technology | $75,000 |
| Piché, Chantal | Fabrication de thermoplastiques biocides et régénérables en réponse à la pandémie de COVID-19 | Cégep de Thetford | Optimoule, Texel Technical Materials Inc. | Materials sciences; Polymers, rubber and plastics | $75,000 |
| Haughey, Roger | COVID-19: Samur.AI: Vital signs predictors for COVID-19 | John Abbott College | Technologies HOP-Child | Medical equipment and apparatus; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $75,000 |
| Tabata, Naomi | Enabling Economic Recovery During COVID-19 by Developing a Customized and Flexible Automated Bottling System for Hand Sanitizer | North Island College | Wayward Distillery | Other manufactured products and processes; Consumer goods | $75,000 |
| Goodwin, Brett | Intelligent water sensing for early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks | Fleming College | QuantWave Technologies Inc. | Waste, waste management and recycling; Medical and health sciences | $75,000 |
| Gale, Richard | Scalable and Sustainable Injection Moulded Face Shield Manufacturing for COVID-19 | Camosun College | AP Plastics Inc., Island Health | Manufacturing processes and products; Health, education and social services | $74,753 |
| Tanguay, Jasmin | COVID-19 et la transformation des modèles d'affaires en restauration indépendante : vers la reprise | Inst de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du QC | Association Restauration Québec | Advancement of knowledge | $73,938 |
| Castonguay, Julie | Favoriser un vieillissement actif : développer, diffuser et évaluer une plateforme numérique pour et avec les aînés en période de confinement liée à la COVID-19 | Cégep de Drummondville | Laval, Réseau FADOQ | Social development and community services; Social sciences | $75,000 |
| Holguin-Pando, Cristina | COVID-19 and System Responses to Homelessness | Algonquin College | Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, Shepherds of Good Hope | Social development and community services; Social sciences | $75,000 |
| Dares, Matthew | Developing a roadmap to support northern industry's response to COVID-19 manufacturing needs | Aurora College | ArTech Engrave, Debbie's Sewing, Government of Northwest Territories, Inuvik Robotics & Engineering Club | Consumer goods; Medical equipment and apparatus | $44,562 |
| Mowat, Vicki | Optimizing Interventions to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation Online | Sheridan College | BEworks, MediaSmarts, Regina | Social development and community services; Learning and education | $75,000 |
| Craig, Robin | Les pratiques gagnantes pour atténuer les effets négatifs de la distanciation sociale pendant la pandémie de la COVID-19 dans le secteur de la petite enfance en Ontario français. | Collège Boréal | Association francophone à l’éducation des services à l’enfance de l’Ontario | Social sciences | $75,000 |
| Ray, Mira | Effects of Covid-19 on Healthcare Providers: Opportunities for Education and Support (ECHOES) | Georgian College | Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care | Health, education and social services; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $75,000 |
| Ray, Mira | Mindfulness to Combat Health Care Worker Burnout during COVID-19: Evaluating a 4-week tailored program | Georgian College | Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Social development and community services | $75,000 |
| Ibrahim, Hussein | Développement et conception d'une station sanitaire autonome « verte 4.0» à l'ère de COVID-19 pour les chantiers de construction et miniers nordiques | Cégep de Sept-Îles | Audace Technologies Inc. | Advancement of knowledge; Health, education and social services | $75,000 |
| Morris, Raeshelle | COVID-19 Response: A scalable hand sanitizing sensing solution: IoT enabled hand sanitizer and soap dispensers | Humber College | Mero Technologies | Other manufactured products and processes; Health, education and social services | $74,290 |
| Cross, Stephen | Development of a Rapid Guideline to Address the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Among Canadian Paramedics | Conestoga College | Alberta Health Services, CSA Group, Paramedic Association of Canada, Public Services Health and Safety Association, Renfrew County Stewardship Council | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Social development and community services | $75,000 |
| Macdonald, Terri-Lynn | Rural Homelessness and COVID-19: Assessing Needs, Mobilizing Resources, and Facilitating Collaboration | Selkirk College | Nelson Cares Society, Nelson Community Services, ANKORS | Social sciences; Health, education and social services | $73,000 |
| Mowat, Vicki | Putting food on the table: addressing food security among isolated older adults during COVID-19 | Sheridan College | Community Development Halton, Food for Life | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Social development and community services | $75,000 |
| Mowat, Vicki | Novel, Low-Cost COVID-19 Point of Care Monitoring and Triaging Device | Sheridan College | Tech4Life Enterprises Canada Inc. | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Information systems and technology | $75,000 |
| Tofani, Rick | Advancing Pop-Up Hospitals for Pandemic and/or Crises - COVID 19 | Southern Alberta Inst of Technology | Sprung Instant Structures Ltd. | Construction methods | $75,000 |
| Gale, Richard | Portable Decontamination Oven Design and Prototyping to Facilitate Filtering Facepiece Respirator (FFR) Sterilization and Reuse in the Face of the 2019-20 COVID-19 Pandemic | Camosun College | Island Health, Western Edison Manufacturing | Manufacturing processes and products; Human health (including medically-related psychological research) | $74,971 |
| Cross, Stephen | Promoting Hand Hygiene in Long-Term Care to Reduce the Transmission of COVID-19 | Conestoga College | Hygienic Echo Inc | Human health (including medically-related psychological research); Health, education and social services | $74,986 |
| Méthot, Nathalie | Development of an Advanced Facial Mask for Medical Personnel Encountering Covid-19 | La Cité collégiale | Arylide Life Sciences, Axcelon Biopolymers Corp. | Medical equipment and apparatus; Medical and health sciences | $61,191 |
| Mckee Demczyk, Debbie | Enhancing Virtual Mentorship to Reduce Social Isolation of Youth | Durham College | Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Durham, Durham District School Board | Social sciences | $75,000 |
| Sveinson, Kelly | A novel approach to COVID-19 Impact Analysis and Reporting for Utilities | Langara College | Harris Computer Systems | Energy resources (including production, exploration, processing, distribution and use) | $74,908 |
| Lemay, Marie | Développement d'un marqueur visuel pour le suivi du niveau de protection des blouses médicales réutilisables utilisées dans le contexte de la COVID-19 | Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe | Logistik Unicorp Inc. | Fibres and textiles; Sanitary engineering | $75,000 |
| Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi | Development of a Safe and Effective COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster Using Linear Covalently Closed DNA Minivectors | Lambton College | Mediphage Bioceuticals Inc. | Medical and health sciences; Human pharmaceuticals | $75,000 |
| Hamel, Lucie | Production de protéines antigéniques pour l'élaboration de nouveaux tests cliniques détectant en quelques minutes les anticorps exprimés suite à une infection au COVID-19 | Cégep de Shawinigan | Affinité Instruments | Biomedical engineering; Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $75,000 |
| Yates, Colin | Apparel Production in the new world of COVID-19 (APNWC): reforming and innovating for PPEs, safe manufacturing environments, and remote workers | Fanshawe College | Goodwill Industries | Manufacturing processes and products | $63,225 |
| Lazemi, Payam | Vêtement intelligent biométrique de télésurveillance du COVID-19 | Cégep Marie-Victorin | Hexoskin, Square Circle | Other manufactured products and processes; Fibres and textiles | $75,000 |
| Craig, Robin | Understanding the impact and mitigation strategies of the COVID-19 outbreak on the agricultural sector in Northeastern Ontario | Collège Boréal | reThink Green, Sault Ste Marie Innovation Centre | Agriculture; Agriculture and primary food production | $75,000 |
| Parenteau, Mario | Développement de surfaces cellulosiques antivirales en réponse rapide à la COVID-19 | Cégep de Trois-Rivières | Kemira Chemicals Canada Inc., Kruger Inc., Sani Marc Group | Wood, wood products and paper; Medical and health sciences | $75,000 |
| Lemay, Marie | Adaptation du procédé de production des structures textiles tendues pour la création de séparateurs intérieurs de protection contre le COVID-19 | Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe | TOILES RIVE-SUD | Health, education and social services; Fibres and textiles | $75,000 |
| Parenteau, Mario | Développement d'un matériau cellulosique filtrant pour la production industrielle de masques de protection en réponse rapide à la COVID-19 | Cégep de Trois-Rivières | CKF Inc., CTT Group, Kruger Inc., Pulp Moulding Dies Inc., Tri-Dim Hardy | Wood, wood products and paper; Other manufactured products and processes | $75,000 |
| Fortier, Isabelle | Immunogénicité d'un vaccin mucosal contre le SARS-CoV2 responsable de la covid-19 | Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon | Biotechnologies Ulysse inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Human pharmaceuticals | $75,000 |
| Hamel, Lucie | Augmentation de la capacité de production de désinfectant à base d'alcool pour lutter contre la propagation de la COVID-19 | Cégep de Shawinigan | Distillerie de la Chaufferie, Ferme Sylvain Aumais | Manufacturing processes and products; Waste, waste management and recycling | $75,000 |
| Marin, Gheorghe | Traitement de surface biocide sur des pièces d'aluminium moulées sous pression pour lutter contre la propagation du COVID-19 | Cégep de Trois-Rivières | A3 Surfaces | Manufacturing processes and products; Primary metal products (ferrous and non-ferrous) | $75,000 |
| Hamel, Lucie | Développement d'un système d'affichage de protéines antigéniques à la surface de probiotiques afin de créer un nouveau vaccin oral et nasal contre la COVID-19 | Cégep de Shawinigan | Bio-K Plus International Inc., Biotechnologies Ulysse inc. | Life sciences (including biotechnology); Human pharmaceuticals | $75,000 |
| Holmes, Kevin | Accelerating COVID-19 Knowledge Synthesis w/ Machine Learning | Algonquin College | Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, IBM Canada Ltd, Ottawa Hospital Research Inst | Medical and health sciences; Computer software | $74,564 |
| Rogers, Ben | Recombinant protein production in prokaryotic and eukaryotic heterologous hosts for serological assays for COVID-19 | Seneca College | ExVivo Labs | Medical equipment and apparatus; Other manufactured products and processes | $46,841 |
| Piché, Chantal | Production de composés actifs pour des agents antiseptiques (COVID-19) | Cégep de Thetford | Avmor Ltd. | Consumer goods; Manufacturing processes and products | $75,000 |
| Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi | Microalgae as an Antigen Source for a Novel Tandem Point of Care Serological Assay for SARS-CoV-2 | Lambton College | Suncor Energy Inc., Western Ontario | Life sciences (including biotechnology) | $75,000 |
| Bowles, Ronald | Canadian Paramedicine Response to COVID-19: Challenges and innovations | Justice Institute of British Columbia | Alberta Health Services, British Columbia Emergency Health Services, Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators, Emergency Health Services, Urgences-santé | Social development and community services; Information, computer and communication technologies | $75,000 |
| Morris, Raeshelle | COVID-19 Response: Canadian Hospital Simulator For Management of COVID19 Cases and Contact Tracing | Humber College | Intransigense Corporation | Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes; Advancement of knowledge | $73,119 |
| Tyagi, Purnima | Reaching Out from a Distance: Mitigating the effects of social isolation on older adults during COVID-19 | Centennial College | Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre | Social development and community services; Social sciences | $74,255 |
