Applied Research

When it comes to technology advancement, we divide our funding into 3 funds: Emerging Projects, Equipment and Lab-to-Market. In each of these areas of applied research, when evaluating project applications, we use the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) framework from the Government of Canada to assess...

It’s a challenging time for university students and professors alike as the global pandemic has upended many of the traditional ways of teaching and learning. Through data we have collected from our partners and the various Atlantic Canadian reports, we know that New Brunswick universities have se...

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...