Applied Research

Our overarching mission is to support the innovation agenda in New Brunswick. One way we do that is by working with our partners at the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training, and Labour (PETL) to support research that boosts productivity or addresses labour market shortages.  Matchin...

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...

There has been a lot going on behind the scene at NBIF that we are really excited about. Our partnership with Mitacs is one of them. This partnership will provide funding for 40 internships, valued at up to $17,500 each, earmarked explicitly for NBIF venture capital portfolio companie...

A lot of people think high tech business only speaks the language of coding. But some of the most advanced tech in the world is focused on humanity’s first industry – agriculture. Agronomist Dr. Erika Naruzawa at the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick’s INNOV group in Grand Falls ...

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...