Applied Research

By Heather MacLean, InvestNB | Link to original article Everywhere you turn today, you see new research and products related to wearable technology. Some have been successful while others have R&D issues forcing them back to the drawing board. The real question however: what are the implications...

November 14, 2014 NBIF announced the recipients of the first New Brunswick Graduate Scholarships. In total, 192 students received a total of $1.3 million via NBIF plus an additional $712,000 from their host universities and $2.3 million from national granting agencies. Some of the projects include T...

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) today established three new applied research chairs valued at $3,525,000 over five years. Areas of research include the commercialization of plant-based omega-3 fatty acids for food and pharmaceuticals; advanced cyber security threat detection, response...

NBIF today announced $900,000 in funding to support 34 undergraduate and 73 graduate student research assistants at the province’s universities. The funding was awarded in partnership with the New Brunswick Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training & Labour (PETL). One of the projects ...

Minister Carr, M le recteur, invited guests, ladies and gentlemen. It’s with great pleasure that I stand here today to say a few words about our new Innovation Research Chairs initiative. At NBIF, we understand that to build an innovation-based economy, you’ve got to have all of the precondition...