Applied Research

Today, the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is announcing the recipients of the first round of 2020’s Equipment Fund, valued at nearly $250,000 in total. Three research projects at the University of New Brunswick, one at the Huntsman Marine Centre and one at CCNB Grand Falls, received funding i...

As a researcher myself, I understand crafting a funding application takes a significant amount of time and effort, and that it is incredibly disappointing when that effort results only in a rejection letter. While I wish that we could fund every application that arrives at NBIF, the reality is that ...

At the end of 2013, NBIF announced a five-year commitment to creating Research Chairs for academics exploring research ripe for commercialization in areas like medical devices, bioscience, wood products, and aquatic bioscience. After a thorough selection process, most of the chairs began their appoi...

What if we could turn pollution in water into energy?  With support from our Equipment Fund, that’s what Dr. Liefer, an assistant professor in Biology at Mount Allison University, is exploring. He is researching how phytoplankton can be used to absorb pollution in wastewater and then turned i...