posted on March 13: Three science researchers awarded infrastructure funding

Three researchers from the Faculty of Science have come up
winners in the latest round of funding awards from the href=”http://www.innovation.ca”>Canada Foundation for
Innovation (CFI).

The three were awarded a total of $515,968 to be put towards
infrastructure and facilities connected to their research on
climate change, soft matter physics and fungal genomics and
population biology.

The applications to the New Opportunities program were
submitted last December. CFI grants cover 40 per cent of the
eligible costs of projects with the remaining 60 per cent coming
from the research institutions and partners in the private and
public sectors.

The recipients are:

href=”http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/geo/faculty/arain/index.html”>Altaf Arain, assistant professor, School of Geography &
Geology

Project: “Climate Change Research: Offsetting carbon dioxide
emissions by
afforestation to improve environmental quality”

CFI contribution: $235,899
href=”http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/people/fs3_people.html”>An-Chang Shi, associate professor, Department of Physics &
Astronomy

Project: “Computing Infrastructure for Theoretical Soft Matter
Physics”

CFI contribution: $118,788
href=”http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/biology/faculty/xu.htm”>Jianping Xu, assistant professor, Department of Biology

Project: “Research Facility for Fungal Genomics and Population
Biology”

CFI contribution: $161,281

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Three researchers from the Faculty of Science have come up <br />
winners in the latest round of funding awards from the <a <br />
href="http://www.innovation.ca">Canada Foundation for <br />
Innovation</a> (CFI).<p><br />
The three were awarded a total of $515,968 to be put towards <br />
infrastructure and facilities connected to their research on <br />
climate change, soft matter physics and fungal genomics and <br />
population biology.<p><br />
The applications to the New Opportunities program were <br />
submitted last December. CFI grants cover 40 per cent of the <br />
eligible costs of projects with the remaining 60 per cent coming <br />
from the research institutions and partners in the private and <br />
public sectors.<p><br />
<br />
The recipients are:<p><br />
<br />
<ul><li><a <br />
href="http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/geo/faculty/arain/index.html">Altaf Arain</a>, assistant professor, School of Geography & <br />
Geology<p><br />
Project: "Climate Change Research: Offsetting carbon dioxide <br />
emissions by<br />
afforestation to improve environmental quality"<p><br />
CFI contribution:  $235,899</li><br />
<br />
<li><a <br />
href="http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/people/fs3_people.html">An-Chang Shi</a>, associate professor, Department of Physics & <br />
Astronomy<p><br />
Project: "Computing Infrastructure for Theoretical Soft Matter <br />
Physics"<p><br />
CFI contribution:  $118,788</li><br />
<br />
<li><a <br />
href="http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/biology/faculty/xu.htm">Jianping Xu</a>, assistant professor, Department of Biology<p><br />
Project: "Research Facility for Fungal Genomics and Population <br />
Biology"<p><br />
CFI contribution:  $161,281</li></ul><br />
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