Ottawa, Ontario
The Canadian federal government has announced the recipients of its 2007 research budget allocations. Science and technology growth will be supported by $1.3 billion in funding, including:
- $510 million to the Canada Foundation for Innovation
- $350 million to Centres of Excellence in Commercialization and Research
- $120 million to CANARIE to develop a next-generation research broadband network
- $100 million to Genome Canada
- $10 million to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research