Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Vancouver campus is set to be the hub of a $22.9-million, five-year, federal initiative to help graduate and post-doctoral students commercialize research findings.
Scientists will essentially be trained to think about how their research could be applied in emerging-market niches and not just traditional ones. Recognizing those new opportunities is key in creating products that can be protected with patents.
The money comes from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Lab to Market program – an initiative that is separately providing $16.2 million to an initiative co-led by the University of the Fraser Valley and dubbed Sustainable Food Systems for Canada.
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