$18,000,000
Federal Grant to Genome Canada
- Recipient
- Genome Canada
- Agreement #
- NSERC-2018-14795
- Program
- Genomics Research and Development
- Amount
- $18,000,000(29.4x dept. average)
- Date
- 2022-07-10
- Location
- Ottawa
- Province/Territory
- ON
- Riding
- Ottawa Centre
- MP
- Yasir NaqviLiberal
- Description
- Large-scale genomics research funding for precision medicine, agricultural genomics, and environmental DNA monitoring projects across Canadian institutions.
What this means
- •This grant is 29.4x the average grant from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
- •Genome Canada has received $52,000,000 in federal grants across 12 grants since 2018.
- •This grant was awarded 10 months after the 2021 federal election.
On 2022-07-10, the Government of Canada awarded a grant of $18,000,000 to Genome Canada through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada under the Genomics Research and Development program. The funds were directed to Ottawa, ON, in the federal riding of Ottawa Centre, which is represented by Yasir Naqvi (Liberal). Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has disbursed $3.8B across 6,200 grants since 2018. Genome Canada has received a total of $52.0M in federal funding across 12 grants.