The numbers are impressive. The impact is breathtaking.

About NSRIT

Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust (NSRIT) supports research infrastructure in Nova Scotia by matching national funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). NSRIT benefits researchers in Health and Life Sciences, Ocean Technology, Clean Technology, and Information and Communications Technology. Since 2001, NSRIT — through the Province of Nova Scotia — has awarded over $66 million to more than 340 projects at Nova Scotia research beneficiary institutions, dramatically leveraging opportunities for innovation and direct economic benefits to the people of Nova Scotia and beyond.

 

NSRIT funded equipment “vital” to research

Dr. Daniel Boyd is making groundbreaking discoveries in the world of medical devices to treat both osteoporosis and some cancers. Boyd’s work, housed at Dalhousie University, studies applications of biomaterials, which were first considered in dentistry and are now being applied to other parts of the body, thus leading to innovative discoveries. Boyd’s research for patients [...]

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Getting to know the brain

To better understand how the brain works means potential developments by researchers in understanding learning disorders and, learning as a whole. This concept fascinates Dr. Olav Krigolson and he’s using recent funding from the Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust (NSRIT) to delve deeper into the subject. The British Columbia native, and assistant professor in [...]

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A-MAP to Success

AMAP Lab Opens in Life Sciences Research Institute   Dr. Robert Brownstone has had a series of moments in his career where the results of his research have made him think, ‘that’s funny’. This has happened even recently in his work studying how the spinal cord controls muscle activity and walking with the Dalhousie University [...]

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