$920,000
Federal Grant to Dalhousie University
- Recipient
- Dalhousie University
- Agreement #
- ESDC-2020-13151
- Program
- Discovery Grants Program
- Amount
- $920,000(6.4x dept. average)
- Date
- 2022-03-18
- Location
- Halifax
- Province/Territory
- NS
- Riding
- Halifax
- MP
- Andy FillmoreLiberal
- Description
- Ocean science and marine biology research including deep sea exploration technology and Atlantic fisheries sustainability studies.
What this means
- •This grant is 6.4x the average grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
- •This grant was awarded 6 months after the 2021 federal election.
On 2022-03-18, the Government of Canada awarded a grant of $920,000 to Dalhousie University through Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council under the Discovery Grants Program program. The funds were directed to Halifax, NS, in the federal riding of Halifax, which is represented by Andy Fillmore (Liberal). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council has disbursed $1.4B across 9,800 grants since 2018.